"If you're not serious about strategies, you shouldn't do one." She said this one minute after defending Germany's 13th-place ranking in per-capita aid to Ukraine. Ah, Green Party politicians. Such big mouths in opposition, such ordinary faults in power.
The dream of her Polish grandparents, who came to Germany from Poland over 60 years ago, the reason why they had to/wanted to leave Poland would be of interest.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH Corporations around the world have destroyed their INTERNAL organizations by sourcing to any "CHEAPER" sources. ASIAS, ....CHINA & INDIA are two such sources. Corporations started this decades ago ....for the one purpose of reducing their costs. Now we have a MASSIVE GIANT on the planet that has become the SINGLE SOURCE of much of the manufacturing in the world .....and EVERY GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD HAS ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE know this is a very unhealthy situation. Every 'housewife" on the planet, once this situation is explained to them in 10 minutes, WOULD AGREE ....THIS IS VERY UNHEALTHY AND VERY UNWISE. So, to ALL the governments around the world, who are ALL looking for ways to line their own pockets FIRST ....then take care of their own national business .....what are you going to do about ALL YOUR CORPORATIONS AND THE PRACTICE OF "OUTSOURCING"? .
16:50 "breaching international law is always wrong", that's why "we did not participate in invading Iraq", but did you sanction America? Did you send weapon to Iraq to defend itself? Why are you doing it now to Russia? Don't be a hypocrite, one breaching of international law is not equally wrong as another, it's less wrong when your ally does it and you can benefit from it.
This would be a great comparison if Ukraine was training religious terrorists to commit murders in America, was starting wars with its neighbours, and threatening to destabilise the global energy supply while oppressing its own population. Other than that, yea, totally the same thing.... Would love to know how you suggest Germany deals with Russia now.
If a country wants to be independent of any country, it must have sufficient resources and technology, otherwise the so-called non-dependence is empty talk.🤔🤔😜😜
The key learnings from the current situation are: - Do not have dependencies with oppressive regimes, whatever colour, wherever on the globe. - Seek for stronger economical ties with countries who are standing on a similar political platform. - Keep a minimum level of core capabilities in the own house.
No country have all the resources they need, lithium from Chile, rare earth from China, gass from Russia. 100% self sufficient isn't a realistic target. The goal should be not being too dependent on a single strategic competitor, like Germany currently is.
You can ask any country to do what you Desired or liked. BUT, that is a country decision, which may not meet your expectations. So...... you wanted the world runs like a way you like.... sorry buddy,,,, who are you???? Nobody!
@@georgedevries3992 Ah yes, Turkey will invade Europe with submarines! Oh wait, that doesn't make any sense. I love history, but don't try and extrapolate old realities on the modern day. The Turks aren't the Ottomans any more than the British have an empire.
there are like 6 or 7 million turks in Germany...yeah, islam might be our second religion. Can we kick them out? No, we can't...nobody wants Erdi getting angry.
So, when are you going to close Volkswagen's factories in China and stop selling Audi, BMW and Mecedezs to China? Chinese like EVs now therefore it is about time for Germany Auto makers to get out of Chinese Market anyway. Please.
The popular "my country first strategy" does not really apply to every one, especially not to those export oriented countries like Japan, Korea, Germany, etc. Those countries depend on foreign market way much more than their own domestic market.
@@pedrolopes3542 no because China is self-sufficient and the WORLD’s manufacturing base. They’ll just simply be incredible abundant in the domestic market and foreign markets will have nothing to consume…
Germany, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain and Norway, all these countries existed and survived before WWII, before globalisation and before international economics; the problem is that some people get greedy and there’s never enough money for them, they always want more and therefore the prices of housing, goods and services get over inflated, creating wealth for few, but chronic poverty and resentment for the masses and that’s how wars start.
you are forgetting that before WWII , we Europeans and Americans basically sucked all the resources from the rest of the (at that moment) mostly undevelopped world. for centuries, we had a monopoly in oil, fruit, vegetables, wood, minerals (basically everything, you name it), and our employees all over the world worked for peanuts (if they got paid at all) Capitalism already exists since the 1500's , when we started exploiting the colonies...
Do you really want to work in a textile factory making clothes? The USA gdp per capita is $62,000 because people work in offices and the low paying jobs are sent overseas. There is already a shortage of truck drivers and the domestic farming industry would collapse without foreign workers.
As a chinese, I really dont know what we should say. we provide hard labor, valuable products, earn little profits, and never invade other countries. And we are treated as world's enemy. you get rich and complain relying on us so much.
Don’t worry china is not an enemy. The problem is not that you work hard and make products (everybody does), the problem is that you are not governed democratically like Taiwan but you are a dictatorship, and it is not clear what we can expect from a dictatorial government that controls and rates it’s citizens and their information. You also benefit from free market and freedoms in other countries but do not grant this at home - a Chinese person can own a business here, but a European cannot own a business in China. They need a local partner. And even if they could, your system is not governed by the rule of law. It is too late that the West noticed that by supporting China and buying from China we are growing a rich dictatorial threat, so that’s why it’s stopping now.
@@MrDonosoi Tibet has been part of China since Tang Dynasty, 1400 years ago. You Europeans don’t know history of China and have been ill brain-washed about Tibet and 13th Dalailama .
@@noodleppoodle How much do you know about China when you're talking about "dictatorship" "not governed by the rule of law". How many policies or trial cases have you read through other than those cherry-picked, broadcast distorted by Western media? Chinese government works for the common prosperity of the largest part of its people, not only riches and elites of the society. Do you know how much living standard has been improved during the past decade in rural area of China? Do you learn any Chinese to understand what's in the mind of Chinese people and government before saying "not clear what we can expect"? Chinese got rich primarily because of their competitiveness in global market. No one coerced you to buy things made in China.
Germany buys cheap energy from Russia to produce its products and sells them to China or elsewhere. In fact, there is no question of who depends on whom, everyone just divides and cooperates.
Don't limit this opinion to Germany. EVERY country is in the same boat. EVERY country is dependent on China ....thanks to corporations doing their outsourcing to China because of the cheap communist system ......BECAUSE OF THE COMPARATIVE HIGH INTERNAL COSTS IN THE MODERN COUNTRIES .......BECAUSE OF UNIONIZATION ........BECAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. There is a much bigger picture that needs to be dealt with ......and it is simply NOT going to change no matter WHAT anybody decides to debate about .........for the one purpose of creating and trying to win or influence an argument. .
Germany economic dominance in Europe is at stake. Without Russia's cheep energy and China's market, Germany will become a relatively less wealthy Country. There is no free lunch, you have to make choices and they are never a win-win. The problem is that populist politicians never say the cost of their decisions.
Compete, Collaborate and Confront China whereby EU or US deem fit. The Chinese will not dance according to your beat. In fact China will continue progressing with or without EU or US.
the strange vision on a blackmail word. I saw the demands and threats only from western side but neither from russian or chinese. it's like an alcoholic complaining that the vodka is bad and blackmailing him.
This was painfully obvious years ago, but the beancounters said it was cheaper to buy from overseas. Corporations were happy to close factories because it saved money and reduced the power of organised labour. Environmentalists liked it because it offshored pollution and emissions to somewhere else out of sight and out of mind. National security arguments were condemned as racist and xenophobic, and where was a security threat going to come from anyway when the West was so powerful and dominant. It was always going to take a hard shock to wake the West up from its complacency and the shocks have finally arrived.
It's odd that you get cheaper supply and then you found that the should-be-low-profile suppliers getting development too... oh, it's bad if we lost competitive advantages and the moral ground balabala... you have patents and have all high tech holds on hand, and there soup to others should be more plain....
ABSOLUTELY. Corporate/Corporations. Save money, labor is TRASH/disposable. She swallowed hard when China came up. The BIGGEST recipient of corporate greed. German car companies STILL opening up facilities in China, so if China invades Taiwan (seriously doubt it) Assets are confiscated.
Germany may be serious about ending dependency, but ALL of their options will take years to come to fruition. In the meantime, don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on.
German government and EU is acting: They cut down strategic energy supplies HOPPING that the renewable energy can be build up simultaneously. Allready this has forced a lot of trouble. Gas is needed to secure the change of the energy sector at least the next 20 years. And now WE (EU and Germany) are cutting of our gas supply from Russia and blaming Russia to have done this.
For all of the USA's missteps, and some major ones, like the last 20 years in the middle east. It has I believe been a force for good among it's allies and like minded countries. There is an obvious difference between our systems and those of more authoritarian regimes, you can see it in how they treat their own citizens. We aren't perfect, but I think the grand arrow of change and progress has been pointed in the right direction.
I as a European I'm sick of dealing with these illegitimate authoritarian regimes ,they are just organised crime ,i'd not deal with any of them .like i would not deal with the Mafia
This is their default mindset. Unfortunately cooperation based on mutual benefits is not part of EU or US thinking. They should learn from how the BRICS countries deal with each other.
@@bobkelly3162 fortunately sometimes democratic ideals are valued over making money, the BRICK countries are all authoritarian regimes ,all sitting on power that is not theirs to have .
But nobody is blackmailing Germany. They are the ones who initiated sanctions. There's a cost to following the USA, just look at at the lives lost in South America over the last 70 years due to the USA. Germany and Europe will now pay the cost, Russia will be fine.
Decades ago there was a German regime that thought the same: Despite soaring energy prices that threaten the stability of the country, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she would continue to support Ukraine “no matter what German voters think.” Baerbock made the remarkable comments during an event in Prague yesterday organized by the NGO Forum 2000.
