In Berlin, “le Who ’s who des organisations internationales” met at the beginning of the week to talk about a particularly complex subject: the reconstruction of Ukraine. While fighting between Russians and Ukrainians continues in the country, meetings were organized on October 24 and 25 in the German capital, reports the daily newspaper. They followed the Lugano conference, where the subject had already been raised in July.
Although the war is far from over, Ursula von der Leyen and Olaf Scholz have both spoken out in favor of further reflection on the issue, the German statesman going so far as to speak of a “plan Marshall du XXIe century”. In a joint op-ed published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the President of the European Commission and the Chancellor say:
“Ukraine needs to know that its economy can restart as soon as the war is over.”
In their eyes, “supporting the country is not only right, but serves our interests”because Ukrainian forces not only defend their homeland, but also “an international order based on law, f