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Why should the EU ditch the US and equip their armies on their own?
EU members should focus on equipping their armies with domestically-manufactured weapons instead of procuring hardware abroad, former Italian Prime Minister and ex-European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said in a recently released report for the European Commission.
Over half of the money spent by EU countries on weaponry between June 2022 and June 2023 went to the US, Draghi complained, even though in many instances the buyers could have opted to purchase European analogs.
The report also pushes for the improvement of joint military spending and procurement by EU members.
In order to encourage European countries to buy from local defense contractors, Draghi proposed “substantive incentive mechanisms of a financial nature,” which could be “supported by EU funding under existing or new instruments.”
Additionally, Draghi pointed out that:
🔹For the first time since the Cold War, the EU “must genuinely fear for its self-preservation.”
🔹The era of rapid world trade growth looks to have passed, with EU companies facing both greater competition from abroad and lower access to overseas markets.
🔹“Europe has abruptly lost its most important supplier of energy, Russia. All the while, geopolitical stability is waning, and our dependencies have turned out to be vulnerabilities.”
🔹The EU’s economic growth is “persistently slower” than in the US, and the bloc needs to invest an "enormous amount of money” quickly enough to finance economic de-carbonization and digital innovation.
🔹The EU needs up to €800 billion ($884 billion) in additional investment per year to meet its key competitiveness and climate targets.
🔹Other areas of concern include supply chain security and defense spending.
🔹The EU must also adapt to a world where “dependencies are becoming vulnerabilities and it can no longer rely on others for its security.”
🔹The bloc will need to develop a genuine “foreign economic policy” that coordinates preferential trade agreements and direct investment with resource-rich nations.
🔹“If Europe cannot become more productive,” it will be forced to choose.
🔹It means the EU “will not be able to become a leader in new technologies, a beacon of climate responsibility and an independent player on the world stage. We [the bloc] will not be able to finance our social model. We will have to scale back some, if not all, of our ambitions. This is an existential challenge.”
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EU members should focus on equipping their armies with domestically-manufactured weapons instead of procuring hardware abroad, former Italian Prime Minister and ex-European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said in a recently released report for the European Commission.
Over half of the money spent by EU countries on weaponry between June 2022 and June 2023 went to the US, Draghi complained, even though in many instances the buyers could have opted to purchase European analogs.
The report also pushes for the improvement of joint military spending and procurement by EU members.
In order to encourage European countries to buy from local defense contractors, Draghi proposed “substantive incentive mechanisms of a financial nature,” which could be “supported by EU funding under existing or new instruments.”
“Targeted eligibility criteria could give access to funding only for solutions provided by EU-based companies, similar to the mechanisms used by the European Defense Fund (EDF) and the proposals under the European Defense Industry Programme (EDIP),” the report says.
Additionally, Draghi pointed out that:
🔹For the first time since the Cold War, the EU “must genuinely fear for its self-preservation.”
🔹The era of rapid world trade growth looks to have passed, with EU companies facing both greater competition from abroad and lower access to overseas markets.
🔹“Europe has abruptly lost its most important supplier of energy, Russia. All the while, geopolitical stability is waning, and our dependencies have turned out to be vulnerabilities.”
🔹The EU’s economic growth is “persistently slower” than in the US, and the bloc needs to invest an "enormous amount of money” quickly enough to finance economic de-carbonization and digital innovation.
🔹The EU needs up to €800 billion ($884 billion) in additional investment per year to meet its key competitiveness and climate targets.
🔹Other areas of concern include supply chain security and defense spending.
🔹The EU must also adapt to a world where “dependencies are becoming vulnerabilities and it can no longer rely on others for its security.”
🔹The bloc will need to develop a genuine “foreign economic policy” that coordinates preferential trade agreements and direct investment with resource-rich nations.
🔹“If Europe cannot become more productive,” it will be forced to choose.
🔹It means the EU “will not be able to become a leader in new technologies, a beacon of climate responsibility and an independent player on the world stage. We [the bloc] will not be able to finance our social model. We will have to scale back some, if not all, of our ambitions. This is an existential challenge.”
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🇮🇶🇷🇺 Iraqi grain trade firm plans to import up to 200,000 tonnes of Russian grain monthly
Iraq's General Company for Grain Trading plans to import 150,000-200,000 tonnes of grain from Russia per month, the company's director general, Haider Al-Karaawi, told Sputnik.
The businessman added that after the start of production of confectionery flour from Russian grain in Iraq, the company expected that "the volume of its imports will become much larger, and it is quite possible that it will reach 150,000 or 200,000 tonnes per month."
