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

<p>This week’s EU Confidential episode comes to you from London, where the Ukraine Recovery Conference has just wrapped up.</p><p>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,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/03/23/updated-ukraine-recovery-and-reconstruction-needs-assessment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">according</a>&nbsp;to the World Bank, United Nations and European Commission&nbsp;— a figure that will only increase as the war grinds on.&nbsp;</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>