Katinka Barysch Quotations

Merkel is against French protectionism, but she will not do anything to embarrass the French.

But for the Europeans, it is also important to maintain their good ties with the Russians and the Chinese. The cooperation or the lack of obstruction you see from Russia and China at the moment is from the fact that the Europeans gained credibility in the past by going down the negotiations path.

Russia is a very different place from the way we saw it just three or four years ago.

The perception is that foreign investment is not good for jobs.

By the standards of oil-producing countries, Russia's not a particularly nasty place, given that access in other major countries is even more restricted.

I'm worried about Turkey because there's a deadline for them to lift restrictions on Cypriot ships going into their ports. This will come to a head and cause an incident.

The mood is against integration right now. Politicians have taken worries over the security of energy supplies and capitalized on them.

It's possible Bulgarian and Romanian accession will be put off. The reason would be not enough progress in fighting corruption.

The SPD mark on German foreign policy will be weaker.

That episode reinforces the message that, yes, now we have 10 new members who are willing to fight for their interests.