Winfried Veit, Senior Lecturer, Freiburg University, says that the EU has no common foreign policy: it exists only on paper. Positions on international policy within the EU differ country to country. EU member states still have their own armies and security policies, which is a significant weakness, particularly given the rise of populism.
Interview during the conference “Core Europe and/or Greater Eurasia: Options for the Future”, Berlin, December 1.
