Short ofterm needs are taking precedence over the common european good. Is it all over for the e. U. . We have invited three renowned journalists to help us answer that question. You pleasure to welcome will reich herrmann. She says the e. U. Will notot break apart. And we welcome malte lehming, who says even if an agreement on ceta with be reached, the e. U. Is still experiencing its greatest crisis ever. And finally, Andreas Kluth, of the economist. He says all the forces in the e. U. Today are sent riffugal in ts hard to imagine in other six decades the e. U. Will exifment so, clearly dive ergent opinions there. Ulrike herrmann, the pessimists would seem to be in good company. Bogue the e. U. President junker and the foreign minister have said this represents a an existential crisis for the European Union. Would you not agree with that in well, no. Look at ceta. Its supposed to be an, a trade agreement between canada and the e. U. But the trade flourishes anyway even without the tra
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr
The postcold war era, despite all of the headlines about it, unpleasant news, has been the most prosperous and the most stable in World History. And the basis of that has been peace in europe. The two greatest worlds that the wars in World History began in europe. And establishing nato shortly after world war ii provided the basis for building a global stability system, and that was a path to global prosperity. Im telling you this because our interests are in maintaining that. That is the vital interest of every american. And right now we have the worlds second greatest military power with one of the Worlds Largest economies changing borders in europe by force. Explicitly saying he wants to upend that security order. That is a vital threat to our interests. And part of the confusion in washington and globally on this is because we have a president who claimed that the crisis in europe was a regional crisis. He just didnt get it. Now, one of the reasons he didnt get it is because his pr