{"id":59301,"date":"2023-10-30T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/panel-1-lessons-learned-der-krieg-als-moment-der-wahrheit-fuer-europa\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:00:23","slug":"panel-1-lessons-learnt-the-war-as-a-moment-of-truth-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/en\/panel-1-lessons-learnt-the-war-as-a-moment-of-truth-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel 1: Lessons learnt? The war as a moment of truth for Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In view of the threat of aggression from violent powers and attacks on inter\u00adna\u00adtional law, to what extent should the war against Ukraine be seen as a \u201cturning point\u201d for Europe? And what conclu\u00adsions must European policy\u00admakers draw? After a contri\u00adbution from Timothy Garton Ash, the panel of Olha Stefan\u00adishyna, Robin Wagener, Karolina Wigura and Andrius Kubilius explored these questions.<\/h3>\n

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\u201cEurope must do more \u2014 militarily, but above all econom\u00adi\u00adcally, socially and polit\u00adi\u00adcally\u201d (Timothy Garton Ash)<\/h2>\n

Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, put it in a nutshell in his video message: \u201cEurope needs to do more, including to persuade the US to stay engaged with its crucial role in military support. We need to do more militarily, [...] but above all econom\u00adi\u00adcally, socially and polit\u00adi\u00adcally.\u201d In order to create an intact, free and post-imperial Europe in this new era, recon\u00adstruction, reforms and Ukrainian successes on the road to EU membership could not wait until after the war, but must take place directly and consistently.<\/p>\n

Olha Stefan\u00adishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, and Karolina Wigura, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Liberal Modernity, empha\u00adsised the impor\u00adtance of remaining focused in the face of all challenges and not losing sight of the most important goal: winning the war.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe \u2018turning point\u2019 must be an awakening\u201d (Robin Wagener)<\/h2>\n

Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Lithuania, also cited Ukraine\u2019s NATO membership as a very important point. \u201cOur biggest mistake was that we left Ukraine in a grey zone of security,\u201d said Kubilius.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018turning point\u2019 must be a wake-up call. This must go hand in hand with the defence of our own strategic interests,\u201d said Robin Wagener, Member of the German Bundestag (Alliance 90\/\u200bThe Greens), \u201cour strategic interest is to support Ukraine as strongly as possible. The victory of Ukraine means the defence of the democ\u00adratic order of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of Panel 1, Ralf F\u00fccks stated: \u201cWe must not let our policies be guided by fear. A collapse of the Russian regime harbours dangers. But the dangers of a successful Russian aggression would far outweigh these risks. The answer cannot be appeasement, but must be deterrence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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