Europe’s new Marshall Plan: making a bet on Ukraine

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week’s EU Confidential episode comes to you from London, where the Ukraine Recovery Conference has just wrapped up. Ukraine may still be fighting a war, but already a conversation has started about how to rebuild the country. It’s a mammoth task — the price tag is already a cool $411 billion, according to the World Bank, United Nations and European Commission — a figure that will only increase as the war grinds on. Suzanne caught up with European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis on the sidelines of the conference, about the EU’s proposed €50 billion package for the Ukraine. POLITICO’s Paola Tamma also joins us to discuss how the EU’s package will work in practice, and some of the challenges ahead. Finally, we’ll hear from Oleksandra Azarkhina, Ukraine’s deputy minister for communities, territories and infrastructure development, about the reality for Ukraine as it tries to rebuild its country in the midst of war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.3	In just over here, Ukrainians have cleared rubble from 2,000 kilometers of roads.
1:38.2	Rebuilt over 40 bridges, renewed 900 train stations and depots.
1:46.1	And all of this while fighting a war for their own survival.
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1:53.3	Ukrainians are reimagining their future.
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2:01.1	taking place this week. The international community, including European countries and the EU,
2:07.1	have stepped up to the plate when it comes to providing Ukraine with military and financial support
2:11.4	to help fight the war. But Ukraine also has another big ask of its international backers,
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