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French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to assert itself on the world stage, saying it is time to start acting like a "power".

In the face of growing threats from China, Russia and now the US, he told a group of European newspapers that the continent faced a "wake-up call".

"Are we ready to become a power? This is the question in the field of economy and finance, in defence and security, and in our democratic systems.

"In another era we might have said it is the moment to 'assume our majority'," he said ahead of an EU summit in Brussels later this week.

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago

Thats what they have been doing for years now. The EU is the main source of equipment and funding for Ukraine.

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That is simply false and America has been providing the majority of the funding until Trump took office only 1 year ago

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah no. Not just recently but also overall the EU is the main source of funding for Ukraine. Going into the future this will just become more and more one sided. It was closely matched, but even before Trump took office the EU was leading.

https://www.kielinstitut.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker

[-] sockinggood@piefed.social 19 points 2 months ago

I do not like Europe representated with a colour different than blue.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah seems really inverted to me

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

From the same source indicating until Trump America was the lead supporter. Not sure why there’s different data presentation

https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/news/ukraine-support-tracker-europe-fails-to-offset-us-aid-drop/

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thats the same plot but formatted as "stacked". So in this plot it is also even before 2025. Just admit that you were wrong and fuck off already. It doesnt even matter anyways because my original comment talked about "IS" not "WAS". And it IS overall the main contributor and by a huge margin.

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