16:09, 18 February 2024
Who sets the tone in Europe – the strongest economy or the “guys” who have incomprehensible connections with Moscow? About it in the TV24 program “Where is the dog buried?” Māris Zanders discusses with political scientist Andi Kudora.
“If the tone was set by the strongest economy, then it would be bad from the principle of international law. Small countries, numerically and geographically, such as the Baltic States, our pragmatism coincides with normativism. Accordingly, it is pragmatic for us to support international law. If not, only the strong, the big win, they fix everything, then what about us? We do nothing, we stand by the cart. We don’t want that, so the Baltics’ support for international law is understandable and pragmatic,” explains Kudor.
On the other hand, when talking about Europe’s largest economy – Germany – and the European Union’s foreign policy towards Russia, the political scientist points out that Germany is a key player: “The negative thing is that they have been in World War II complexes for a long time and have been afraid to even move their eyebrows in the direction of the Kremlin, where well, one more thing to say. And on top of that, there has been mockery from the Russian side.”
“What is positive is that Germany is changing. The Ukrainian war is changing Germany. They provide funding and armaments. Their forces in Lithuania are and will be even greater. This is a tectonic shift. It is impossible to imagine that Germany would do something like that 10 years ago,” emphasizes Kudor.
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