You're designing a strategy to reduce your dependency on China & Russia and you think that China & Russia won't do the same, The measure you give is the measure that you receive and the Chinese are surely analysing this quite and will respond in kind, the day's when one side does something and the other side sits there and do nothing is gone, both Russia and China are out to look out for their interest and that is not going to change anytime soon.
you obviously don`t have a clue about the chinese econmy. It`s centred around the western markets. Their dependency on the west is much bigger, and china knows that, that`s why they don`t support russia openly, that`s why china abstained on the votes in the UN.
@@Teatime-qe2lj dependency is mutual and therefore cannot be taken as one sided, Europe needs the Chinese market more than China needs the European market given the differences in population size, because obviously you can't keep 1.4 billion people in the 19th century they will need to consume basic commodities, so it's a huge market for an industrial power like Germany and the German foreign minister can't come out on camera to tell you this, you just need to figure it out yourself.
I never saw such a foolish foreign minister of Germany before in my life, she didn't know that Germany have economical dependency on Russia, but there chancellor and foreign minister have idiotic policy to destroy their own country economy just to following blindly helping in US proxy war in Ukraine, such a shame for Germany to involve in innocent people massacre in Ukraine
Sad to see Germany degenerate to this extent, prostrating to brainwashing ideologies to their own detriment. Germany's economy is destroyed for the benefit of those across the Atlantic. Wake up, Germans.
They live in another world some Western politicians. The EU is the laughing stock in the Southern Hemisphere, they cannot comprehen why are following the USA international policies blindness. In the end is Europe who is loosing not the USA. We should have been building bridges with the Russian Federation, rather than constantly threatening them with further expansion of NATO (NATO changed the structured from a defensive organisation to a offensive organisation, I believe when they bombarded Servia). Later on NATO destroyed IRAK and as far as know ISIS was created out of desparation of many Iraqis, then Europe suffers the consecuencias of those bad policies. Let alone that one of the plans of USA is to get rid of or diminish the role of UN.
sorry germany is still exporting electricity to other EU member states and oil is no problem at all. Gasoline prices are already stabilizing at pre war conditions. Gas is something else though.
Currently, it seems like the joke is on EU when US, India, China n even Saudis r buying from Russia n re-selling to Europe. Russia becomes the world supplier, Americans jacked up prices for profit margins to middlemen. Saudis saved costs of production n still profit big time. World largest oil trader… US, UK. INDEED, Germany is blackmailed.
When a country depends heavily on another country and she wants to be independent to this country, she should do it secretly until a workable solution is out. However, the current Germany, she just threatens Russia, but at the same time hopes Russia won't mind and continue supply. It is just not a normal person thinking. IMO, Germany is actually controlled to commit suicide. The real enemies of Germany actually aren't China nor Russia. The current politicians in Germany should be investigated.
@@gio-ko7kf banned? Even new Hollywood movies are still playing in Russian theater. American still selling movies there and you think they will bann cheap oil😉😉
Can someone remind me what China did to Germany recently for Germany to be picking a fight with China Now, instead of focusing on Russia? I mean, is this really the time to be encouraging China to go "Screw it, imma gonna side with Russia right now"? I Absolutely agree with the 'reduce dependency' thing but giving China plenty of warning in advance before you even have a concrete plan is maybe not the smartest way to go.
And you give a plenty of warnings to Russia to completely cut off from their gas supply once you are ready, to punish them. Will they sit idly waiting for the punishment?
Its just empty phrases politicians repeat to fill up a norm. EU dependency on cheap production and row materials is solvable and already in the process. First , production in China is not so cheap anymore (Average Chinese worker is better paid than Bulgarian) + high transport expenses. Second, China is moving away from "sweatshop of the world" strategy. But that doesnt mean dependency is over , because China became market for EU products with biggest potential in the world.
Germany has no security threat from China or Russia or any other country who do they think are hostile forces, Germany actually has "hostile friends" who stop her to be a sovereign nation, who constantly remind her to her guilty past, they're forced to live with a guilt, those friends who actually never want Germany to be a powerful and prosperous country who take decisions for Germany without considering her interests.
Thisc has nothing to do with gender. Journalists in interviews interrupt to challenge public figures who might be evading more directly addressing the question. That's holding public figures accountable. As for public figures, if they are good, they will resist attempts to pull them away from message. I really don't know why you insist on seeing this in gendered terms. They are professionals. Thats all.
@@rodrigorosatoalves She is no different from any other narcissistic contemporary female ... talking rubbish and believing she is very important .... hence the schizophrenic German foreign policy
@@ernstwiltmann3918 I think that shows how shallow/simple you really are, and by extension it illustrates how mentally handicapped all the Russian conspiracy theorists are. I hope you feel good for repeating Russian and Chinese buzzwords without knowing what they mean.
Because she is an attractive woman at the same time, should not be a negative. And to call her a Barbie doll is laughable. There is NO bimbo about her, nor her appearance
@@lisbetsoda4874 Neither her looks nor her competence in politics is really liked in Germany. The Greens were only voted for Habeck - not her. She was „tolerated“ at best.
@@lisbetsoda4874 Barbie does not automatically imply Bimbo. Klaus Schwab rather looked for someone with a high media appeal to sell his and a few other Philanthropist Movers, Neo liberal agenda, not necessarily someone versed in History, Geography, and Diplomacy. He was comfortable with Baerbock cheating on a range of skills, as long as she would carry the global elitist narratives.
Defending national sovereignty... That's the problem. Why don't live in peace, China has enough land to live on. This geopolitical thoughts will never end wars until the humanity is destroyed. Is it worth to get Taiwan and after that all people on earth are dead because of a possible war. And believe me the next big war will be something humanity never seen. May be the last one.
expensive goods will trickle down to other areas. people do change their opinion after their life affected by the situation: increased price but wages unchanged, not to mention their purchasing power reduced by inflation.
The more bots the more desperate are these kreml fascists 🤣 We will win over these fascists and till then we laugh about this flock of uneducated sheep.
"You are developing a new China strategy to reduce dependence on China. How serious are you about this strategy?" "Very serious, otherwise it wouldn' t make sense making a strategy. If you are not serious about a strategy you shouldn't make one!" 🤣🤣 She really cracked me up! This woman is fantastic, she is no BS.
That was impressive huh? She didn't answer the question, it was a total dodge. His premise weas how serious can your strategy be, if you are still heavily dependent on China and haven't actually changed anything. ITs all talk, which is what Baerbock does, she puts out fluff, its all BS. How much integrity can a person have who lied on their resume and CV for years and only corrects it when she is exposed during the national election for Chancellor. And we weren't talking about a typo, she lied about where she worked and what positions she held. No BS? She is all BS! LOL . But I get it, you agree with her, therefore she is good! LMAO
I love the way that the interviewer can come back and re-ask the hard questions. Full marks to the foreign minister to be able to field such interviews in English.
Sorry to tell you, but that's not really an interview. More like Agitprop. A journalist of state press (DW being the chapter to further the German image and bring German viewpoints to international viewers) asks a member of said state previously agreed on questions, for obviously prepared answers. But it seems to work. Everyone who has heard a good bunch of hours of Mrs. B talking freely in German and esp. English knows this.
@@k.k.8394 DW is a corporate tale-spin factory paid buy taxpayers through the government!! In Germany you have to pay a mandatory €20 or €25 dollar monthly fee whether or not you listen to radio/tv. The biggest scam ever invented to suck from the public tit! DW is absolutely System conform in their “reporting”, it used to be a reputable objective media network but this days are looong gone!
as a sport player without good results, as a student without a degree, wonder what will she bring to germany as a foreign minster, maybe the dead end of volkswagen?
Exactly, no one is. That's the idea behind globalism, stronger together. I don't like that some think we should do a total 180 on this and all try to be totally independent with everything. Blind trust is a mistake, but everyone for themselves can't be the answer either.
They want to benefit from trading with China and yet want to contain China at the same time. They are racist, neocolonialist, white man supremacist mentality
Chinese misbehavior? China bailed Germany out in 2010 because the Social Democrats requested it. China bailed out most EU nations and the USA. There are several reasons that China has an advantage 1) they have protectionist economic policies 2) they have a Marxist Leninist philosophy which makes them resilient to economic downturns. During the Great Depression the USSR did not go through an economic downturn because their industry was not traded in stock markets. ( called state capitalism) Western Corporate capitalism can‘t compete with this. All they can do is warmongering and CIA sabotage.
Baerbock has no diplomatic skills. She is a catastrophe for the German industrial sector. Dependency are mutual. And if you start to sanction others they can do it too. We are seeing allready that Baerbock and Harbeck are blaming Russia for not delivering enough Gas. But they just told 3 month ago that Germany does not need Russian Gas, cut of Nordstream 2, and did nothing when Ukraine cut one pipeline and Poland a second. I am not optimistic and fear a very bad awakening of German population. These polititions are not working for German interests. It is more likely that they serve Interests of the USA.
Unfortunately like the US, Europe is now under control of a whole gang of narrow minded, short sighted n visionless leaders. Their zero sum game mentality n scorch earth policy they use to maintain their global dominance n to enslave others will bring great calamities to entire world. The effects of their selfish actions is already being felt n escalate into something much worse soon. Those who will suffer the most r the poor nations
'support ukraine'. 'deter china' 'maintain moral high ground'....gosh...none of these real concerns abt real life of the german ppl... it is so sad to see some important political figure so out of mind...
The green party is working very hard to destroying Germany economy, no one other than the German people can change that, so we could just sit around watching like a comedian show 😂
@@eveleung8855 but this show is really harmful and it is the german ppl are suffering... politics like this woman never really taste real misery from war.from hunger.from heatwave etc. and can speak without thinking...
