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Biden, NATO to beef up force posture amid Russian aggression

Russian economy and fun- joint statement following the
neling billions of dollars of Biden-Sanchez meeting, said
weaponry into Ukraine in the the invasion “fundamentally
face of Russian aggression, altered the global strategic
NATO partners are show- environment” and that the
ing signs of strain as the cost “aggression constitutes the
of energy and other essential most direct threat to trans-
goods has skyrocketed. Atlantic security and global
stability since the end of the
As the U.S. president de- Cold War.”
parted for the NATO meet-
ing from the German Alps, Sullivan suggested that other
where he met this week moves Biden is set to an-
with leaders of the Group nounce will involve posi-
of Seven leading economies, tioning additional forces on
French President Emmanuel NATO’s eastern flank “in a
(AP) — President Joe ance in the region. move “will help increase the Macron said that the prices steady state.” He declined to
Biden opened his three- United States’ and NATO’s are putting European econo- say if some U.S. forces that
day visit to a NATO sum- Biden arrived in Spain for maritime presence.” He said mies in an “untenable” situ- serve there on a rotational
mit Tuesday by pledging the summit amid an intense Biden would announce addi- ation. Ukrainian President basis would become perma-
to beef up the American barrage of Russian fire across tional moves on Wednesday. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who nent.
military presence in Eu- Ukraine— including a hor- addressed the G-7 on Mon-
rope as he denounced rific missile attack on a shop- “The president said before day, has openly worried that The U.S. president praised
Russia’s Vladimir Putin ping mall in Kyiv on Monday the war started that if Putin the West has become fatigued Spain for taking in tens of
for trying to “wipe out” — and growing weariness invaded Ukraine, the Unit- by the cost of the war. thousands of Ukrainian mi-
Ukrainian culture in the over the grinding war that is ed States and NATO would grants who have fled the war.
ongoing war in eastern battering the global economy. enhance the force posture The U.S. has been building
Europe. on the eastern flank, not just up its presence since shortly “Our people have stood to-
“Sometimes I think Putin’s for the duration of the crisis, before the Russian inva- gether,” Biden said during a
Biden, in talks with Spanish objective is just to literally but to address the long-term sion in late February, adding meeting with Spain’s King
Prime Minister Pedro Sán- change the entire culture change in the strategic reality about 20,000 troops to the Felipe VI. “They’ve stood up
chez, detailed plans to in- -- wipe out the culture of that that would present,” Sul- 80,000 who were previously and they’ve stood strong.”
crease the number of Navy Ukraine (with) the kinds of livan added. in Europe. And the U.S. has
destroyers based in Rota, actions he’s taking,” Biden signaled that the Russian in- Biden attended a dinner on
Spain, from four to six. said after meeting with Sán- Biden is looking to use this vasion will have reverbera- Tuesday with other NATO
Biden said the move was one chez. week’s NATO summit to tions on its and NATO allies’ leaders at the 18th Century
of multiple announcements shore up allies amid signs of defense posture for years to Royal Palace of Madrid, host-
that he and NATO allies White House national se- fractures in the western alli- come. ed by Spain’s king and queen,
would make during the sum- curity adviser Jake Sul- ance. After heaping an ava- Letizia.
mit to help bolster the alli- livan said the destroyers’ lanche of sanctions on the The U.S. and Spain, in a

French parliament elects woman as its speaker, for 1st time

(AP) — The new speaker in the French Constitution,
of France’s lower house in response to the U.S. Su- The far-right party of three-
of parliament — the first preme Court decision last time presidential candidate
woman to hold the post — week to strip women’s con- Marine Le Pen, the National
vigorously defended the stitutional protections for Rally, won a record number
right to abortion Tuesday abortion. Abortion in France of seats, and is expected to
and called on the chamber was legalized in 1975 and has press anti-immigration poli-
to be “vigilant” about pro- broad political support. cies.
tecting it from reversal.
“The brutal decision hand- All three top parties plan
The National Assembly ed down last Friday by the competing measures aimed at
elected Yael Braun-Pivet as U.S. Supreme Court, that helping working-class house-
speaker on Tuesday, in its reversed its commitment, holds cope with high infla-
first session since President that shocked us so much, is tion, fueled by Russia’s war
Emmanuel Macron’s party a stark reminder to be vigi- in Ukraine.
lost his majority in elections lant,” Braun-Pivet said after
this month that handed new becoming speaker. Women remain in the mi-
power to far-right and far-left nority in the Assembly, and
camps. “Nothing should be taken for Braun-Pivet’s appointment
granted. History is made of was seen as sending an im-
Braun-Pivet is a member great progress but is always portant message about wom-
of Macron’s centrist alli- under threat of being re- en in politics. A lawyer who
ance Ensemble (Together), versed. This right was fought spent several years living in
which still has the most seats for and was inalienable. It is Asia, Braun-Pivet was elected
in the Assembly but no lon- my conviction as a woman first in 2017 and reelected
ger enough to comfortably today is that we need to be this month in her district
adopt laws. The assembly the watchdog so that it stays She was chosen by secret bal- trance Tuesday with a diverse west of Paris, and chaired the
is France’s most powerful in place forever,” she told lot over candidates from rival cross-section of lawmakers Assembly’s Law Committee
house of parliament. lawmakers. parties. including many young peo- for the past five years.
ple in office for the first time.
The divided chamber is Braun-Pivet is a former So- The leftist Nupes coalition is Nupes hopes to challenge The National Assembly is
preparing to tackle propos- cialist who joined Macron’s the biggest opposition force Macron’s plans to cut taxes taking on a more important
als on fighting inflation and party in 2016 and a relative in the Assembly, and its legis- and raise the retirement age role now than it has had in 20
enshrining abortion rights newcomer to law-making. lators made a grand joint en- from 62 to 65. years.