The General Company for Grain Trading is owned by the Iraqi Trade Ministry.
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Iraq's General Company for Grain Trading plans to import 150,000-200,000 tonnes of grain from Russia per month, the company's director general, Haider Al-Karaawi, told Sputnik.
"We have good contacts with Russian vendors on this, and we also plan to discuss this with the Russian government in the coming period. We have meetings scheduled on the 17th of this month in Baghdad with exporters and government officials from Russia," Al-Karaawi said.
The businessman added that after the start of production of confectionery flour from Russian grain in Iraq, the company expected that "the volume of its imports will become much larger, and it is quite possible that it will reach 150,000 or 200,000 tonnes per month."
The General Company for Grain Trading is owned by the Iraqi Trade Ministry.
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Israel wants US Сongress ‘to put pressure’ on South Africa to scrap ICJ genocide case – report The Israeli Foreign Ministry has urged members of the US Сongress to make South Africa drop its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses…
🇿🇦 South Africa will file additional papers to ICJ over Israel's actions in Gaza
South Africa intends to file to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) next month a document containing evidence reportedly exposing Israel's crimes of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the presidential office said
So far, no country has made a request to dismiss the case brought by the South African government in the ICJ, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said, adding that a number of states, including Nicaragua, Palestine, Turkiye, Spain, Mexico, Libya, and Colombia, have joined it. South Africa hopes that Israel will comply with the court's rulings issued so far, the spokesman highlighted.
On Monday, Axios reported, citing an Israeli Foreign Ministry cable it had seen, that Israel had asked US Congress to put pressure on South Africa, including by threatening to severe trade relations with the country, to make it revoke its lawsuit against Israel.
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South Africa intends to file to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) next month a document containing evidence reportedly exposing Israel's crimes of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the presidential office said
"South Africa will be filing its memorial to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) next month (October 2024). South Africa intends to provide facts and evidence to prove that Israel is committing the crime of genocide in Palestine," the statement read.
So far, no country has made a request to dismiss the case brought by the South African government in the ICJ, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said, adding that a number of states, including Nicaragua, Palestine, Turkiye, Spain, Mexico, Libya, and Colombia, have joined it. South Africa hopes that Israel will comply with the court's rulings issued so far, the spokesman highlighted.
On Monday, Axios reported, citing an Israeli Foreign Ministry cable it had seen, that Israel had asked US Congress to put pressure on South Africa, including by threatening to severe trade relations with the country, to make it revoke its lawsuit against Israel.
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Biden's administration is "working out" whether the United States will approve Ukraine using long-range weapons deep inside Russia, the president told American media.
Earlier on Tuesday, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby reiterated the United States’ position on not enabling or encouraging attacks inside Russia, especially not with US-made weapons.
Kirby made the statement after Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone attack on Russia that killed a woman in a Moscow suburb.
Western countries ramped up their military support to the Kiev regime shortly after the beginning of the Russian special military operation. Moscow has repeatedly warned that such assistance would add to exacerbating the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russian forces.
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"We're working that out right now," Biden said in response to a question about whether he will lift restrictions imposed on Ukraine on the use of long-range weapons deep inside Russia.
Earlier on Tuesday, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby reiterated the United States’ position on not enabling or encouraging attacks inside Russia, especially not with US-made weapons.
Kirby made the statement after Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone attack on Russia that killed a woman in a Moscow suburb.
Western countries ramped up their military support to the Kiev regime shortly after the beginning of the Russian special military operation. Moscow has repeatedly warned that such assistance would add to exacerbating the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russian forces.
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🤡 Hegemon’s political agenda: crowd sizes
Kamala Harris's team has put up outdoor ads in Philadelphia, just hours before the US presidential debate, mocking Donald Trump’s statements on the significance of crowd sizes at rallies.
Earlier, Barack Obama poked fun at Trump's comments about the number of people attending both his and Kamala Harris's events.
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Kamala Harris's team has put up outdoor ads in Philadelphia, just hours before the US presidential debate, mocking Donald Trump’s statements on the significance of crowd sizes at rallies.
Earlier, Barack Obama poked fun at Trump's comments about the number of people attending both his and Kamala Harris's events.
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💥The Capital One Tower, the tallest building in US city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was demolished due to severe hurricane damage
Some netizens have compared the tower's demolition with the events of 09/11.
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Some netizens have compared the tower's demolition with the events of 09/11.
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Debate poses challenge for Harris amid rising voter frustration
Journalist and author Dan Lazare sat down with radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits to preview the event, predicting that Harris will have the more difficult task in the debate.