@@fdrstan how? did russian attack germany? did china do anything abt germany?did some 'moral highground' ever generate bread on the table? why germany should stand up for these nonsence for the US imperilism?
Weird how when the US invaded Afghanistan and Libia, international law was conveniently forgotten. Was the US ever sanctioned for what they did there? Was anyone tried in court? I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong. If the international law is so important it should be upheld at all times, and not only when it's convenient to a selection of countries. I don't condone invading countries, I don't care who does it. It's wrong.
so true.this conflict was grossly provoked by Ukraine and certain nato countries,mainly US,UK and Canada with insider access provided by Poland and Lithuania .
Europe is in a trap, a big one! Energy + Military + Economy depends on Russia, US and China respectively. US in a deaf dialogue against both. Dark times ahead...but I really hope peaceful diplomacy to prevail.
@@navn i think its more on having a good relationship with your supplier (^_^) why make it troublesome for your supplier to deliver the product (equipment sections) and to receive payment (financial sanction)
The facts speak for themselves. There is 1 to 10-15 ratio of artillery shelling in Ukraine meaning for every one Ukrainian shell there are 10-15 Putin's... with this ratio it is just a matter of time before Putin succeeds. The reality Democrats in the White House as well as Germany, France, and Italy are cowardice and afraid of Putin....
There a lot of US politicians making a lot of money with wars!! The human rights, freedom & democracy bla bla is just a cover for their greedy actions!!
Another interesting observation, when question on why India not being supported on Ukraine at around 17:00. The answers go to China is injust. Do you guys really feel how prejudice it is for China? Because China is bad, so the reason India did the same is Chinese fault? It is not the way of figure out problem and solve it. It is just polical blaming game.
This woman's strategies seem to be standard answers w/o any real strategic policies at all. Like asked if US president changed to someone like Donald Trump, what would Germany do? Well, her answers are just text book response.
Trump is populist far-right: Proud Boys, charlottesville rally, right wing evangelical church, baptist church. Annalena Baerbock is Green Party, most probably left leaning. You can infer the conclusion from the scenario.
German growth was due to cheap Russian oil and gas... German products competitive advantage are gone forever as alternative gas suppliers, specially American, are 2 to 3 USD more expensive than the same quantity of Russian gas... Good luck!
They start to leave, also because of the ban of combustion cars by the EU. Only EU destroys itself and makes policies against their own peoeple. However people start to fight against this.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 Nonsense. China made mandatory quotas for their car companies a decade ago and forced them to make and sell a certain percentage of electric cars. And now, they have a dozen or so manufacturers that makes world beating electric cars, and they will soon flood the markets like Chinese smartphones did. If anything, EU and Germany specifically was slow to react to the emerging reality that the electric era was upon us and there's no going back to combustion engines.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 lol WUT? Allow me to quote May 2022 sales charts for you. "Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. With the end of the covid lockdowns, plugins went back to the fast lane, growing 109% year over year (YoY). They scored over 403,000 registrations in May, hitting 31% market share for the first time." "If electrification continues at this pace, Chinese market will be BEV-based by 2025!" "China alone represented over half of global plugin registrations last month." > "as they realize BEV is too far away" RIGHT!!!! Just stop embarrassing yourself dude.
You don't have to depend on Russian energy (if you can find energy source that is at reasonable cost) and at the same time, you are more dependent on US' military (to which you can not get rid of). Which one it more detrimental to Germany's long future as a independent state?
This is why the EU is building an integrated European defence and why all European have upped their defence spending (finally) give it 5 Years and the Eu will be as powerful militarily as it is economically. The facto independent of outside forces.
Germany is not dependent on US military. Germany is a colony of US military. Germany like Japan has a massive US military presence in order to stop a resurgence of German and Japanese military power that could threaten USA unipolar world order.
@@dracoboomin6511 whats their decision in that? USA might be a hegemonic superpower trying to span its influence all over the world since the end of WWII but thats all for it. If the USA would have so much power to decide for all european countries why weren´t they be able to stop Germany from building AND finsihing the North Stream 2 Gaspipeline though the USA was furiuos about it? Putin himself killed that project at last though...
@@JohnSmith-bq2ut Thats a different matter. The ND2 didnt have as much of a strategic threat to US influence in Europe as compared to a joint European army. What would happen to NATO, being the cash cow of US MDC. A European army would mean more focus on European made weapons potentially limiting the scope of US weapons. Furthermore a European army could mean that US military influence in Europe would no longer be required which would be a strategic threat to USA. Also what is a nationalistic individual heads this European army and is willing to challenge the US for hegemony. So many strategic threats that the US would not allow. Happy for us to share views with no name calling.
With the de-industrialisation of Germany and the high energy costs there could be little for Germany to sell to China or even if Germany still able to produce doubtful the products would be competitive. Reducing dependency on China already WiP courtesy of NATO.
@@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage maybe not this time? Cheap Russian gas and oil had given Germany an edge over many other industrial nations last 20 plus years. Now With Euro down and paying for LNG in USD Germany heading for the dump if Germans continue to head for their bars after works ( unless after works is 10 pm ). With US going for re-industrialisation things will be different.
Annalena Baerbock is amazing, seemingly very smart and certainly articulate. Our (USA) typical bush-league, cartoonish, attention seeking politicians should take lessons.
This is the worst interview I've ever seen. This reporter is impliyng many scenarios which have not taken place. Also, he is forcing the minister to say what HE wants to hear. Sad.
China cars used to be laugh at being copies of German and Japanese cars. It's no longer laughing matter as their industry are capable of competing , especially in the EV market.
In flooding the world market with sub-standard products maybe. "Made in Germany" has a much better reputation around the globe than just about anything coming out of China.. Cars, steel, manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, beer? Look at Mercedes Benz, Bayer or BASF, Just to name a few. Or keep buying the good ol' "Made in China" products with superb quality😅
WW1... WW2..... all in the past, no more...... mindset, mentality however remains the same... more or less... EU had all the chances to make peace with Russia when the cold-war ended... Putin asked to join EU, to join NATO... but you guys rejected him, and over the years "treat" the "new" Russia as the "Old Soviet"... Well.. winter is coming soon enough, hope you guys can have enough "juice" to keep warmed
Do you think everyone has no memory of history? Do you think no one has any knowledge of how many times...decades..that Russia has said Ukraine was too far for NATO to expand without a Russian response? Russia never threatened Europe to receive energy in a dependable, affordable way fairly traded.... the question is who is pressuring who to the detriment of their country's economy?
@@krollpeter the Ukrainian military was being trained by NATO, Ukrainian military had/has NATO weapons..Ukraine was as NATO as you could be without being NATO. You and every western media can say Ukraine would not become a NATO member but Ukraine sure thought that they would become a member and if you are the head of the Russian government what exactly do you see as a difference? Seeing how Ukraine was using its military to kill the ethnic Russian population in the Eastern area of Ukraine?
This German BBC reporter(DW) and the foreign German minister are very shallow. They say Taiwan is another country like Ukraine. But in fact UN recognizes Taiwan is a province in China.
@@Daniel-fv1ff Don't count on yourself. UN once had Republic of China its member state but afterward People republic of China has recognized instead. Nothing related to Taiwan province because China definition meaning is the whole China , not Shanghai , Canton or Taiwan.
@@Daniel-fv1ff At that time, there was only Republic of China. The KMT party who solely represenst China then , was composed of right wing faction and leftist faction who is CCP(Now People republic of China). So all of them is internal domestic issue.
I was a German attorney in Poland. I said what happened during WWII doesn't apply to our generation. We should live together and support each other. However, now that I know that Germany cares only about its own interests and despite the denials, I can still see the sentiment towards Russia, I change my opinion about Germany. Who was in favor of unblocking the transport of sanctioned goods through the territory of independent Lithuania to Kalinigrad. Who pushed for this in the EU? Germany. Poland and Eastern Europe do not want to be an object, but a subject of politics. We do not want another alliance similar to the Molotov Libentrop Pact to be formed above us. I hear voices from Germany that Ukraine should pay tribute to her territory for peace. That Ukraine should get along with her neighbor, not count to the west. Not to think about the European Union or NATO. Where would West Germany be if you did not have an overseas ally who stood up for you? Do you remember the Russian tanks against the American ones? Now it was proper to pay off the debt of solidarity. If you want Ukraine to give up part of its territory without a fight, maybe imagine that you have to give East Germany back to Russia's sphere of influence with its version of "democracy" and the oligarchs. Then It was not the Germans who would choose their authorities, but those who were brought from Russia. Sounds unthinkable? Because it is unthinkable. Same for Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia and rest too.
Buzz off with your dissertation. Ukraine needs to stop begging and go to the negotiation table. They are simply being used by the west particulary the US who has always used Russia as the "boggie man" and to divide Europe and hold on to its influence in that way. The US is truly the only country profiting of this war, sad to say. Just facts not emotions.
The interview was so easy for her Let us bring the Iraq question, he could followed her answer with, well you didn't like what US did there but you took no action, why China is suppose to take action when it is your concern?! And for sure this how the Chinese answered her when she spoke her reasoning in front of them.
@@_F_Y_ this is not the argument, the interviewer didn't push. But if we used your logic, Russia is not a threat to China in the short and medium term, so why China needs to support EU against Russia.
She has really stepped her foot into a mess. She references Taiwan without regard to The One China Policy. She references gas and oil as effective unnecessary dependencies but fails to state that it was her party that forced the Nordstream 2 pipeline...something that would have been unnecessary had their nuclear plants not been taken off-line. She might be considered forthright...and that's fine. But that plain speaking must be tempered by wisdom and commonsense. In this interview, she has said things that should never have been said in public.
