German Foreign Minister to Present a New Strategy to Deal with the U.S.

The United States and Europe have been growing away from each other for many years, and the overlapping of interests and values is decreasing, said Heiko Maas. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas plans to present Germany’s new foreign policy strategy towards the United States, RIA Novosti reports as quoted by DPA news agency. “It’s high time to reassess the Transatlantic Partnership – rationally, critically, and even self-critically”, Maas said on August 25 in Berlin at the event marking the start of a Germany Year in the U.S. In his view, the U.S. and Europe have been growing away from each other for many years, and the overlapping of interests and values ​​is decreasing. The politician wrote about this in an article published in the Handelsblatt newspaper. The process of establishing normal relations with the East began even before Donald Trump came to power in the U.S., and Europe should not wait for the change of power in the U.S., the minister said. The foreign minister proposed to use the idea of ​​a balanced partnership as the basis for new relations with the U.S. and he called building a strong, self-confident Europe as the primary foreign policy goal of Germany.