EU must become entity to compete with world's super powers - Germany's Maas

Record ID: 1560256

  • Title: EU must become entity to compete with world's super powers - Germany's Maas
  • Date: 1st July 2020
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 1, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS NIGHT VIEWS OF BERLIN'S ILLUMINATED LANDMARK, THE BRANDENBURG GATE, SHOWING "EU 20" LOGO OF GERMAN EU PRESIDENCY VARIOUS OF MAN OUTSIDE FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISING GERMAN EU PRESIDENCY FLAG
  • Embargoed: 15th July 2020 14:42
  • Keywords: croatia eu presidency german foreign minister heiko maas grlić radman
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CKZ8E2V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The European Union must speak with one voice to compete with the world's "super powers United States, Russia and China," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday (July 1) as Germany took over the rotating six month EU presidency.
    Speaking alongside the foreign minister of Croatia whose country presided the EU until June 30, Maas told reporters that Europe would only be able to claim its "values and interests if we act as Europeans. If we don't do that we will become the plaything of others."
    An overnight illumination of Berlin's landmark, the Brandenburg Gate marked the beginning of Germany's EU presidency.
    The slogan "Together for Europe's Recovery" in German, English and French was projected onto Brandenburg Gate around midnight and a flag dedicated to the German presidency was later raised outside Berlin's foreign ministry.
    (Production: Fabrizio Bensch, Oliver Barth, Michele Sani)
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