I have one question... If what the US did in Iraq was wrong then did Germany put sanctions on the US economy? Or just saying that we are not part of it is sufficient.... Well, I can see how self interests first play a major role in geopolitics more than just "values".
The most important independence Europe should have try to pursue is the the sovereign and political independence of Europe from America. Europe is not independent, America is colonizing them in a wisest way possible. To the extent They don't even understand that. Its funny
Europe and the USA have a military alliance that mainly benefits Europe. Most European countries never even met their minimum two percent gdp, with no repercussions. They were happy to be complacent with their security and let the US pay for most things. Not sure how you interpret that as Europe getting the short stick. If anything, the USA has been a **tch to Europe. Germany totally ignored the concerns of the US and other European countries when they hitched their energy wagon to Russia. Not sure what your definition of American colonization is with this reality?
@@nicoles9077 your comments just proved your foolishness. Look at what apps you are using, now everything in Europe is controlled by US directly or indirectly.
@@nicoles9077 If Europe was independent and did not follow the dictates of the USA and dissolved NATO when the USSR dissolved, we would have peace and security because Russia would have joined and be part of Europe. We would not need to waste our resources on any defense spending and wars that only benefits the US MIC.
@@aliancemd Well Cyprus IS part of the EU like Germany so maybe it does concern them??? Or would you like to see the Aegean and Eastern med., which are part of the EU thanks to Greece and Cyprus being members, become an Ottoman lake? How about Cyprus getting completely annexed by Turkey in a few years? Does that sound good for the EU?
A surprising good interview. Her english improved definetely. What i like about her style is that she goes straight ahead, no so-called "gentleman agreements", or at least it looks like.
English is my mother tongue and from experience talking with language exchange partners (DE/ES/NO) they tend to be over critical of their politician's English. There's very few native British politicians capable of TV interviews in foreign languages, Nick Clegg being one exception in the last decade.
@@RobBCactive English is my mother tongue too. It may sound "unfair", but English is the International Language. Maybe in the future, it will be something else?
@@rdelrosso2001 English is great for language schools, the subtleties of word order, large number of emphasis levels and the pace of innovation make for endless study
This woman is living in her dream, we all need one and other.
"If you're not serious about strategies, you shouldn't do one." She said this one minute after defending Germany's 13th-place ranking in per-capita aid to Ukraine.
Ah, Green Party politicians. Such big mouths in opposition, such ordinary faults in power.
这女人的学历，工作经历，根本不能支撑她的工作岗位，这就是德国🇩🇪人选出来无能女人😂
This Woman is a Danger, for the World Peace! German Civilists are against her! Worst Diplomat ever!
The dream of her Polish grandparents, who came to Germany from Poland over 60 years ago, the reason why they had to/wanted to leave Poland would be of interest.
@@tuna8698 totally incompetent woman
lol...
independent??? you just go to qatar for a new gas supply, while bashing them for cheap labor they got from south asia
They are also bashing Asian with human rights, looks like European just piss off the part of world outside off the collective west 😂
And what did the incompetent Habeck get from Qatar? Nothing. nothing at all.
Nobody needs to blackmail Germany, for the current German leadership is superbly achieving the same results on its own.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
Corporations around the world have destroyed their INTERNAL organizations by sourcing to any "CHEAPER" sources. ASIAS, ....CHINA & INDIA are two such sources. Corporations started this decades ago ....for the one purpose of reducing their costs.
Now we have a MASSIVE GIANT on the planet that has become the SINGLE SOURCE of much of the manufacturing in the world .....and EVERY GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD HAS ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE know this is a very unhealthy situation. Every 'housewife" on the planet, once this situation is explained to them in 10 minutes, WOULD AGREE ....THIS IS VERY UNHEALTHY AND VERY UNWISE.
So, to ALL the governments around the world, who are ALL looking for ways to line their own pockets FIRST ....then take care of their own national business .....what are you going to do about ALL YOUR CORPORATIONS AND THE PRACTICE OF "OUTSOURCING"?
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16:50 "breaching international law is always wrong", that's why "we did not participate in invading Iraq", but did you sanction America? Did you send weapon to Iraq to defend itself? Why are you doing it now to Russia? Don't be a hypocrite, one breaching of international law is not equally wrong as another, it's less wrong when your ally does it and you can benefit from it.
They sure participated in bombing Yugoslavia, but that’s conveniently ignored.
@@ramondaserbica9802 nothing wrong with bombing genocidal maniacs
This would be a great comparison if Ukraine was training religious terrorists to commit murders in America, was starting wars with its neighbours, and threatening to destabilise the global energy supply while oppressing its own population. Other than that, yea, totally the same thing....
Would love to know how you suggest Germany deals with Russia now.
@@paweld true
If a country wants to be independent of any country, it must have sufficient resources and technology, otherwise the so-called non-dependence is empty talk.🤔🤔😜😜
The key learnings from the current situation are:
- Do not have dependencies with oppressive regimes, whatever colour, wherever on the globe.
- Seek for stronger economical ties with countries who are standing on a similar political platform.
- Keep a minimum level of core capabilities in the own house.
@@krollpeter you think European are the only one who defends democracy...!!???
@@krollpeter For example Vietnam? Last time I checked Vietnam is still communists and most factories in Vietnam are Chinese owned. lol.
No country have all the resources they need, lithium from Chile, rare earth from China, gass from Russia. 100% self sufficient isn't a realistic target. The goal should be not being too dependent on a single strategic competitor, like Germany currently is.
@@krollpeter Well, is the $600 billion global infrastructure and investment partnership launched?😜😜
Being a friend is dangerous
Being an ally is fatal
Ring a bell
lol stay with india, china and russia..
@@joellee6142 Better to pick the WINNING team.🤣🤣
@@joellee6142 Better than to stand alone against former good partners!
@@joellee6142 better to stand with partners who don't blow up your energy infrastructure
France said to US : we are not your vassal, we are right to think of our country’s interests !
Germany to US: 😢master, hold my slave collar, please!
what if US invade Iraq, or Afghan, or Syria? Will Germany sanction them? or you just sit on your hands and doing nothing, or even join them?
You can ask any country to do what you Desired or liked. BUT, that is a country decision, which may not meet your expectations. So...... you wanted the world runs like a way you like.... sorry buddy,,,, who are you???? Nobody!
Germany lost 500 soldiers in Afghanistan war.
"Nobody can blackmail us" 😂, lets look at how Turkey has been doing this business for multiple years.
You can say that again buddy. Let's not forget those new subs that the Reich ehm I mean Germany will give to the Otto.. ehm Turks. Yeah!!! Go EU!
They dont have guts to go again st turkey :s
@@georgedevries3992 Ah yes, Turkey will invade Europe with submarines! Oh wait, that doesn't make any sense. I love history, but don't try and extrapolate old realities on the modern day. The Turks aren't the Ottomans any more than the British have an empire.
there are like 6 or 7 million turks in Germany...yeah, islam might be our second religion. Can we kick them out? No, we can't...nobody wants Erdi getting angry.
@@Calvinwiresner 90% of the Turks in Germany are now Germans who live here in the 2nd and 3rd generation and were mostly born here.
So, when are you going to close Volkswagen's factories in China and stop selling Audi, BMW and Mecedezs to China? Chinese like EVs now therefore it is about time for Germany Auto makers to get out of Chinese Market anyway. Please.
The popular "my country first strategy" does not really apply to every one, especially not to those export oriented countries like Japan, Korea, Germany, etc. Those countries depend on foreign market way much more than their own domestic market.
like... china.
@@pedrolopes3542 china is just a developing country.
It ain't mature yet. Trade will be small part of it after it reach the level of japan or Germany.
Now think about import dependent countries like the US and UK.
yeah soon will be nothing to export but hey slava ukraine
@@pedrolopes3542 no because China is self-sufficient and the WORLD’s manufacturing base. They’ll just simply be incredible abundant in the domestic market and foreign markets will have nothing to consume…
Germany, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain and Norway, all these countries existed and survived before WWII, before globalisation and before international economics; the problem is that some people get greedy and there’s never enough money for them, they always want more and therefore the prices of housing, goods and services get over inflated, creating wealth for few, but chronic poverty and resentment for the masses and that’s how wars start.
Same as China, until it was brutally colonised by Europeans and then the Japanese.
exactly
you are forgetting that before WWII , we Europeans and Americans basically sucked all the resources from the rest of the (at that moment) mostly undevelopped world.
for centuries, we had a monopoly in oil, fruit, vegetables, wood, minerals (basically everything, you name it),
and our employees all over the world worked for peanuts (if they got paid at all)
Capitalism already exists since the 1500's , when we started exploiting the colonies...
Do you really want to work in a textile factory making clothes? The USA gdp per capita is $62,000 because people work in offices and the low paying jobs are sent overseas. There is already a shortage of truck drivers and the domestic farming industry would collapse without foreign workers.
@@Bk6346 the same as korea
As a chinese, I really dont know what we should say. we provide hard labor, valuable products, earn little profits, and never invade other countries. And we are treated as world's enemy. you get rich and complain relying on us so much.
Because they are racist
Don’t worry china is not an enemy. The problem is not that you work hard and make products (everybody does), the problem is that you are not governed democratically like Taiwan but you are a dictatorship, and it is not clear what we can expect from a dictatorial government that controls and rates it’s citizens and their information. You also benefit from free market and freedoms in other countries but do not grant this at home - a Chinese person can own a business here, but a European cannot own a business in China. They need a local partner. And even if they could, your system is not governed by the rule of law. It is too late that the West noticed that by supporting China and buying from China we are growing a rich dictatorial threat, so that’s why it’s stopping now.
