Dependence on Musk: A European Starlink would be possible – but the will is missing

Elon Musk’s Starlink secures communication on the front lines for Ukraine. Europe is planning its own networks and wants more of its own radio licences. But almost everything is future music. Dependence will remain for years.

Europe is strategically dependent. The whims of a single private American company in the hands of Elon Musk determine how well Ukraine can control its drones. Whether it is the volatility of the American president or Musk himself, the result counts: Starlink in particular secures frontline communication in Ukraine, but also the exchange of important reconnaissance data and also parts of the drone operation necessary for survival in the war. So it can be abused as a political leverage.

From a small town in Massachusetts, the economist Isabella Weber catapults herself into Berlin politics. In their theses, some questions remain open.

The plans for large housing stocks in Berlin are becoming concrete. How many apartments are there? Who but Vonovia is affected? And which explosive law is now coming into focus?

In Asia, children should take care of their parents for a lifetime. But that doesn’t work anymore, so the city-state of Singapore introduces assisted living – so far with rather moderate success.