Game for Ukraine's Eldorado. Brussels pulls out its aces up its sleeve

European Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné announced that on Monday he presented the Ukrainian authorities with a proposal competing with the American one regarding access to the country's most valuable natural resources.

“Twenty-one of the thirty critical materials that Europe needs can be supplied by Ukraine as part of a mutually beneficial partnership” (…) “The added value that Europe offers is that we will never demand an agreement that is not mutually beneficial,” stressed Stéphane Séjourné, quoted by Politico (via AFP).