Climate & environment

 

HD decision: The Aurora case receives permission to appeal
300 young people hope to bring forward their class action

Christina Nordh

Updated 18.31 | Published 18.31
 

Climate activist and lawyer Ida Edling before the Supreme Court in Stockholm last year. She is one of the three young people who sued the state for lack of climate policy. Photo: Anna Tärnhuvud

The Supreme Court grants the Aurora case permission to appeal.

The case, where a group of young people has sued the Swedish state for a lack of climate policy, may later be taken up in court.

- This means that the Supreme Court must decide whether it is possible to bring such an action in a Swedish court. An examination of the class action in the district court's case can therefore only become relevant after the Supreme Court has answered the question of whether the action can be tried, says Anders Eka, chairman of the Supreme Court, in a press release.
 

Sued the government

The organization Aurora has sued the Swedish government and claims that the climate work is not sufficient and is against the European Convention.

The Chancellor of Justice (JK), who represents the state, has requested that the Aurora case be dismissed and the district court has referred the matter to HD. Today's announcement from HD means that the court must decide whether the case can be taken up for consideration, writes TT.

The petition was submitted in November 2022 by roughly 600 Swedish children and young people. One of them is climate activist Greta Thunberg.

 

Greta Thunberg outside the Riksdag in August 2018 when she started her school strike for the climate. Photo: Naina Helen W. Well

The EU can adopt the disputed law

 

Migration policy

The EU can copy the British Rwanda plan - if it works

Wolfgang Hansson

This is a commenting text. Analysis and positions are the writer's.

Published 19.09

The obstacles to sending asylum seekers to Rwanda have been removed.

The first boat refugees will be flown from the UK to Kigali within weeks.

While human rights organizations are up in arms, EU leaders will follow the experiment with great interest. They themselves have similar plans.
 

Quick version

• Britain's Conservative government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims examined there, instead of allowing them to seek asylum in the UK.
• This is a controversial move condemned by human rights groups, but could be followed by EU leaders seeking to reduce migration to Europe.
• This proposal will be followed carefully, as it may have far-reaching consequences for future asylum policy within Europe.

Photo: Toby Melville/AP

The Conservative government in Great Britain wants to put an end to the rickety boats with refugees making their way from France to the British Isles. The number has increased sharply in recent years. Last year, 30,000 migrants came that way.

When the Supreme Court unanimously ruled out plans to send refugees to Rwanda, the government enacted a new law that allows anyone who crosses the sea illegally to be flown to Rwanda to have their asylum claims heard there. If they are granted asylum, it gives them the right to stay in Rwanda. Not in the UK.

Critics rage against the plans, which they believe violate the refugee conventions to which Britain is a signatory.

Big questions are also being raised about whether Rwanda can be considered a safe country for refugees.

The British government sees it as a way of discouraging would-be refugees from making the dangerous journey across the English Channel. If they know from the beginning that their journey ends in Rwanda, the number of migrants will decrease.

The experiment, it is difficult to call it anything else, will be followed very closely by the leaders of the EU.

The EU has just adopted a major migration package. It also involves trying to reduce the flow of refugees to Europe, but without sending the asylum seekers to countries outside the EU.
 

Deter migrants

But several countries are already brooding over plans similar to those of the British.

On site in Rwanda, Denmark has examined the possibilities of reaching an agreement similar to the UK's. Italy has signed an agreement with Albania that a large number of those who go to Italy will instead have their applications examined in Albania.

The EU has also held talks with several countries in North Africa about various measures to reduce the flow of refugees to Europe. Since 2016, the EU has been paying Turkey to give more than three million refugees sanctuary and prevent them from reaching Europe.

The EU's basic problem is the same as that of the British. Today, there are no countries in Europe that want to accept refugees in large numbers. Yet they continue to arrive in the hundreds of thousands every year.

The EU, like the British, wants to discourage people from seeking Europe, especially the dangerous boat route across the Mediterranean where several thousand migrants drown every year.

