Nordic countries can’t keep taking on a disproportionate share of supporting Ukraine, Sweden’s foreign minister warned in an interview with POLITICO.
“A few countries take almost all of the burden,” Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. “That is not fair and it’s not sustainable in the long run.”
She added: “The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year … This is not sustainable. It’s not reasonable in any way. And it says a lot about what the Nordics do — but it says even more about what the others don’t do.”
The Commission circulated a letter this week outlining three options for supporting Ukraine: Two involve EU countries contributing more to the war-torn country, while the third calls for the tapping of some €170 billion in Russian assets that remain frozen in Belgium.
The third is the only credible option, per the Swedish minister.
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They are of course right
But I would just like to note the number provided for spain does not take into account EU contributions, which is how spain hands most of the money to ukraine for political reasons if you included that the figure is still not as large as it should be , but its not as small as in the article
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Nordic countries can’t keep taking on a disproportionate share of supporting Ukraine, Sweden’s foreign minister warned in an interview with POLITICO.
“A few countries take almost all of the burden,” Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. “That is not fair and it’s not sustainable in the long run.”
She added: “The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year … This is not sustainable. It’s not reasonable in any way. And it says a lot about what the Nordics do — but it says even more about what the others don’t do.”
The Commission circulated a letter this week outlining three options for supporting Ukraine: Two involve EU countries contributing more to the war-torn country, while the third calls for the tapping of some €170 billion in Russian assets that remain frozen in Belgium.
The third is the only credible option, per the Swedish minister.
They are of course right
But I would just like to note the number provided for spain does not take into account EU contributions, which is how spain hands most of the money to ukraine for political reasons if you included that the figure is still not as large as it should be , but its not as small as in the article