Não há dúvida que a mulher tem a cabeça no lugar e as ideias ordenadas e quando sai do modo alemão e entra no modo estadista faz muita diferença qualitativa na estabilidade e motivação do projecto europeu. Repare-se que em toda a entrevista nunca diz mal ou critica outros países - em vez disso, muda sempre a orientação do discurso para os desafios da UE e o seu potencial positivo. Muito inteligente. O problema é ser, cada vez mais, uma voz a reflectir uma minoria e não a corrente que arrasta as águas.
------------------------
I see my job as working for a self-determined, liberal Europe rooted in the fundamental rights of the individual.
We should start by doing everything we can to make ourselves more resilient. We need to stand together as Europeans, otherwise we will only weaken ourselves. China has become a global player. That makes us partners in economic cooperation and combating climate change, but also competitors with very different political systems. Not to talk to each other would certainly be a bad idea.
We need to let go of the idea that it is for us to define what Britain should want. That is for Britain to define – and we, the EU27, will respond appropriately.
Look at the world; look at China or India. There are compelling reasons to remain committed to a transatlantic defence community and our shared nuclear umbrella. But of course Europe needs to carry more of the burden than during the cold war. We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power. Should the US now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply.
We recognise misinformation campaigns; the weapons of hybrid warfare, as it is called, are part of Russia’s arsenal …
… the murder in Berlin’s Tiergarten park is a serious incident, obviously, the blame for which is currently being ascertained in court. At any rate, we recognise hybrid warfare, methods of destabilisation, as a Russian behaviour pattern. On the other hand, there are good reasons to keep engaging in constructive dialogue with Russia. In countries like Syria and Libya, countries in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood, Russia’s strategic influence is great. I will therefore continue to strive for cooperation.
Angela Merkele in for-europe-survive-economy-needs-survive-angela-merkel-interview-in-full
No comments:
Post a Comment