Edit: I meant to leave this empty to start, but to clarify now that there’s other discussion:
“Access to minerals” doesn’t necessarily mean “discounted” or “mineral rights”. It could be a deal consisting of:
- Military aid goes to EU defence industry supplies
- In exchange, EU gets first dibs at market rate contracts (with some tax-exempt on on the EU side for imports to make it more appealing to take advantage of on both sides) for metals/mineral extraction.
This could help spur Ukraine’s post-war economy, integration with EU markets, and benefit the EU defence industry. It would also demonstrate what a real and fair deal looks like.
Why do you want us to stoop to Trump’s level?
If done how OP proposes, this isn’t really taking advantage of Ukraine at all.
It’s mostly just forming a strategic partnership and making sure EU companies are financially invested in Ukraine which will result in political pressure for lasting peace and EU aid.
Yeah, he add additional info after my comment (was just the title before).
ah gotcha
My focus is also on delegitimizing bullshit deal proposals with something fair :)