Photo by Dustin Humes on Unsplash Germany’s slowness in authorising the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was bad news for Ukraine, European security and Germany itself. But other Western leaders should not be too smug, writes Ian Bond. Just days after Russia launched its full-scale assault on Ukraine in February 2022, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz described it as…
Centre right members in the European Parliament say they want to strengthen European defence capability. They say they want to increase investments in the defence sector, swiftly revise the EU budget to provide necessary funds for the EU’s defence policy, joint procurements and the development of military capabilities. MEPs claim it is imperative that the decision-making process is improved and accelerated, in…
Picture the scene: you’re in the middle of the worst health pandemic in living memory and you are about to open a new business. What’s more, that business is a restaurant and, arguably, the sector most impacted by that terrible health crisis is horeca. That was the rather brutal dilemma facing Alexandre Cardoso and Hugues…
The airline industry says it is “flying the flag” to help minimise CO2 emissions and reach net zero emissions by 2050. The sector has already made “great strides” in fuel efficiency and conservation. One such initiative is the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) which is approved for use in all aircraft but only in blends…
