As the European Cartoon Awards marked the tenth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack, prize-winning cartoonists and journalists warned that satire is increasingly being perceived as a security threat, both by authoritarian regimes and within democracies.
Although they are intended to finance sustainable initiatives, green investments in defence firms have surged in recent years, topping €50 billion in 2025. The trend is driven by concerted pressure from the arms industry backed by the European Commission. Both seem determined to convince banks that weaponry can be made “sustainable”. An investigation in partnership with El País, IrpiMedia and Mediapart.
As Washington steps back, new figures show that, contrary to what some in Brussels and various EU countries say, financing Ukraine is not a costly burden but a rational investment for Europe – far cheaper than the economic, security and humanitarian price of a Russian victory.