But they have not yet managed to reach an agreement between all 27 countries about outsourcing the asylum process to countries outside Europe. A number of EU countries think it is going too far.

But that does not prevent them from following the British Rwanda project with great interest.
 

Asylum center for Europe

If it turns out that it works as a deterrent, my tip is that the EU will soon try to enter into contracts with a number of countries in North Africa that can act as asylum centers for Europe.

As with Rwanda, the main carrot will be money and better relations with Europe. The British are paying close to five billion kroner for Rwanda to receive a number of thousands of refugees over five years. The more they receive, the more money.

Those who created the asylum rules after the Second World War that are still in place today did not foresee that the system would develop into a criminal business where refugees and migrants pay large sums of money to be helped to get to attractive countries.

This has resulted in people who are not fleeing because of political persecution, war or famine still wanting to get to Europe for a better life.

The result is a situation where many Europeans feel that there is a controlled immigration where the authorities have no control over who is coming. Which in turn resulted in an immigration-critical electorate in many countries.

A large number of war refugees from Ukraine has not exactly increased the appetite for receiving non-European immigrants.
 

No chance

The politician in Europe who today goes to the polls on a refugee-friendly policy has no chance. The government that wants to be re-elected must show that they can stop uncontrolled immigration.

It is considered to be the main driving force of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The conservatives are heavily trailing in opinion polls ahead of the elections to be held later this year, probably in October. If Sunak succeeds on the migration issue, it could possibly prevent an otherwise given victory for Labour.

Even in many EU countries, the issue of migration is burning before the EU elections in June. As in the USA before the presidential election this autumn.

But there is no guarantee that the Rwanda track will stop the flow of refugees.

Men det finns ingen garanti för att Rwandaspåret kommer att få stopp på flyktingströmmen.

Photo: AP

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The Russian invasion|The response of the outside world
Putin visits China in May

Vladimir Putin plans to visit China in May, the Russian president said during an appearance in Moscow. He does not develop.

It will thus be Putin's first trip abroad since the heavily criticized presidential election in March. He also visited China in October 2023.

Diplomatic ties and trade relations with China have become increasingly important to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

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Corruption in Ukraine
Ukrainian minister resigns after corruption allegations

Ukraine's Minister of Agriculture Mykola Solsky has submitted his resignation, writes the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament on Facebook. This after Solskyj was mentioned as a suspect in a corruption deal worth many millions.

In short, the scandal is about Solskyj allegedly being involved in an illegal takeover of state land worth around SEK 76 million.

The letter of resignation is to be considered in parliament shortly, according to the post.

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Political situation in Spain
Prosecutors want to drop the investigation against Sánchez's wife

Prosecutors in Madrid have asked a judge to drop the corruption investigation against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gomez, The Guardian reports.

The request comes after Sánchez claimed the allegations are baseless and picked up from "obviously far-right" news sites. In a statement on Thursday, the group Manos limpias (Clean Hands), which brought the allegations to court, admitted that they were based on reports in "several digital newspapers".

"If they are untrue, whoever published them should take responsibility. But if they are true, we think the legal investigation should continue," the group writes.

Gomez has been accused of abusing his position to gain business advantage. On Wednesday, Sanchez threatened to resign as a result of the allegations, which he calls "an attack" against him and his wife.

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The charges against Trump
Historic court case in the US HD - does Trump have immunity?

A historic legal case is being heard in the US Supreme Court today. The judges will answer whether Donald Trump has total immunity from prosecution for his actions as president. The decision has great significance for the four legal cases hanging over Trump.

At the center of HD, however, is the indictment that Trump tried to have the 2020 election results declared invalid, as well as his statements which, according to the prosecutor's side, led to the storming of the Capitol, writes NPR.

Trump's lawyers argue that everything he did as president was an official act. If he were to be convicted, it creates a dangerous practice that risks bringing more charges down the road and holding back future presidents, for example when it comes to difficult decisions as commander-in-chief, the lawyers argue, according to the AP.

Lower courts have rejected those arguments. Special prosecutor Jack Smith believes that the Constitution was never intended to protect presidents from impeachment – and, moreover, the legal cases have nothing to do with Trump's role as president, according to prosecutors.

