BERLIN – Europe’s existential struggles in recent years over everything from the euro to refugees and Brexit has left little room in the public debate for discussion of the EU’s place in the world.
The Union’s ambitions for deeper collaboration on foreign policy and security remain controversial in many member states. More broadly, basic questions about the EU’s relationship with China, the U.S. and Russia receive little attention. As the recent ISIL terror attacks, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the refugee influx have illustrated, global crosswinds tend to thrust the EU into disarray.
POLITICO Chief Europe Correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig recently sat down …read more
Source: European Voice