"not invade other countries" - where did tibet go again?
@@MrDonosoi Tibet has been part of China since Tang Dynasty, 1400 years ago. You Europeans don’t know history of China and have been ill brain-washed about Tibet and 13th Dalailama .
@@noodleppoodle How much do you know about China when you're talking about "dictatorship" "not governed by the rule of law". How many policies or trial cases have you read through other than those cherry-picked, broadcast distorted by Western media? Chinese government works for the common prosperity of the largest part of its people, not only riches and elites of the society. Do you know how much living standard has been improved during the past decade in rural area of China? Do you learn any Chinese to understand what's in the mind of Chinese people and government before saying "not clear what we can expect"? Chinese got rich primarily because of their competitiveness in global market. No one coerced you to buy things made in China.
Germany needs to end a lot of dependencies: politic and military dependency on the US, economic dependency on China and energy dependency on Russia.
Keen observation. Germany is a resourceful nation nevertheless.
Then where do they depend?
military dependence?
Russian tractor dodgers struggle against Ukraine. 🌲 🌲 🏃 🏃🏃🚜
Germany buys cheap energy from Russia to produce its products and sells them to China or elsewhere. In fact, there is no question of who depends on whom, everyone just divides and cooperates.
Don't limit this opinion to Germany. EVERY country is in the same boat. EVERY country is dependent on China ....thanks to corporations doing their outsourcing to China because of the cheap communist system ......BECAUSE OF THE COMPARATIVE HIGH INTERNAL COSTS IN THE MODERN COUNTRIES .......BECAUSE OF UNIONIZATION ........BECAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
There is a much bigger picture that needs to be dealt with ......and it is simply NOT going to change no matter WHAT anybody decides to debate about .........for the one purpose of creating and trying to win or influence an argument.
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DW's two favourite topics: Russia and China.
Germany economic dominance in Europe is at stake. Without Russia's cheep energy and China's market, Germany will become a relatively less wealthy Country. There is no free lunch, you have to make choices and they are never a win-win. The problem is that populist politicians never say the cost of their decisions.
Compete, Collaborate and Confront China whereby EU or US deem fit. The Chinese will not dance according to your beat. In fact China will continue
progressing with or without EU or US.
Yes, this is the delusional rant of a vacuous mind.
China economic in worst crisis leading bank halt the money sound about karma is the best.
The German foreign minister is talking rubbish about China
Has she been to China to see for her self
So without china market, the earth stop rotating?
@@yaorichard7476 yes
the strange vision on a blackmail word. I saw the demands and threats only from western side but neither from russian or chinese. it's like an alcoholic complaining that the vodka is bad and blackmailing him.
It is weird does she represent Germany or the United States?
when exactly you think she representing the US ?
Dependency on China? You mean Chinese as the largest buyer of BMWs and Benzs? So being your largest customer is our fault huh?
@kudi I'm happy with 2021 onwards chinese production car
@kudi exactly, let those people lived in the past decade.
At 9:57 she claims Germany must stand up for it's values. So how exactly are the values different from Russia and China? So tired of this rhetoric.
I am smarter and stronger than Putin.
And smarter than Xi.
And I am just a man.
They have freedom, rule of law, freedom of speech, asmebly and to privacy and democracy. They don't have that in Russia or China.
how about first gain some independence from the US..huh?
So if you can beat USA. Then it maybe possible. But I am not what is your point?
@@yaorichard7476 EU should get out of NATO killer machine run by top dog USA. This is where real independence begins.
You can't ask a slave to be independent when the master has boots on their neck!!
This was painfully obvious years ago, but the beancounters said it was cheaper to buy from overseas. Corporations were happy to close factories because it saved money and reduced the power of organised labour. Environmentalists liked it because it offshored pollution and emissions to somewhere else out of sight and out of mind. National security arguments were condemned as racist and xenophobic, and where was a security threat going to come from anyway when the West was so powerful and dominant. It was always going to take a hard shock to wake the West up from its complacency and the shocks have finally arrived.
Agree.
Very good point, the west power are now facing harsh reality
It's odd that you get cheaper supply and then you found that the should-be-low-profile suppliers getting development too... oh, it's bad if we lost competitive advantages and the moral ground balabala... you have patents and have all high tech holds on hand, and there soup to others should be more plain....
ABSOLUTELY.
Corporate/Corporations. Save money, labor is TRASH/disposable. She swallowed hard when China came up. The BIGGEST recipient of corporate greed. German car companies STILL opening up facilities in China, so if China invades Taiwan (seriously doubt it) Assets are confiscated.
Did you even listen to the interview? 19:50
France said to US : we are not your vassal, we are right to think of our country’s interests !
Germany to US: 😢master, hold my slave collar, please!
Germany may be serious about ending dependency, but ALL of their options will take years to come to fruition. In the meantime, don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on.
Yes this lady should speak less about china right now. Work silently result will speak
This is a leader of the green party. Destroying Germany is on their agenda, because they hate Germany.
German government and EU is acting: They cut down strategic energy supplies HOPPING that the renewable energy can be build up simultaneously. Allready this has forced a lot of trouble. Gas is needed to secure the change of the energy sector at least the next 20 years.
And now WE (EU and Germany) are cutting of our gas supply from Russia and blaming Russia to have done this.
Too late, they were obviously walked into sanctioning Russia blindfolded.
I am rather disappointed with the German. I always admired them for being good with plannings.
"No one can blackmail us" apart from America,
For all of the USA's missteps, and some major ones, like the last 20 years in the middle east. It has I believe been a force for good among it's allies and like minded countries. There is an obvious difference between our systems and those of more authoritarian regimes, you can see it in how they treat their own citizens. We aren't perfect, but I think the grand arrow of change and progress has been pointed in the right direction.
Well said.
At least she did not declare war on China 😂... maybe later? German people have to kick her out.
Are the European looking to isolate china and Russia? This will end bad for Europe. Europe will end up isolating itself not the other way around.
I as a European I'm sick of dealing with these illegitimate authoritarian regimes ,they are just organised crime ,i'd not deal with any of them .like i would not deal with the Mafia
This is their default mindset. Unfortunately cooperation based on mutual benefits is not part of EU or US thinking. They should learn from how the BRICS countries deal with each other.
@@bobkelly3162 fortunately sometimes democratic ideals are valued over making money, the BRICK countries are all authoritarian regimes ,all sitting on power that is not theirs to have .
@@bobkelly3162 nice little sock account Bob , pay good ?
@@sausage4mash Sorry, I don't understand...
But nobody is blackmailing Germany. They are the ones who initiated sanctions. There's a cost to following the USA, just look at at the lives lost in South America over the last 70 years due to the USA. Germany and Europe will now pay the cost, Russia will be fine.
Decades ago there was a German regime that thought the same:
Despite soaring energy prices that threaten the stability of the country, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she would continue to support Ukraine “no matter what German voters think.”
Baerbock made the remarkable comments during an event in Prague yesterday organized by the NGO Forum 2000.
I sometimes feel there is serious social risk being taken in Europe.
She is told what to think and say by the WEF, pro Ukraian,Israel, US ,
Talking about ending dependency, how about become politically independent first?
I know the us should do the same thing
You're designing a strategy to reduce your dependency on China & Russia and you think that China & Russia won't do the same, The measure you give is the measure that you receive and the Chinese are surely analysing this quite and will respond in kind, the day's when one side does something and the other side sits there and do nothing is gone, both Russia and China are out to look out for their interest and that is not going to change anytime soon.
Wow you're so insightful. China wants more influence and autonomy? That's crazy.
one would think that western leaders have come to understand that we are no longer in colonial times yet they keep behaving as if this is so...
you obviously don`t have a clue about the chinese econmy. It`s centred around the western markets. Their dependency on the west is much bigger, and china knows that, that`s why they don`t support russia openly, that`s why china abstained on the votes in the UN.
@@David-ej1ps Too many Americans & Europeans need a good physiatrist!
@@Teatime-qe2lj dependency is mutual and therefore cannot be taken as one sided, Europe needs the Chinese market more than China needs the European market given the differences in population size, because obviously you can't keep 1.4 billion people in the 19th century they will need to consume basic commodities, so it's a huge market for an industrial power like Germany and the German foreign minister can't come out on camera to tell you this, you just need to figure it out yourself.
I never saw such a foolish foreign minister of Germany before in my life, she didn't know that Germany have economical dependency on Russia, but there chancellor and foreign minister have idiotic policy to destroy their own country economy just to following blindly helping in US proxy war in Ukraine, such a shame for Germany to involve in innocent people massacre in Ukraine
Sad to see Germany degenerate to this extent, prostrating to brainwashing ideologies to their own detriment. Germany's economy is destroyed for the benefit of those across the Atlantic. Wake up, Germans.
Well said👍👏🥰
They live in another world some Western politicians. The EU is the laughing stock in the Southern Hemisphere, they cannot comprehen why are following the USA international policies blindness. In the end is Europe who is loosing not the USA. We should have been building bridges with the Russian Federation, rather than constantly threatening them with further expansion of NATO (NATO changed the structured from a defensive organisation to a offensive organisation, I believe when they bombarded Servia). Later on NATO destroyed IRAK and as far as know ISIS was created out of desparation of many Iraqis, then Europe suffers the consecuencias of those bad policies. Let alone that one of the plans of USA is to get rid of or diminish the role of UN.
@@beatrizdepaz9506 great points, unfortunately yt has decided your comment holds too much truth and has hidden it.
Germany does not have enough electricity so Germany needs more electric cars.