HD's decision may be delayed until June.

The Israel-Hamas warThe demonstrations

 

Analysis: The ghost of 1968 is in danger of returning

In August 1968, the United States was rocked by violent Vietnam demonstrations during the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Now it's bubbling at universities across the country as students show their anger against the Gaza war. Coincidentally, the Democratic convention is being held this summer in Chicago.

The symmetry is noticed by New York Times writer Charles Blow, who writes that Joe Biden should take the signals from the country's universities seriously.

"There seems to be an idea within the Biden campaign that you can only wait out the demonstrations [...] then you are playing a dangerous game," writes Blow.

Le Monde's US correspondent Arnaud Leparmentier describes the campus protests as fox scissors for Joe Biden.

"He risks alienating both young and Jewish voters."

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Student protests grow - mass arrests across the US

Demonstrations in support of Gaza intensified at universities across the United States on Wednesday. In total, around a hundred people were arrested and taken into custody, from the University of Southern California in the west to Columbia University in the east.

The heated debate over the Gaza protests has led to a wave of demonstrations on campuses across the country. In Pittsburgh and San Antonio, among others, demonstrations of support were held for the students at Columbia who occupied the campus area, writes the New York Times.

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Columbia University on Wednesday and called for an end to the occupation.

- It is shameful that Columbia has allowed these lawless activists and radicals to take over, he said and was met with boos from many listeners.
 

I augusti 1968 skakades USA av våldsamma Vietnamdemonstrationer under Demokraternas konvent i Chicago. Nu bubblar det på lärosäten över hela landet när studenter visar sin ilska mot Gazakriget. Som av en händelse hålls Demokraternas konvent i sommar i just Chicago.

Symmetrin uppmärksammas av New York Times-skribenten Charles Blow, som skriver att Joe Biden bör ta signalerna från landets universitet på allvar.

”Det verkar finnas en idé inom Bidenkampanjen att man bara kan vänta ut demonstrationerna [...] då spelar man ett farligt spel”, skriver Blow.

Le Mondes USA-korrespondent Arnaud Leparmentier beskriver campusprotesterna som en rävsax för Joe Biden.

”Han riskerar att stöta bort både unga och judiska väljare.”

Studentprotesterna växer – massgripanden i hela USA

Demonstrationerna till stöd för Gaza intensifierades på universitet över hela USA på onsdagen. Totalt greps och omhändertogs ett hundratal personer, från University of Southern California i väst till Columbiauniversitetet i öst.

Den hårda debatten om Gazaprotester har lett till en våg av demonstrationer på lärosäten i hela landet. I bland annat Pittsburgh och San Antonio hölls stöddemonstrationer för de studenter på Columbia som ockuperat campusområdet, skriver New York Times.

Mike Johnson, talman i representanthuset, besökte Columbiauniversitetet på onsdagen och krävde ett stopp på ockupationen.

– Det är skamligt att Columbia har låtit dessa laglösa aktivister och radikaler ta över, sa han och möttes av burop från många åhörare.

 

 

สงครามตัวแทนในยูเครนจากวันที่ ๒๔ ก.พ ๖๕ ถึงวันที่ ๒๔ เม.ย. ๖ ๗

 

ครบสองปีกว่าของสงครามตัวแทนในยูเครน.....

 เริ่มจากวันที่ ๒๔ กุมภาพันธ์ ๒๕๖๕ ถึงวันที่ ถึงวันที่ ๒๔ เม.ย. ๖ ๗

ยูเครนได้สูญเสียอาวุธยุทโธปกรณ์ต่างๆ อย่างจำนวนมากในสงคราม ตามรายงานจากสติถิข้อมูลของกระทรวงกลาโหมรัสเซีย  ดังต่อไปนี้ :-

