Podcast
17.12.2020

Podcast EU to go - The German Council Presidency in a pandemic paradox

In this episode of our podcast series EU to go, Thu Nguyen and Nicole Koenig talk about the German Presidency in the Pandemic Paradox.

In the fourth episode of EU to go, Thu Nguyen and Nicole Koenig talk about the German Council Presidency in a pandemic paradox. Resolving the budget dispute, settling Brexit, deciding on the reconstruction instrument - the expectations on Germany as "crisis manager" in the middle of the Corona pandemic were very high. At the same time, it was already clear that this would not be easy with a Corona diplomacy over the screen. Nicole Koenig and Thu Nguyen discuss not only the challenges, but also the achievements of the German Council Presidency 2020.