Oil is also a scarce resource for the time being.
sorry germany is still exporting electricity to other EU member states and oil is no problem at all. Gasoline prices are already stabilizing at pre war conditions. Gas is something else though.
Currently, it seems like the joke is on EU when US, India, China n even Saudis r buying from Russia n re-selling to Europe. Russia becomes the world supplier, Americans jacked up prices for profit margins to middlemen. Saudis saved costs of production n still profit big time. World largest oil trader… US, UK. INDEED, Germany is blackmailed.
India resells processed Iraqi oil.
Don`t forget the US blackmails Germany and a lot other countrys more.
@@snifferking4330 No it doesn’t, and also the US banned russian oil, and never imported much anyways.
When a country depends heavily on another country and she wants to be independent to this country, she should do it secretly until a workable solution is out.
However, the current Germany, she just threatens Russia, but at the same time hopes Russia won't mind and continue supply. It is just not a normal person thinking. IMO, Germany is actually controlled to commit suicide. The real enemies of Germany actually aren't China nor Russia.
The current politicians in Germany should be investigated.
@@gio-ko7kf banned?
Even new Hollywood movies are still playing in Russian theater. American still selling movies there and you think they will bann cheap oil😉😉
No one can blackmail you ? The U.S. occupies you.
Can someone remind me what China did to Germany recently for Germany to be picking a fight with China Now, instead of focusing on Russia? I mean, is this really the time to be encouraging China to go "Screw it, imma gonna side with Russia right now"? I Absolutely agree with the 'reduce dependency' thing but giving China plenty of warning in advance before you even have a concrete plan is maybe not the smartest way to go.
They hack and steal on a daily basis.
The west is just panicking and making enemies left and right, the same Iran they alienated is now in bed with Russia.
Germany is trying to commit economy suicide, we Chinese wouldn't care.
And you give a plenty of warnings to Russia to completely cut off from their gas supply once you are ready, to punish them. Will they sit idly waiting for the punishment?
Its just empty phrases politicians repeat to fill up a norm.
EU dependency on cheap production and row materials is solvable and already in the process.
First , production in China is not so cheap anymore (Average Chinese worker is better paid than Bulgarian) + high transport expenses.
Second, China is moving away from "sweatshop of the world" strategy.
But that doesnt mean dependency is over , because China became market for EU products with biggest potential in the world.
Germany has no security threat from China or Russia or any other country who do they think are hostile forces, Germany actually has "hostile friends" who stop her to be a sovereign nation, who constantly remind her to her guilty past, they're forced to live with a guilt, those friends who actually never want Germany to be a powerful and prosperous country who take decisions for Germany without considering her interests.
This women belongs in jail.
This is a woman who speaks over a man when he tries to interrupt her.
What a refreshing scene to watch.
Thank you for this DW
Thisc has nothing to do with gender. Journalists in interviews interrupt to challenge public figures who might be evading more directly addressing the question. That's holding public figures accountable.
As for public figures, if they are good, they will resist attempts to pull them away from message.
I really don't know why you insist on seeing this in gendered terms. They are professionals. Thats all.
@@Beeoriginal33
Indeed.
Interesting.
I love ballsy German women, then lol
@@rodrigorosatoalves most probably ur a green voter
@@rodrigorosatoalves She is no different from any other narcissistic contemporary female ... talking rubbish and believing she is very important .... hence the schizophrenic German foreign policy
Yes, I noticed as well 👏🏻👏🏻
Baerbock is awesome.
I agree with you on her looks, she is the perfect Barbie Doll action figure from the Klaus Schwab groomed polit creature collection.
@@ernstwiltmann3918 I think that shows how shallow/simple you really are, and by extension it illustrates how mentally handicapped all the Russian conspiracy theorists are. I hope you feel good for repeating Russian and Chinese buzzwords without knowing what they mean.
Because she is an attractive woman at the same time, should not be a negative.
And to call her a Barbie doll is laughable. There is NO bimbo about her, nor her appearance
@@lisbetsoda4874 Neither her looks nor her competence in politics is really liked in Germany.
The Greens were only voted for Habeck - not her. She was „tolerated“ at best.
@@lisbetsoda4874 Barbie does not automatically imply Bimbo.
Klaus Schwab rather looked for someone with a high media appeal to sell his and a few other Philanthropist Movers, Neo liberal agenda, not necessarily someone versed in History, Geography, and Diplomacy. He was comfortable with Baerbock cheating on a range of skills, as long as she would carry the global elitist narratives.
7:33 lol “China invades Taiwan”. When defending national sovereignty now is a war crime? What a joke.
Defending national sovereignty... That's the problem. Why don't live in peace, China has enough land to live on. This geopolitical thoughts will never end wars until the humanity is destroyed. Is it worth to get Taiwan and after that all people on earth are dead because of a possible war. And believe me the next big war will be something humanity never seen. May be the last one.
Germany first should become independent from the role of lackey and toady of USA.
Sounds like the last 30 years of cheap good is coming to a end.. Guess if we though inflations bad we are going to see more
Better than sending Russia more money
expensive goods will trickle down to other areas. people do change their opinion after their life affected by the situation: increased price but wages unchanged, not to mention their purchasing power reduced by inflation.
Blame that to the US, unlimited printing money, and transfer their own inflation via USD to the entire world.
@@SilentSeventh paying rubles for Russian energy .😜😰😰
@@tj92834 Better late than never.
They don't want to be blackmailed, then why are you blackmailing Russia with sanctions.
when it comes to Ukraine aid, germany is far behind. facts.
Far behind? Far behind what lol? That's not a fact, that's some vague claim by some clown on youtube
Wow! The bots are here in force and chirping, chirping, chirping. She must be on target-- a hit bird flutters.
The more bots the more desperate are these kreml fascists 🤣
We will win over these fascists and till then we laugh about this flock of uneducated sheep.
Let me guess, everyone who thinks like you do must be a real person, while everyone with a different point of view has to be a bot right? 😂
"You are developing a new China strategy to reduce dependence on China. How serious are you about this strategy?"
"Very serious, otherwise it wouldn' t make sense making a strategy. If you are not serious about a strategy you shouldn't make one!" 🤣🤣
She really cracked me up! This woman is fantastic, she is no BS.
That was impressive huh? She didn't answer the question, it was a total dodge. His premise weas how serious can your strategy be, if you are still heavily dependent on China and haven't actually changed anything. ITs all talk, which is what Baerbock does, she puts out fluff, its all BS. How much integrity can a person have who lied on their resume and CV for years and only corrects it when she is exposed during the national election for Chancellor. And we weren't talking about a typo, she lied about where she worked and what positions she held. No BS? She is all BS! LOL . But I get it, you agree with her, therefore she is good! LMAO
@@thesixth2330 Wow! so much spite you have against her that confirms me that she is what Germany needs.
@@tages_matuna She is.
@@tages_matuna You base your entire contrary belief based on one person? With people like you Germany is lost.
@@edgarvonboltzmann7465 and what makes you think that with people like you Germany is safe? Likewise l can say the same about you.
I love the way that the interviewer can come back and re-ask the hard questions. Full marks to the foreign minister to be able to field such interviews in English.
Sorry to tell you, but that's not really an interview. More like Agitprop. A journalist of state press (DW being the chapter to further the German image and bring German viewpoints to international viewers) asks a member of said state previously agreed on questions, for obviously prepared answers.
But it seems to work. Everyone who has heard a good bunch of hours of Mrs. B talking freely in German and esp. English knows this.
@@masaokakihara9316 It sounds like she's been rehearsing the answers for weeks on end to me as she'd forgotten to breath a nber of times
@@smufer8 does it matter as long as she believes in what she is saying .
@@masaokakihara9316 DW is not state press, it's funded by the taxpayer. You're just spouting nonsense.
@@k.k.8394 DW is a corporate tale-spin factory paid buy taxpayers through the government!! In Germany you have to pay a mandatory €20 or €25 dollar monthly fee whether or not you listen to radio/tv. The biggest scam ever invented to suck from the public tit!
DW is absolutely System conform in their “reporting”, it used to be a reputable objective media network but this days are looong gone!
Germany is blackmailing Russia and Russia is returning the favors but China is not blackmailing anyone.
Expect everyone who hurt Xi’s feelings.
as a sport player without good results, as a student without a degree, wonder what will she bring to germany as a foreign minster, maybe the dead end of volkswagen?
The reality is that Europe will not be self sustaining in everything. That is the reason for international trade.
Exactly, no one is. That's the idea behind globalism, stronger together.
I don't like that some think we should do a total 180 on this and all try to be totally independent with everything.
Blind trust is a mistake, but everyone for themselves can't be the answer either.
As serious as ending dependency on russian energy.
🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️🤦♀️
The question is: will you end dependency before dependency ends you? it does not look promising for the German people.
They want to benefit from trading with China and yet want to contain China at the same time. They are racist, neocolonialist, white man supremacist mentality
‘If you are silent you’re taking the side of oppressor’ in that sense Germany took side of the US by not helping Iraqis!
Okay back to the call center now
Gernany: Euro declined, Inflation soaring, economy shrinking, outlook negative, high unemployment aporoaching.
Approaching* 😶👀
And freezing winter 😜
Good luck Germany for standing up for your nation against Chinese misbehaviour,
but be prepared for an unfolding multi-faceted trade-based nightmare.
they are not doing trade - just handing over tech , factories and assets
I hope woke " Germany" will eventually disappear
@@rog2353 Are you 5 years old?
Chinese misbehavior? China bailed Germany out in 2010 because the Social Democrats requested it. China bailed out most EU nations and the USA.