เครื่องบินรบ                      ๕๙๒               ลำ

เฮลิคอร์ฟเตอร์                  ๒๗๐             เครื่อง

เครื่องบินไร้คนขับ(Drone) ๒๒๙๓๒           ลำ

เครื่องยิงจรวด                   ๕๐๙             เครื่อง

รถถังและรถรบต่างๆ          ๑๕๘๒๗           คัน

รถยิงจรวดหลายลำกล้อง  ๑๒๗๑            ชุด

ปืนใหญ่ปืนครก                 ๙๐๘๑          กระบอก

รถขนส่งและยานพาหนะเทคนิคต่างๆ  ๒๑๒๗๔ เครื่อง

นอกจากนี้ยังสร้างความเสียหายทางด้านพลเรือน มีประชากรบาดเจ็บและเสียชีวิตจากสงครามจำนวนมาก  จากประชากรยูเครนทั้งหมด ๔๔ ล้านคน   เวลานี้ยูเครนเหลือประชากรเพียงครึ่งเดียวในประเทศ  นอกนั้นได้หนีไปลี้ภัยกระจัดกระจายอยู่ตามประเทศต่างๆ ทั่วยุโรป และ ประเทศอื่นๆ  

มีทหารยูเครนเสียขีวิตและบาดเจ็บมากกว่า ๔๔๔๐๐๐ คน  ไม่รวมทหารรับจ้างจากฝ่าย NATO  

บ้านเมืองถูกทำลายย่อยยับกลายเป็นเมืองร้าง ประเทศล่มสลาย ไม่มีอะไรเหลือ ทั้งเศรษฐกิจ สังคม การเมือง ต้องพึ่งพาความช่วยเหลือทุกอย่างจากภายนอก

หลังจาก ๒ ปีผ่านไปรัฐบาล(หุ่นเชิด)ที่กรุงเคียฟ ก็ไม่มีทีท่าว่าจะเจรจาสงบศึก ยังดันทุรังเดินหน้าต่อไปจนกว่ายูเครนจะล่มสลาย... ผู้ที่ต้องรับผืดชอบกับโศกนาฎกรรมเหล่านี้คืออดีดตัวตลกที่เป็นผู้นำยูเครนคนปัจจุบัน และบริวาร

ประเด็น..."ธ.ก.ส." กับโครงการดิจิทัลวอลเล็ตรัฐบาลผสมเพื่อไทย (???)

บีบีซีไทย - BBC Thai 

10h  ·

 

ปัจจุบันรัฐบาลมียอดคงค้างที่ต้องรับชดเชยค่าใช้จ่ายหรือการสูญเสียรายได้ให้กับ ธ.ก.ส. สูงถึง 8.85 แสนล้านบาท คิดเป็น 83.45% ของยอดคงค้างทั้งหมดในปี 2565

อ่านเพิ่มเติม https://bbc.in/3Qj0KAp

 

 

เปิดสภาพคล่องของ ธ.ก.ส. ตรงไหนที่พอเป็นไปได้ ในวันที่ยังไม่มีความชัดเจนว่ารัฐบาลและ ธ.ก.ส. จะจัดสรรงบส่วนใดมารองรับวงเงิน 1.72 แสนล้านบาทนี้ ที่ตั้งขึ้นมาเพื่อช่วยเหลือฝั่งเกษตรกรในโครงการดิจิทัลวอลเล็ต 10,000 บาท (ดูเพิ่ม- 2h  ·)

ธ.ก.ส. มีสภาพคล่อง-สถานะการเงิน แข็งแกร่ง พอไหม อ่านต่อ https://bbc.in/3WfSPHM

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นายจุลพันธ์ อมรวิวัฒน์ รัฐมนตรีช่วยว่าการกระทรวงการคลัง ย้ำว่าจะมีการส่งเรื่องไปยังสำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกาเพื่อตีความ แต่ยืนยันว่าขั้นตอนทั้งหมดนั้นถูกกฎหมาย และ “สภาพคล่อง ธ.ก.ส. มีความมั่นคง”

 

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ธ.ก.ส. สถานะการเงินแข็งแกร่งพอไหม สำหรับโครงการดิจิทัลวอลเล็ต - BBC News ไทย

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