Germany's Scholz: Ukrainian refugees should be shared fairly

Reuters

June 27, 2024 at 9:20 a.m.·1 min read

European Union leaders' summit in Brussels

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday called for a fairer distribution of Ukrainian refugees in Europe, stressing how countries contributing less to the effort should receive help from the EU.

"If the other countries participate less in the reception of refugees, it means that Europe will provide these countries with special financial support for the financing of livelihoods, vocational training, language courses and all the things that play a role," said Scholz at an EU Council summit in Brussels.

He said that Germany, Czech, Poland and a few other countries have borne the brunt of taking in people fleeing from Ukraine following Russia's full-scale invasion.

He added that he had made this clear to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen together with his Polish and Czech counterparts.

According to the German statistics office, 276,000 people arrived in Germany from Ukraine last year.

Data from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) showed that almost 6 million people have left Ukraine for Europe since February 2022, with some 1.1 million of them in Germany as of June 1.

(Reporting by Paolo Laudani, Miranda Murray and Alexander Ratz, Editing by Madeline Chambers)

HuffPost
Trump Throws Middle-Of-The-Night Fit After Nancy Pelosi Called Him Out On Live TV
The former president attacked the former House speaker as a “sick puppy.”
HuffPost
Social Media Reacts To Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling
One person suggested President Joe Biden take advantage of the ruling and "fire the Court and appoint one that doesn’t work for Trump."
Reuters
US Supreme Court leaves Judge Tanya Chutkan to parse Trump immunity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity leaves Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine how much of the federal criminal case involving Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election can survive. The 6-3 ruling on Monday, with the court's conservatives in the majority, declared that Trump has broad protection from criminal prosecution for actions that fell within his official responsibilities as president under the U.S. Constitution. The court delegated to Chutkan, a judge on the U.S. district court in Washington, the complex task of determining how to apply that immunity in the four-count criminal indictment obtained last year by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The Canadian Press
In their own words: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's message on Canada Day
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released a video message to Canadians on Canada Day. Here's what he had to say, in his own words.
The Canadian Press
The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulators
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies.
Canadian Press Videos
Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office. (Production: Noreen Nasir)
CNN
The reason why NATO and Europe found Biden’s debate performance so alarming
Joe Biden’s performance at the CNN presidential debate against Donald Trump has raised concerns with US allies - particularly within NATO and Europe.
Business Insider
Changed rules for Ukraine mean its F-16s will arrive when they can make a far bigger impact, military experts say
Ukraine's F-16s are set to arrive when it's allowed to use allied weapons to hit targets in Russia — making the jets far more effective, experts say.
Global News
What lies ahead for Trudeau's political career?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's political fate is hanging by a thread following a devastating byelection loss for the Liberals in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul's. Amidst growing discontent within the Liberal caucus, Trudeau has refused to address the upsetting defeat for five consecutive days, fuelling speculation and outrage. While the PM remains tight-lipped in public, rumours are swirling about a covert phone campaign orchestrated by the prime minister's office to quell the political uproar. Mercedes Stephenson reports on how the prime minister's office is working overtime to lower the political heat.
Futurism
There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks
Earlier this week, China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe landed in Inner Mongolia, delivering the first samples collected from the far side of the Moon. The mission has the international scientific community excited — the far side of the Moon, which permanently faces away from the Earth, remains a bit of a mystery. Only China has […]
USA TODAY
NJ Trump Golf liquor licenses not renewed after probe into post-conviction eligibility
The New Jersey AG's office reviewed Trump Golf liquor license eligibility for compliance after his hush money conviction. The ABC will hold a hearing.
Reuters
Joe Biden's disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden's train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, including claims that he actually won the 2020 election. Biden, 81, failed to refute them and his fumbling, halting performance has sparked calls from Democrats for him to end his quest for a second term and for "soul-searching" or resignations among top aides.
ABC News
Fauci on why he never quit during Trump administration
Despite death threats and backlash from White House advisers over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the Trump administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he never considered resigning. "I just felt that we have to have somebody there who is actually getting the correct information to the American public," Fauci told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday. "I have felt, and still do, a very strong responsibility to the American public, not to any administration or any person, but to the American public."
The Independent
Pelosi attacks Trump and says he might have ‘dementia’ after Biden’s rocky debate
Ex-speaker derides Trump as addled while rejecting calls for Biden to step aside
The Canadian Press
US and Europe warn Lebanon's Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over Hezbollah.
Variety
France’s Far Right Wins First Round of Snap Parliamentary Elections; President Emmanuel Macron’s Party Comes in Third
After dominating the European elections by a landslide, the French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) won the first round of the snap parliamentary elections with approximately 34% of votes, according to exit polls on June 30. The socialist party Nouveau Front Populaire party garnered an estimated 29%, while France’s President Emmanuel Macron …
The Olympian
Two Georgia firefighters disappeared. Bodies found in car days later, Tennessee cops say
Here’s what we know.
CNN
On GPS: Should Biden drop out?
Fareed hears from former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum and Financial Times columnist Edward Luce about what’s next after Thursday’s presidential debate – and whether president Biden should consider dropping out of the race.
The Canadian Press
Sheriff suspends bid for US House seat once held by ex-Speaker McCarthy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A county sheriff suspended his campaign Monday for a California U.S. House seat once held by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and endorsed a fellow Republican, Rep. Vince Fong, who captured a May special election to fill out the remainder of McCarthy’s term.
The Hill
JD Vance says the president has ‘immunity’ ahead of anticipated Supreme Court ruling
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that he believes presidents have legal immunity for actions they commit while in the White House, but declined to go as far as to say President Biden should not be prosecuted for unspecified criminal activity. Vance, considered a finalist to be former President Trump’s vice presidential candidate, predicted in…

Latest Stories