... November 18, 2020
On November 18, 2020, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation Géza Andreas von Geyr was giving an open lecture at HSE University.
What is the place and role of the European Union in the modern world? How is the European integration project developing, and what role does Germany play in it? How are relations between the EU and Russia today?
The event was organized jointly by HSE University and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Moscow as part of the Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European ...
... ring sweetly, but in the EU's case, it has become a synonym of 'stagnation'. What the EU needs at this point is leadership
Germany today is at a crossroads, divided, uncertain. Christian Lindner, Chairman of the Free Democratic Party, has
walked away
... ... the absence of deeper integration among member states. The EU needs a determined leader to either create a United States of Europe or to put a cross on the federal project once and for all. Merkel is anything but this leader. She satisfies neither Europhiles,...
... involved primarily with the domestic agenda.
It is highly questionable whether the government will be able to carry out a clear, bold and promising policy and whether the government will be able to assume unconditional and effective leadership in the European Union during the difficult time. The President of the European Commission hopes that Germany will actively advance his ideas. Some of the most influential German politicians – Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble, for instance – have already subscribed to them [
4
]. The new but familiar German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that ...
... unpopular position of the sponsor for EU insolvent states. In other words, Berlin leads Europe thanks to its economic predominance, while due to the Eurozone misbalances, the... ... politician or a journalist who feels good about Russian or bad about Berlin's policies.
Germany is also willing to lead the fading Normandy process, to a great extent due to... ... has been playing first fiddle in the decades-long talks on Turkey's entry into the European Union. To this end, Ankara has been especially sensitive about any demarches...
