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“The end of the West as we know it” said Michael Werz, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Adviser on North America & Multilateral Affairs at the Munich Security Conference, describing the current moment in transatlantic relations. In our conversation, he reflected on this week’s meeting in Washington between President Zelenskyy, several European leaders, and Donald Trump. For Michael Werz, the gathering underscores a decisive shift: as the United States retreats from its traditional role, Europe is beginning to step forward with greater unity, even across ideological divides. He also contributed his expertise as an adviser to our Commission "A Changing World – Germany and the Global South". Its final report highlights why stronger European unity is essential and what this means for Germany’s foreign and development policy: https://lnkd.in/d_8uC8yN #GermanyAndTheGlobalSouth

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