Mihkel Viires 🔹
Participation2
- Attended more than three meetings with a local EA group
- Attended an EA Global conference
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War crime seems like quite a broad topic. Is there a specific aspect you are interested in (e.g. the legal questions, the impacts on people & society)? If you just want a general overview, the Wikipedia article is probably not a bad place to start.
Good and highly valuable post, thanks for sharing your experience!
As an European, it does indeed feel like the EU and its institutions do not receive enough media coverage & public attention, compared to its impact and importance. Consider how few movies and TV series feature the EU's institutions as the setting where they take place, compared to say the UK or US. (For those looking for a good TV series about the EU, I recommend Parlement.)
It is worth noting that the European Union itself does not have that many financial resources: the EU's 2025 budget is ~€200 billion [1]. That is an order of magnitude less than the U.S. federal government budget. This means that the EU member states would need to provide funding for this program from their national budgets.
I really like the ambition here!
Some numbers to add context:
1. The previous U.S. administration requested $6.1 billion of funding for PEPFAR for FY 2025[1]. That's the equivalent of €5.856 billion[2].
2. 449.2 million people live in the European Union[3]. That is significantly more than the United States population.
3. The cost of funding PEPFAR would be €13.04 per year per EU resident. That's only slightly more than €1 per month.
This post is really hard to understand. I am not sure what is the exact message you wish to convey here, so perhaps it would be useful if you could elaborate a bit and be more concrete.