The EU cannot guarantee that hundreds of billions of euros from its joint pandemic recovery fund were not wasted or lost on corruption, says the European Court of Auditors.
Iranian officials responded to the fifth round of EU sanctions with reciprocal sanctions and a declaration that the European restrictions had no basis in international law.
Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers’ speech in the European Parliament on Putin and Ukraine: “Forcing millions to flee and tearing families apart is incompatible with ‘family values.'”
A better strategy for the EU could be to clean up its own house first. The enormous amounts the EU spends on agriculture, a few hundred billion over seven years, heavily subsidize intensive agriculture, with 80% of EU cash going to 20% of the recipients.