There are several reasons that China has an advantage 1) they have protectionist economic policies 2) they have a Marxist Leninist philosophy which makes them resilient to economic downturns. During the Great Depression the USSR did not go through an economic downturn because their industry was not traded in stock markets. ( called state capitalism)
Western Corporate capitalism can‘t compete with this. All they can do is warmongering and CIA sabotage.
@@el4369 I don't if he is 5 or 6 years old. But I am sure that he thinks those German CEOs are.
Baerbock has no diplomatic skills. She is a catastrophe for the German industrial sector. Dependency are mutual. And if you start to sanction others they can do it too.
We are seeing allready that Baerbock and Harbeck are blaming Russia for not delivering enough Gas. But they just told 3 month ago that Germany does not need Russian Gas, cut of Nordstream 2, and did nothing when Ukraine cut one pipeline and Poland a second.
I am not optimistic and fear a very bad awakening of German population. These polititions are not working for German interests. It is more likely that they serve Interests of the USA.
Unfortunately like the US, Europe is now under control of a whole gang of narrow minded, short sighted n visionless leaders. Their zero sum game mentality n scorch earth policy they use to maintain their global dominance n to enslave others will bring great calamities to entire world. The effects of their selfish actions is already being felt n escalate into something much worse soon. Those who will suffer the most r the poor nations
'support ukraine'. 'deter china' 'maintain moral high ground'....gosh...none of these real concerns abt real life of the german ppl... it is so sad to see some important political figure so out of mind...
The green party is working very hard to destroying Germany economy, no one other than the German people can change that, so we could just sit around watching like a comedian show 😂
Those all DIRECTLY affect the German people and all of Europe. You cannot even construct a proper sentence, be gone.
@@eveleung8855 but this show is really harmful and it is the german ppl are suffering... politics like this woman never really taste real misery from war.from hunger.from heatwave etc. and can speak without thinking...
@@fdrstan how? did russian attack germany? did china do anything abt germany?did some 'moral highground' ever generate bread on the table? why germany should stand up for these nonsence for the US imperilism?
Weird how when the US invaded Afghanistan and Libia, international law was conveniently forgotten. Was the US ever sanctioned for what they did there? Was anyone tried in court? I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong. If the international law is so important it should be upheld at all times, and not only when it's convenient to a selection of countries. I don't condone invading countries, I don't care who does it. It's wrong.
so true.this conflict was grossly provoked by Ukraine and certain nato countries,mainly US,UK and Canada with insider access provided by Poland and Lithuania .
These creatures are racist
Europe is in a trap, a big one! Energy + Military + Economy depends on Russia, US and China respectively. US in a deaf dialogue against both. Dark times ahead...but I really hope peaceful diplomacy to prevail.
diplomacy will not sound good to arms dealer (^_^)
And all those depend on EU. Problem is EU submissive behaviour.
Europe has to toll the line under leader USA.
Mutual dependency in all cases, but yes, EU should work towards more independence.
@@navn i think its more on having a good relationship with your supplier (^_^)
why make it troublesome for your supplier to deliver the product (equipment sections) and to receive payment (financial sanction)
With regard to the German commitment to the Ukraine military aid by the US, EU and other allies, believe what you see, not what you hear.
The facts speak for themselves. There is 1 to 10-15 ratio of artillery shelling in Ukraine meaning for every one Ukrainian shell there are 10-15 Putin's... with this ratio it is just a matter of time before Putin succeeds. The reality Democrats in the White House as well as Germany, France, and Italy are cowardice and afraid of Putin....
There a lot of US politicians making a lot of money with wars!! The human rights, freedom & democracy bla bla is just a cover for their greedy actions!!
Baerbock should be fired and sent to a gulag picking potatoes
Another interesting observation, when question on why India not being supported on Ukraine at around 17:00. The answers go to China is injust. Do you guys really feel how prejudice it is for China? Because China is bad, so the reason India did the same is Chinese fault? It is not the way of figure out problem and solve it. It is just polical blaming game.
Yes. China is evil. People of china will pay for it.
This woman's strategies seem to be standard answers w/o any real strategic policies at all. Like asked if US president changed to someone like Donald Trump, what would Germany do? Well, her answers are just text book response.
Trump is populist far-right: Proud Boys, charlottesville rally, right wing evangelical church, baptist church.
Annalena Baerbock is Green Party, most probably left leaning.
You can infer the conclusion from the scenario.
she is clueless -- UN recognizes Taiwan as part of China.
she is as smart as truss.
A dependency on Russian oil being a problem. Who would have guessed?
Previous government when they are reducing nuclear power and being depending on russion oil
German growth was due to cheap Russian oil and gas...
German products competitive advantage are gone forever as alternative gas suppliers, specially American, are 2 to 3 USD more expensive than the same quantity of Russian gas...
Good luck!
What do you expect by sending weapons to kill Russian Soldiers one of your potential allies.
Dependency on Russian oil is not a major problem, but Russian gas is one.
Yes, please sing the Russian National Anthem to keep warm this winter. I was told by the medical personnel it does help.
With multiplied energy prices, German car companies will not have incentives to stay in Germany anyway.
They start to leave, also because of the ban of combustion cars by the EU. Only EU destroys itself and makes policies against their own peoeple. However people start to fight against this.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 Nonsense. China made mandatory quotas for their car companies a decade ago and forced them to make and sell a certain percentage of electric cars. And now, they have a dozen or so manufacturers that makes world beating electric cars, and they will soon flood the markets like Chinese smartphones did. If anything, EU and Germany specifically was slow to react to the emerging reality that the electric era was upon us and there's no going back to combustion engines.
@@todtnau Nonsense. China just started to invest in combustion engines again, as they realize BEV are too far away.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 lol WUT? Allow me to quote May 2022 sales charts for you.
"Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. With the end of the covid lockdowns, plugins went back to the fast lane, growing 109% year over year (YoY). They scored over 403,000 registrations in May, hitting 31% market share for the first time."
"If electrification continues at this pace, Chinese market will be BEV-based by 2025!"
"China alone represented over half of global plugin registrations last month."
> "as they realize BEV is too far away"
RIGHT!!!! Just stop embarrassing yourself dude.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 American Tesla and Chinese cheap electric cars will destroy German auto industry.
You don't have to depend on Russian energy (if you can find energy source that is at reasonable cost) and at the same time, you are more dependent on US' military (to which you can not get rid of). Which one it more detrimental to Germany's long future as a independent state?
This is why the EU is building an integrated European defence and why all European have upped their defence spending (finally) give it 5 Years and the Eu will be as powerful militarily as it is economically. The facto independent of outside forces.
Germany is not dependent on US military. Germany is a colony of US military.
Germany like Japan has a massive US military presence in order to stop a resurgence of German and Japanese military power that could threaten USA unipolar world order.
@@dutchuncle3310 You think America will allow that. No way.
@@dracoboomin6511 whats their decision in that? USA might be a hegemonic superpower trying to span its influence all over the world since the end of WWII but thats all for it. If the USA would have so much power to decide for all european countries why weren´t they be able to stop Germany from building AND finsihing the North Stream 2 Gaspipeline though the USA was furiuos about it? Putin himself killed that project at last though...
@@JohnSmith-bq2ut Thats a different matter. The ND2 didnt have as much of a strategic threat to US influence in Europe as compared to a joint European army. What would happen to NATO, being the cash cow of US MDC. A European army would mean more focus on European made weapons potentially limiting the scope of US weapons. Furthermore a European army could mean that US military influence in Europe would no longer be required which would be a strategic threat to USA. Also what is a nationalistic individual heads this European army and is willing to challenge the US for hegemony. So many strategic threats that the US would not allow. Happy for us to share views with no name calling.
With the de-industrialisation of Germany and the high energy costs there could be little for Germany to sell to China or even if Germany still able to produce doubtful the products would be competitive.
Reducing dependency on China already WiP courtesy of NATO.
Deindustrialized Germany going to be as independent as Marocco or Somalya😁👍
As always, Germany will be back soon. Never wondered why?
@@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage maybe not this time?
Cheap Russian gas and oil had given Germany an edge over many other industrial nations last 20 plus years. Now With Euro down and paying for LNG in USD Germany heading for the dump if Germans continue to head for their bars after works ( unless after works is 10 pm ).
With US going for re-industrialisation things will be different.
who blackmailed you? you want other people's energy, you want other people's trade, but you want to be their enemy
They are delusional. Western people are naturaly evil and greedy. Their long therm memory is on a fish level.
God bless German this woman is the trouble maker , do the right thing to USA
Annalena Baerbock is amazing, seemingly very smart and certainly articulate. Our (USA) typical bush-league, cartoonish, attention seeking politicians should take lessons.
Ooooh youre so smart
She just seems fancy to you because she has the same kind of accent that the scientist had in the movies you watched as a child.
Trust me, I´m from Germany and can not confirm that she´s very smart.
@@jangroberde2822 is she smart or not smart?
@@jonathanjacob5453 She’s smart.
This is the worst interview I've ever seen. This reporter is impliyng many scenarios which have not taken place. Also, he is forcing the minister to say what HE wants to hear. Sad.
they are like that ! veilled in 1000 sheets mofos
If minister speaks what a reporter wants, you should rather question her competency. Or maybe she is just being a woman
Chinese never force you buy their goods. If you are really care about Germany independence, what about the foreign military base right in you country.
These creatures are racist
Unfortunate Foreign Minister Baerbock is not the German PM. Excellent interview, direct and relevant questions. Terrific and informative presentation.
We need more Women like her,
Keep up.
The woman is as dumb as it comes and I can’t wait for the Liz Truss saga !
Not blackmail it's simply tit for tat. It is sanctions for sanctions.