Ultimately, Lazare said that Harris has the harder task because “all the polls show that people are really hungry for change. They feel the status quo is totally dysfunctional.” Lazare noted that the argument that Harris is both the continuity candidate and the change candidate “doesn’t make any sense” to him but that “maybe it’ll make sense to enough viewers to squeak out a victory.”
The best strategy for Harris, one that she is sure to lean on heavily during the debates, is to focus on the abortion issue. A recent poll showed Trump leading Harris by just two points in Florida, a significant drop off from Trump’s 3.7-point win over Joe Biden in the sunshine state in 2020.
One reason for the drop may be a voter initiative ballot in the state that would loosen restrictions on abortion.
The US Presidential debate is scheduled to begin at 9 pm EST (1 am GMT).
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Journalist and author Dan Lazare sat down with radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits to preview the event, predicting that Harris will have the more difficult task in the debate.
“I think that Trump is gonna try to tie Harris to the Biden administration. Hold her responsible for all the things that have gone wrong - inflation, Afghanistan,” Lazare began, arguing that Harris will try to “make the case that she somehow simultaneously stands for continuity and change.”
“The question is whether… Trump can block that strategy or not,” he added.
Ultimately, Lazare said that Harris has the harder task because “all the polls show that people are really hungry for change. They feel the status quo is totally dysfunctional.” Lazare noted that the argument that Harris is both the continuity candidate and the change candidate “doesn’t make any sense” to him but that “maybe it’ll make sense to enough viewers to squeak out a victory.”
The best strategy for Harris, one that she is sure to lean on heavily during the debates, is to focus on the abortion issue. A recent poll showed Trump leading Harris by just two points in Florida, a significant drop off from Trump’s 3.7-point win over Joe Biden in the sunshine state in 2020.
One reason for the drop may be a voter initiative ballot in the state that would loosen restrictions on abortion.
“The Republicans are on very dangerous territory on the abortion issue. It’s not a popular stance,” explained Lazare. “And the Republican culture war is not popular either. Most people don’t want to ban books in libraries. Most people think it’s really, really silly. But, nonetheless, this is a central issue as far as the Republicans are concerned and they can’t let it go. So, they could well end up paying a price.”
The US Presidential debate is scheduled to begin at 9 pm EST (1 am GMT).
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A group of protesters opposing judicial reform stormed the Mexican Senate building in the capital, where the reform was being debated. The demonstrators breached the chamber, disrupting proceedings in the upper house of Congress.
Earlier, the plenum of the Chamber of Deputies of Congress, as well as the constitutional affairs and legislative studies commissions of the Mexican Senate, approved a draft reform of the judiciary, which provides for the election of top judges and limits on their income.
The initiative by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is being considered in parliament amid protests against the changes by judges and judicial officials, as well as opposition parties. An indefinite nationwide strike in Mexican courts, including the supreme court, began in late August.
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Earlier, the plenum of the Chamber of Deputies of Congress, as well as the constitutional affairs and legislative studies commissions of the Mexican Senate, approved a draft reform of the judiciary, which provides for the election of top judges and limits on their income.
The initiative by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is being considered in parliament amid protests against the changes by judges and judicial officials, as well as opposition parties. An indefinite nationwide strike in Mexican courts, including the supreme court, began in late August.
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A video has spread on Arab social networks showing a robot serving traditional Saudi coffee to guests of an artificial intelligence summit
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Pro-Palestinian activists march down the streets of Philadelphia where the debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump is scheduled to start in less than half an hour.
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Kamala Harris will use a shorter podium than Donald Trump during the debate to account for their significant height difference, Axios reported. The move aims to make them appear closer in stature on split screens, but critics find it a bit absurd.
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A Trump campaign official mocked the adjustment, comparing it to "the kids' table at Thanksgiving," the report said.
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❗️ Kamala Harris and Donald Trump get on stage and shake hands. The presidential debate has started
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Harris claimed that Trump sold microchips that modernized China’s military
Trump denied the claim, saying China bought the chips from Taiwan, adding that the US “hardly makes chips anymore.”
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“You want to talk about his deals with China… he ended up selling American chips to help them improve and modernize their military. Basically sold us out.”
Trump denied the claim, saying China bought the chips from Taiwan, adding that the US “hardly makes chips anymore.”
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"She's a Marxist" - Trump
Last month, Harris announced that she was in favor of ending sales tax on tips, the same policy Trump had promoted earlier in the campaign.
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"Everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window. She's going to my philosophy now," Trump emphasized.
Last month, Harris announced that she was in favor of ending sales tax on tips, the same policy Trump had promoted earlier in the campaign.
"In fact, I was going to send her a MAGA hat," Trump revealed.
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