US EditionEU worried over USAID shutdown
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The U.S. Aid Freeze: Counting the Global Cost of Chaos
On the first day of his second stint in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing all U.S. foreign assistance. Four days later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted foreign aid work already underway. Soon after that, Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Rubio canceled 83 percent of its programs. “Since…
Dutch law professor John Morijn is also quoted Monday in Politico as saying that as part of Brussels' “ReArm Europe” plans, “allocating 1-2% for the defense of democracy should be feasible.” This means that up to 16 billion euros can be allocated to finance NGOs. Morijn urged member states to “ask the Commission to assess the gap caused by the withdrawal of USAID in the funding of NGOs for Democracy”. Global strategist Christy Quirk added that “…
Trump's decision to shut down the USAid's programmes seriously weakens the health systems of many countries. And these already glaring repercussions, according to experts, will continue to grow.
‘The EU is hiding the source of funds replacing USAID support’ — An Interview with András László
After his presidential inauguration, one of the first actions Donald Trump has taken was to immediately cut back on unnecessary government spending; first freezing payments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and then ordering a comprehensive review of all the funds that were spent under the flag of the USAID. In recent years the US government has spent billions of dollars worldwide to gain political influence th…
European NGOs are warning of a “difficult few years” ahead as growing humanitarian needs confront dwindling funding for struggling nations, according to an analysis by The Guardian. The situation is all the more worrying as, in addition to the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), “deeply regrettable” cuts to European aid budgets are also contributing to a lack of support for the world’s most fragile states, MEPs an…
EU worried over USAID shutdown
Donald Trump’s order ending USAID and its 2025 55.8 billion-euro budget has the European Union scrambling to fill a gap they know they can’t manage alone. “Europe alone cannot compensate for USAID’s withdrawal,” France’s Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, minister for the Francophonie and international partnerships, told Euractiv. His concerns are being echoed by European NGOs and the world over… Source
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