At 6:47 she is calling China a system rival. What fantasy land is she living in? China is decades ahead of Germany.
China cars used to be laugh at being copies of German and Japanese cars. It's no longer laughing matter as their industry are capable of competing , especially in the EV market.
In flooding the world market with sub-standard products maybe. "Made in Germany" has a much better reputation around the globe than just about anything coming out of China.. Cars, steel, manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, beer? Look at Mercedes Benz, Bayer or BASF, Just to name a few.
Or keep buying the good ol' "Made in China" products with superb quality😅
If Germany is serious about independency they wouldn't be closing down their nuclear powerplants
No worry. Germany is one of the most powerful countries in the world. They are the best when handling tough problems.
Who has the right to criticize Germany for what it is doing or not? Germany and all the EU are not responsible for this war.
WW1... WW2..... all in the past, no more......
mindset, mentality however remains the same... more or less...
EU had all the chances to make peace with Russia when the cold-war ended...
Putin asked to join EU, to join NATO... but you guys rejected him, and over the years "treat" the "new" Russia as the "Old Soviet"...
Well.. winter is coming soon enough, hope you guys can have enough "juice" to keep warmed
@@bang4buck326 now they are talking about defeating Russia. Not pushing back from Ukraine, but defeating.
@@StefanMX zero sum game will only lead to another war... let's not forget another flash point is over Taiwan..
WW3 is coming?
Do you think everyone has no memory of history? Do you think no one has any knowledge of how many times...decades..that Russia has said Ukraine was too far for NATO to expand without a Russian response? Russia never threatened Europe to receive energy in a dependable, affordable way fairly traded.... the question is who is pressuring who to the detriment of their country's economy?
A Nato membership of the Ukraine was not on the tabe at all
@@krollpeter the Ukrainian military was being trained by NATO, Ukrainian military had/has NATO weapons..Ukraine was as NATO as you could be without being NATO. You and every western media can say Ukraine would not become a NATO member but Ukraine sure thought that they would become a member and if you are the head of the Russian government what exactly do you see as a difference? Seeing how Ukraine was using its military to kill the ethnic Russian population in the Eastern area of Ukraine?
Ukraine is not a colony of Russia.
@@pand9293 no, but before 2023 it will be the western part of Russia.
@@andrewthurman8836 Krembot talk
Last century didn’t the Europe divided Africa for themselves 😀
This German BBC reporter(DW) and the foreign German minister are very shallow. They say Taiwan is another country like Ukraine. But in fact UN recognizes Taiwan is a province in China.
The UN doesn't decide if a place is a country or not, it's decided by the facts on the ground.
@@Daniel-fv1ff Don't count on yourself. UN once had Republic of China its member state but afterward People republic of China has recognized instead. Nothing related to Taiwan province because China definition meaning is the whole China , not Shanghai , Canton or Taiwan.
Remember the US n its nato and G7 allies r imperialist n r still stuck with colonial ideology
@@alexlo7708 so was the people's republic of China not a country when the republic of China was recognised by the UN instead?
@@Daniel-fv1ff At that time, there was only Republic of China. The KMT party who solely represenst China then , was composed of right wing faction and leftist faction who is CCP(Now People republic of China). So all of them is internal domestic issue.
I was a German attorney in Poland. I said what happened during WWII doesn't apply to our generation. We should live together and support each other. However, now that I know that Germany cares only about its own interests and despite the denials, I can still see the sentiment towards Russia, I change my opinion about Germany. Who was in favor of unblocking the transport of sanctioned goods through the territory of independent Lithuania to Kalinigrad. Who pushed for this in the EU? Germany. Poland and Eastern Europe do not want to be an object, but a subject of politics. We do not want another alliance similar to the Molotov Libentrop Pact to be formed above us. I hear voices from Germany that Ukraine should pay tribute to her territory for peace. That Ukraine should get along with her neighbor, not count to the west. Not to think about the European Union or NATO. Where would West Germany be if you did not have an overseas ally who stood up for you? Do you remember the Russian tanks against the American ones? Now it was proper to pay off the debt of solidarity. If you want Ukraine to give up part of its territory without a fight, maybe imagine that you have to give East Germany back to Russia's sphere of influence with its version of "democracy" and the oligarchs. Then It was not the Germans who would choose their authorities, but those who were brought from Russia. Sounds unthinkable? Because it is unthinkable. Same for Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia and rest too.
Buzz off with your dissertation. Ukraine needs to stop begging and go to the negotiation table. They are simply being used by the west particulary the US who has always used Russia as the "boggie man" and to divide Europe and hold on to its influence in that way. The US is truly the only country profiting of this war, sad to say. Just facts not emotions.
Where would West Germany be without the CCCP agreeing to allow unification ín return for NATO not expanding one inch toward them?
The interview was so easy for her
Let us bring the Iraq question, he could followed her answer with, well you didn't like what US did there but you took no action, why China is suppose to take action when it is your concern?! And for sure this how the Chinese answered her when she spoke her reasoning in front of them.
Iraq was not a direct threat to Germany and EU.
@@_F_Y_ this is not the argument, the interviewer didn't push. But if we used your logic, Russia is not a threat to China in the short and medium term, so why China needs to support EU against Russia.
@@greebfewatani you are absolutely right. China supports Russia against Ukraine.
She should stock up on sanitary pads as the flow will be more severe and unbearable in the coming months!
She has really stepped her foot into a mess. She references Taiwan without regard to The One China Policy. She references gas and oil as effective unnecessary dependencies but fails to state that it was her party that forced the Nordstream 2 pipeline...something that would have been unnecessary had their nuclear plants not been taken off-line. She might be considered forthright...and that's fine. But that plain speaking must be tempered by wisdom and commonsense. In this interview, she has said things that should never have been said in public.
It's so evident she's very inexperienced. She'd be better off being a protestor on the streets.
I have one question... If what the US did in Iraq was wrong then did Germany put sanctions on the US economy? Or just saying that we are not part of it is sufficient.... Well, I can see how self interests first play a major role in geopolitics more than just "values".
What a parrot.
The most important independence Europe should have try to pursue is the the sovereign and political independence of Europe from America. Europe is not independent, America is colonizing them in a wisest way possible. To the extent They don't even understand that. Its funny
Europe and the USA have a military alliance that mainly benefits Europe. Most European countries never even met their minimum two percent gdp, with no repercussions. They were happy to be complacent with their security and let the US pay for most things. Not sure how you interpret that as Europe getting the short stick. If anything, the USA has been a **tch to Europe. Germany totally ignored the concerns of the US and other European countries when they hitched their energy wagon to Russia. Not sure what your definition of American colonization is with this reality?
Tell me why France suggest to establish an EU army independently?!
@@nicoles9077 your comments just proved your foolishness. Look at what apps you are using, now everything in Europe is controlled by US directly or indirectly.
@@simonj5128 you are comparing app use to political decisions? Ok
@@nicoles9077 If Europe was independent and did not follow the dictates of the USA and dissolved NATO when the USSR dissolved, we would have peace and security because Russia would have joined and be part of Europe. We would not need to waste our resources on any defense spending and wars that only benefits the US MIC.
You mean Germany hasn't been dependent on the US and BAOR all this time ? How quaint :-)
Baerbock: Eine unglückliche Mischung aus grenzenlosem Geltungsdrang bei gleichzeitiger Selbstüberschätzung und Unfähigkeit ! Peinlich…
Annalena, you've made excellent points.
Where are the excellent points?
@@EuroTravChannel Listen to it and find out for yourself.
Germany is in a not so good position, I think.
USA seek vassals and wanna Germans dependant on knees.
Its in a lot better position than the USA, 70% of the US economy is retail and the vast majority of that retail is made in or dependent on China.
Germany never makes it to the news in China. Where is this from?
The reporter ought to have asked that Turks invasation of Cyprus went almost unnoticed but why so much on ukrine
You think Germany is the parent of everybody or what? It does not have or want control over everybody
@@aliancemd Well Cyprus IS part of the EU like Germany so maybe it does concern them??? Or would you like to see the Aegean and Eastern med., which are part of the EU thanks to Greece and Cyprus being members, become an Ottoman lake? How about Cyprus getting completely annexed by Turkey in a few years? Does that sound good for the EU?
When cyprus operation happened germany was divided so i dont thin they had enough time to care about it
@@Jotnar837 the hypocrites argument or lack of it ! It makes no sense at all ! What a beautiful world!
A surprising good interview. Her english improved definetely.
What i like about her style is that she goes straight ahead, no so-called "gentleman agreements", or at least it looks like.
Yes, she now speaks much more fluent and less chopped up than when she started. She's obviously determined to improve her English.
Sure, good english is the most important thing for german politician.
English is my mother tongue and from experience talking with language exchange partners (DE/ES/NO) they tend to be over critical of their politician's English.
There's very few native British politicians capable of TV interviews in foreign languages, Nick Clegg being one exception in the last decade.
@@RobBCactive
English is my mother tongue too.
It may sound "unfair", but English is the International Language.
Maybe in the future, it will be something else?
@@rdelrosso2001 English is great for language schools, the subtleties of word order, large number of emphasis levels and the pace of innovation make for endless study
yes,for the next twenty years, strict reciprocity with autocracies.
Wow, Annalena nailed that. I can't imagine she would be so easy to walk all over and manipulate as Scholz is.
She is a "Young Global Leader" of the World Economic Forum. Shes being groomed and manipulated by the global elite.
he tried. be wary about this guy.
She has children, who want to know at breakfast time, what thermo nuclear war means. A good starting point.
She is a warmonger of the worst kind
She should be the next chancellor