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Joseph de Weck

@JosephdeWeck

🗞️ Columnist @IPQuarterly, 🕯️Expert associé @I_montaigne, 🛋 Fellow @DGAP, 📚 Book "Macron: Der revolutionäre Präsident" @weltkiosk / Posting on LinkedIn
Europe genialokal.de/Produkt/Joseph… Joined June 2012
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Joseph de Weck @JosephdeWeck
Mario Draghi hat am 22. August in Rimini eine Rede an Europas Bürgerinnen und Bürger gehalten, die alle lesen sollten. Besonders in Deutschland. Hier die Übersetzung mit einem einführenden Kurzkommentar von @schmelter_lukas und mir.
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legrandcontinent.eu Mario Draghi: Den Kurs unseres Kontinents ändern - Der Grand Continent Irgendwo zwischen Trump und Gaza-Tragödie: Ist Europa dazu verdammt, Zuschauer zu bleiben? Nein, sagt Mario Draghi. Er zieht eine schonungslose Bilanz. Und öffnet Perspektiven.
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Joseph de Weck @JosephdeWeck
Why growing up in Switzerland sometimes felt like like sitting in an aquarium looking at the world through a thick bulletproof window. And how Trump's 39% tariff on Swiss exports have shattered that glas.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
www.theguardian.com The Swiss lived in splendid isolation for years. Trump’s tariffs have shattered that complacency |... The shockwaves sent by the US president could finally push Switzerland closer to the EU, says Joseph de Weck of the Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Joseph de Weck @JosephdeWeck
Does Trump's EU humiliation come down to Erich Fromm's "Escape from Freedom"? Europe prefers the certainty of submission to confronting its existential anxieties and taking responsiblity for it's own choices. Fromm as the psychological explanation of Europe's US dependence?
Joseph de Weck @JosephdeWeck
Europe would be drawing the entirely wrong lessons from history if it weakened the welfare state to build up the military state. And why Europe cannot achieve better defence without better tax revenues.
👉 Op-ed with Shahin Vallée
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
www.theguardian.com Europe does not have to choose between guns and butter. There is another way | Shahin Vallée and... Yes, defence spending has to rise – but slashing the welfare state to fund it would be a big mistake, say Shahin Vallée of the German Council for Foreign Relations and Joseph de Weck of the Foreign...
Joseph de Weck @JosephdeWeck
Time to tackle the "what if" question. Could Europe trust France on defense if it is run by a President Le Pen or Bardella?
👉 Latest column @IPQuarterly
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ip-quarterly.com Why Le Pen Would Not Reverse Deeper Defense Integration Geography and economics mean that even under a President Marine Le Pen, France could not walk away from European and German security.