EU Expansion and Transatlantic Relations

The UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies presents Joschka Fischer, former foreign minister of Germany and a member of the German Bundestag, for an exploration of the expansion of the European Union and the current state of relations with the U.S. Series: "UCLA International Institute" [7/2006] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11772]

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Education

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• Europe
• Eurasian
• Germany
• politics
• relation
• US

[RemiG2006]

...been making mistake after mistake both in monetary (thanks to Greenspan) as well, what's more importantly, foreign policy since 9.11.2001 by Dubya Administration!

PS And yes! There will be Novus Ordo Mundi as stated by Bush senior on 9.11.1991 but not the one he'd dreamt of! It'll be something new and refreshing but the time has not yet come!

[RemiG2006]

And lastly Joschka! Thanks to young people like me all over the whole EU who don't feel to be part of certain state but EU "citizens", whether so called old or new long term we will be much better off than Americans or the Chinese as well Indians, whose economies and UNDEVELOPED/FRESH financial system will be hit hard when next 1929 happens GLOBALY! In fact, it just begun unfolding late last year! 

If you want to worry about somebody, begin to worry about Americans because they have ...

[13Njord]

i just want to say one thing. how come we still see posts from a video way past our age oh say ...early 2008? now were talking 2012 now, shouldn't we talk about skilled immigrants and why education is more important than immigration? as an individual, ask yourself, are you able to help the country/region/people in that specific geographic region?

[janesatorres]

I have definitely heard about the balance of power.  And it resulted to division of European and non-European nations.

[pixelr0]

moldova to romania is like eastern germany to western germany! please don't put molodva into USSR

[cranialbob]

JMF was the greatest and most visionary statesman of the past 30 years.

[kikusdream]

Oh and don't start about: 'its them who do not want to integrate', which is utter utter garbage. The reality is the germans would never accept them or any other minority for that matter as equals no matter how much they try.

Integration is a two way process, which eludes the Germans absolutely. In Canada where I live, we have managed to adopt and integrate Cultures from such a varied background without any major hiccups.

[kikusdream]

Well I am not willing to buy Cold War Propaganda figures as fact. If Communism was such a depraved force its quiet amazing how everybody pretends that China is now out Bossombuddy.

Also I've travelled extensively, and everytime I come to Germany I've left with a bitter taste in my mouth. You people harbor such immense racism towards other people it is funny. The state of the German-Turkish population speaks for itself, three generations and still they are treated as 'Gastarbeiter', disgusting!

[Gutenberg1]

@kikusdream who told you that the holocaust was the worse crime? what about the systematic mass murder of 100 million innocent civilians in the communismus? or the millions of killed armenians in turkey? Please no relativism here.

The only thing fischer realised is how to make big money with the oil industry. He is just a clown who tries to make himself important.

[kikusdream]

@Schlechtenberg - I have an Islamist on my friends list? Please do point him/her out! Since that statement of yours is utter hogwash may I suppose that your arguments are equally absurd?

As far as the Germans are concerned they were forced to take responsibility, because no other Nation in History ever attempted to commit such heinous crimes.

The reality of the world is that Nationalism is dead and not a moment to soon, and its a good thing Fischer has realized it.

[Gutenberg1]

wow, very clever statement. And this from somebody who has an islamist on his frieds-list.

Talking about twisted conscience: Joschka, former stone thrower and street fighter anti-capitalist is now advisor for BMW and several oil companies.

Well, if this is not pure conscience...

[Gutenberg1]

yes, well, the Turkish people killed 2 million armenians (this was the model to hitlers holocaust), the chinese Mao killed 50-60 million people, Stalin also a few million, and the christian church who knows how many. But only the German nation faces its own history and takes responsibility. Do you really expect me to dispute with you on "you are to blame on hitlers holocaust"-level?