Robert Fico, Slovak Prime Minister, regretted that "The European Union, which is simply a peace project, behaves like a military cabinet". All we talk about in the Council is ammunition and rockets for Ukraine or how many Russians must be killed," Fico said.
He besides added that Ukraine "was already willing to sign peace treaties" in the first months of the war that began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. “But then Western politicians appeared and said, “No. Let’s usage the war in Ukraine to humiliate Russia.” They failed," said the Prime Minister. The words of the President-in-Office of the Government are crucial and should have further consequences. Especially those relating to Western politicians for whom “the humiliation of Russia” was more crucial than the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and immense material losses.
In 2012, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for six decades of work for peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe". The award was an expression of appreciation for the EU's contribution to maintaining peace on the continent, which in the past has been the arena of many conflicts. Developments indicate that the war in Ukraine will end in a fair peace, where Russia will endure the consequences for violating global law, and the European Union will deal with what it has been called for.
Especially since Mario Draghi, who commissioned the EC to produce a peculiar report, beats the alarm. The erstwhile Italian Prime Minister claims that the Union is losing competition for the global marketplace to the US and China. European companies have limited possible for innovation and investment in R & D. The EU marketplace is over-regulated and underinvested. Only 4 of the top 50 technology companies in the planet are European, and the EU's global position in technology is deteriorating: from 2013 to 2023, its share of global technological revenues fell from 22% to 18%, while the US share increased from 30% to 38%. There is no company in the Union with a marketplace capitalisation exceeding EUR 100 billion, which would have been established from scratch in the last 50 years, while all six US companies with a valuation of over EUR 1 trillion were created during that period.
The 3 largest investors in R&I in Europe have been dominated by automotive companies for 20 years. The same was actual in the United States in the early 21st century, with cars and pharmaceuticals at the head, but now all 3 major companies are in information technology. Draghi claims that a window for Europe is being opened to repair delays in innovation and productivity and reconstruct production potential. Will the European Commission see this?
Leszek Miller
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