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Skybird · 08-06-20, 02:14 PM

An opinion piece from "Die Welt".

The media dismay over the decision by the British government to exclude foreign and security policy from the Brexit negotiations is limited. On the one hand, this is realistic: there is basically no common European foreign and security policy that would be worth negotiating about.

On the other hand, this impotence is an expression of the very lack of interest. In Germany, for example, they were never ready to evaluate the dependence on Russian gas supplies or Chinese car buyers from a strategic point of view. In Britain, on the other hand, the political class and the media maintain the primacy of politics. For example, Boris Johnson, along with the other powers in the Anglosphere - the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - has reacted much more sharply to the suspension of democracy in Hong Kong than the European Union, which is led by business interests.

Although Great Britain originally hoped to conclude advantageous business relations with China after breaking away from the EU as "Global Britain", it tacitly buried this hope in the face of Chinese aggression and also conceded its decision to allow the Chinese company Huawei to expand the UK 5G network participate. For the British, intelligence cooperation within the Anglosphere, the so-called "Five Eyes" alliance, was more important.

For a few months now, London has been promoting another form of international cooperation: a club of the ten most important democracies, the "D10", consisting of the G-7 members - USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan - plus Australia, South Korea and India. The primary goal: to develop an alternative to Huawei technology for 5G and to secure critical supply chains.

Even if London assures that the club should not represent an anti-Chinese alliance, the contours of an alliance are emerging that defends liberal against state monopoly capitalism, democracy against authoritarianism. Germany should not stand aside, but actively promote the D10 with London and advocate that the EU should not only enjoy observer status there, as with the G7, but should also have a seat and vote. Thus, the most important foreign and security policy questions between the EU and its ex-member would be clarified.

https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommenta...gen-China.html

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,528 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	An opinion piece from "Die Welt". The media dismay over the decision by the British government to exclude foreign and security policy from the Brexit negotiations is limited. On the one hand, this is realistic: there is basically no common European foreign and security policy that would be worth negotiating about. On the other hand, this impotence is an expression of the very lack of interest. In Germany, for example, they were never ready to evaluate the dependence on Russian gas supplies or Chinese car buyers from a strategic point of view. In Britain, on the other hand, the political class and the media maintain the primacy of politics. For example, Boris Johnson, along with the other powers in the Anglosphere - the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - has reacted much more sharply to the suspension of democracy in Hong Kong than the European Union, which is led by business interests. Although Great Britain originally hoped to conclude advantageous business relations with China after breaking away from the EU as "Global Britain", it tacitly buried this hope in the face of Chinese aggression and also conceded its decision to allow the Chinese company Huawei to expand the UK 5G network participate. For the British, intelligence cooperation within the Anglosphere, the so-called "Five Eyes" alliance, was more important. For a few months now, London has been promoting another form of international cooperation: a club of the ten most important democracies, the "D10", consisting of the G-7 members - USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan - plus Australia, South Korea and India. The primary goal: to develop an alternative to Huawei technology for 5G and to secure critical supply chains. Even if London assures that the club should not represent an anti-Chinese alliance, the contours of an alliance are emerging that defends liberal against state monopoly capitalism, democracy against authoritarianism. Germany should not stand aside, but actively promote the D10 with London and advocate that the EU should not only enjoy observer status there, as with the G7, but should also have a seat and vote. Thus, the most important foreign and security policy questions between the EU and its ex-member would be clarified. https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommenta...gen-China.html __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.