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One year of geopolitical Commission - Time to get real

  • Twelve months ago, Ursula von der Leyen announced that her Commission would be a geopolitical one. This promise was a response to the crisis of multilateralism, the growing competition between the US and China, the fallout of Brexit, and the broad range of brewing and frozen conflicts in the EU’s neighbourhood. One year later, a geopolitically assertive EU is needed more than ever. The pandemic has underlined the vulnerability of Europe’s supply chains and intensified the political rift between the US and China. The further the two superpowers move towards economic decoupling, the clearer it becomes how exposed Europe is to this rivalry. Meanwhile, the crises in the eastern Mediterranean, Mali, and Belarus have reminded Europeans of their geopolitical responsibilities.

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Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Author(s):Nicole Koenig, Nils Redeker
Publication year:2020
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
Number pages:3
Release Date:2020/11/26
Hertie School Research:Jacques Delors Centre
Jacques Delors Centre / Policy Positions
Licence of document (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - 4.0 International
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