Europe is waiting for a successful German presidency of the EU & # 8209; and not without grounds

The main issues during the German presidency of the European Union will be overcoming the consequences of the coronacrisis, Britain's exit from the EU, relations between the European Union and the United States, a number of other topics, and in the EU countries they not without reason expect that the German presidency will be successful, said on Wednesday, July 1, columnist news agency Mikhail Demurin. Germany will preside over the EU from July to December 2020. See also: The presidency of the EU Council passed to Germany. The German presidency of the EU will become the chairmanship of Europe's largest economy. Everyone inside Germany and in other EU countries expects it to be successful. Moreover, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, is currently headed also by German Ursula von Der Leyen, who is with Angela Merkel in one party of the Christian Democratic Union. The most important task for Europe now is to ensure an early exit from the coronacrisis, save the badly damaged economy, and restore cohesion, destroyed (though not only by the coronacrisis). To this end, let me remind you, on May 18, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a special fund in the amount of 500 billion euros. In general, I must say that when we talk about the German presidency of the EU, we are talking largely about the German-French presidency: Berlin and Paris are increasingly coordinating their policies in the EU, approaching, in fact, the creation of a certain allied state as its core. The same is true in the sense of their common policy, by the way, in world affairs, especially in the UN, where Germany and France cooperate closely in the Security Council and not only in it. The outgoing, but still important topic of the German presidency remains the withdrawal of Great Britain from the EU, which is not finalized in the contractual plan, and Berlin will have to try to help the parties reach mutually acceptable agreements. This is unlikely, however, to work, since both sides in the opposite way assess their and others' benefits here, especially with regard to the main thing: a free trade regime. Approaches to EU-US relations will inevitably be affected by American pressure on Berlin along Nord Stream 2. It could be expected to intensify relations with China, but this will not happen: in Europe, there is growing wariness about Beijing's policies. A major future challenge for Germans at the head of the EU Council will be the enlargement of the European Union into the Balkans, and they will ensure noticeable progress on this issue. Another priority topic is the settlement of the conflict in Libya, which Berlin has already engaged in. Here, for real results, he needs the support of Moscow. I think that in this and not only in this regard, Berlin will make a cautious approach to analyzing the effectiveness of the known 5 EU principles on relations with Russia. I don't see any reason to expect their cancellation, however, Mikhail Demurin noted.