German Expert: EU Weakening Across Board, Facing Deindustrialization
Quick Look
- German expert Reiner Braun stated the EU is weakening across all metrics, citing deindustrialization and catastrophic economic development.
- He believes this decline fuels a need to confront Russia and China.
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Why It Matters
German expert Reiner Braun, former co-chairman of the International Peace Bureau, has commented on the state of the European Union. He notes a perceived decline in the EU's global influence and economic strength.
BERLIN, May 18. /TASS/. German expert Reiner Braun, a former co-chairman of the International Peace Bureau, said the European Union is experiencing a weakening across the board.
"We have a relatively weakening EU, which can be seen in all the figures: share in world trade, global value creation, and so on. We're experiencing deindustrialization on a scale I could never have imagined five years ago. Economic development is catastrophic," Braun told Berliner Zeitung in an interview.
And in response to this weakening, there's a perceived need to fight adversaries like Russia and China, to regain lost ground, he said when asked to comment on why German politicians talked to Leonid Brezhnev in their days and why they refuse to talk to Russia now.
Open Questions
- What specific figures support the claim of EU weakening in world trade and global value creation?
- What are the primary drivers of the deindustrialization mentioned?
- What specific actions are being taken by the EU in response to its perceived weakening?
- What is the historical context for the comparison between current relations with Russia and past relations with Leonid Brezhnev's Soviet Union?
