With the United States an increasingly erratic and unreliable ally, Europe is confronted with the question of how to bankroll Ukraine’s war efforts.
France’s Minister for Defence, Sébastien Lecornu recently announced that Paris would be sending a 200 million Euro aid package to Ukraine, funded using the interest generated from frozen Russian assets.
The French announcement comes after discussions by European officials that included a proposal to seize Russian assets should it violate a future ceasefire deal with Ukraine, a step which has been previously resisted on legal grounds.
Guest: Philippa Webb, professor of Public Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford