In reaction, Germany and Norway froze their donations.With the new government and the team of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva and environment minister Marina Silva, we have a great chance to protect the forest and to offer a new perspective to the people who live there, Schulze said.Under Bolsonaro, deforestation in Brazils Amazon reached a 15-year high as he dismantled environmental protection policies in favor of agribusiness expansion.
we re also closely coordinating this announcement with our allies. the american contribution will be joined by an additional announcement including that will be readily available in the coming weeks and months from other countries. i m grateful to chancellor schulze for providing leopard 2 tanks and will lead an effort to organize the european contribution of two tank battalions for ukraine. i want to thank the chancellor for his leadership and his steadfast commitment to our collective efforts to support ukraine. germany has really stepped up. the chancellor has been a strong, strong voice for unity, a close friend and for the level of effort we ll continue supporting ukraine s ability to fight off russian aggression to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, a worldwide commitment. it s a worldwide commitment. last week germany secretary