International

While after two months the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan has still not been brought under control, people living in the neighbourhood of Chernobyl in the Ukraine are still, after twenty-five years, dealing with the consequences of the biggest nuclear disaster ever. Without international aid it would be impossible to keep these consequences within manageable proportions. These were the conclusions of SP Senator Tiny Kox following meetings today with the victims’ organisation in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

‘Banking with reduced risk demands a different kind of rule to the strict regulations needed for the speculative and risky behaviour of ordinary banks,’ representatives of the banking sector and SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong agreed at a joint meeting held today in the European Parliament.