Honestly I’m amazed it took this long for some blowback for blowing up infrastructure the very allies we’re begging to support our war depend on for heating.
Or you could read the article and see that’s not even remotely the issue, and the title is as per usual misleading.
Germany planned 8 billion eur financial support for Ukraine this year. That’s been used up. So, no more monetary (!) aid unless they find some spare change in the budget, which they won’t.
And to preempt the next headline: Germany’s spending next year on Ukraine will be halved, yes… Because there’re plans for an international fund.
Also while “Olaf” is the one naying further spending, he’s not doing so independently of the ruling coalition. He has little agency.
Which is a FRACTION of what German aid was. Germany has spending around $10Bn in aid to Ukraine annually and there is only $4Bn worth of Russian assets in Germany. And not all assets have been seized. It’s also only generating, at most $1Bn in interest annually. So they can send the interest to Ukraine, or they can seize 100% of the principal and send that to Ukraine and then it’s over, because the assets will be gone. Either way, it’s tantamount to the end of Germany aid.
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Well, it coincides. There’s a possibility that this announcement is sending a message.
On the surface, the decision was about national debt and budget, and has nothing to do with Ukraine except that there’s no infinite money glitch.
Honestly I’m amazed it took this long for some blowback for blowing up infrastructure the very allies we’re begging to support our war depend on for heating.
Or you could read the article and see that’s not even remotely the issue, and the title is as per usual misleading.
Germany planned 8 billion eur financial support for Ukraine this year. That’s been used up. So, no more monetary (!) aid unless they find some spare change in the budget, which they won’t.
And to preempt the next headline: Germany’s spending next year on Ukraine will be halved, yes… Because there’re plans for an international fund.
Also while “Olaf” is the one naying further spending, he’s not doing so independently of the ruling coalition. He has little agency.
Obligatory fuck Lindner and fuck the FDP.
This is just a load of horseshit designed to give the west a way out of this failed war of America’s.
No, it’s not related to that.
No. Read the article instead just spewing opinions and conspiracy theories.
It’s about national debt and changing the financing of aid to Ukraine.
Nothing is halted. Future aid will not be financed by the federal budget, but from proceeds of seized russian assets.
Which is a FRACTION of what German aid was. Germany has spending around $10Bn in aid to Ukraine annually and there is only $4Bn worth of Russian assets in Germany. And not all assets have been seized. It’s also only generating, at most $1Bn in interest annually. So they can send the interest to Ukraine, or they can seize 100% of the principal and send that to Ukraine and then it’s over, because the assets will be gone. Either way, it’s tantamount to the end of Germany aid.