Introduction by Charles Kupchan
Professor in international relations at the Georgetown University
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President of the Republic of Estonia
"My question is how long can we sustain or expect the Parliament to sustain its pro-European solidarity in a democratic country when it is going against the wishes of the electorate?"
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Bartholomew 1st
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
"The European Union, and Europe more generally, is beyond all doubt a laboratory for global governance. However, as history shows, it is not the only one."
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Fu Ying
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
"There are many discussions about if China is to "rescue" Europe and how. […]What Europe needs is not a savior but a cooperation partner."
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Kemal Dervis
Vice-President for Global Economy at the Brookings Institution and Senior Advisor at the Sabanci University; former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey
"I do not believe that there can be a successful end of the story without the surplus countries - the north, particular Germany but not only Germany - accepting that they also have to make an effort so that their surpluses do not continue at very high levels."
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