Counted Out
Current Affairs, Politics / Economics, Non-Fiction
Strangers among friends
Stable, self-confident, wealthy. Boring, but usually top of the class. For a long time, our European neighbours enviously but respectfully looked at Germany. But its dominance in the EU has been shaken. Putin's war in Ukraine has exposed Germany's weaknesses: economically fragile, strategically naive and nowhere near as modern as we think. Brussels expert Markus Preiß analyses Germany's position in Europe in light of this turning point. The country needs to reposition itself. How will it change in the process? And how will the balance of power in the EU change? The author spotlights a country that is indispensable for Europe’s 'team spirit'; and he does this by drawing on information from leading politicians and insiders gained on the sidelines of official meetings.
• Behind the scenes of EU politics
• What's next? Germany's role in Europe
Markus Preiß, born in 1978 in Heiligenstadt/Thuringia, studied journalism and political science. For thirteen years, he reported from Brussels on Europe, the EU and NATO. He is repeatedly deployed in crisis situations, most recently during the war in Ukraine.
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Strangers among friends
Stable, self-confident, wealthy. Boring, but usually top of the class. For a long time, our European neighbours enviously but respectfully looked at Germany. But its dominance in the EU has been shaken. Putin's war in Ukraine has exposed Germany's weaknesses: economically fragile, strategically naive and nowhere near as modern as we think. Brussels expert Markus Preiß analyses Germany's position in Europe in light of this turning point. The country needs to reposition itself. How will it change in the process? And how will the balance of power in the EU change? The author spotlights a country that is indispensable for Europe’s 'team spirit'; and he does this by drawing on information from leading politicians and insiders gained on the sidelines of official meetings.
• Behind the scenes of EU politics
• What's next? Germany's role in Europe