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On Monday, Switzerland's National Council debated whether to increase the budget of the Armed Forces. An outline as a basis for military-policy discussions in the era of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
The left is against it, the Center party and the FDP are for it, the SVP is split. The emerging support for Switzerland’s participation in the expansion of Frontex, the European border and coast guard agency, is coming from the political center. The vote will take place on May 15.
If the right-wing nationalist were to move into the Élysée Palace, it would have serious consequences for the European Union. Disputes over the EU’s basic legal order would intensify, and the Franco-German relationship could be catastrophically damaged.
On a front line stretching almost 500 kilometers in the Donbas region, the Russian army is advancing with 70,000 soldiers. Experts expect a war of attrition rather than quick advances.
High gasoline prices, high heating costs and food shortages have been the immediate effects of Russia's attack on Ukraine. But the conflict will have significant longer-term impacts as well.