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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Kai-Olaf Lang on the consequences of EU enlargement
According to Berlin-based political expert Kai-Olaf Lang, Europe's only chance of survival lies in convincing people that they will benefit from enlargement and integration. In an interview with Dana Cikelova he comments on the irony that "in places like Austria and Germany weariness with EU enlargement is spreading although both countries have profited greatly from enlargement. The German economy is being boosted by exports to the East and is setting up a number of companies in the new EU member states. However, it has to be said that there are those among the older EU members who have suffered as a result of enlargement. It's difficult to convince people there that their country will profit from enlargement when their own companies are closing down and jobs are going to places where labour is cheaper."
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Kai-Olaf Land on the process of German-Polish reconciliation
The German political scientist Kai-Olaf Lang of the Berlin Foundation for Science and Policy examines why the long process of German-Polish reconciliation, which functioned well for many years, has now began to falter. "The German and Polish governments took an interesting approach to dealing with the past: they agreed to disagree. They avoided dealing with concrete issues and hoped that they would somehow sort themselves out. The second recipe for success was the de-politicisation of relations. As a result, the quality of German-Polish relations went up and down depending on the orientation of the government in the other country. Thirdly, both countries 'Europeanised' their relations. Bilateral issues were dealt with within a multilateral context. However, since 2002 we can see that these three strategies are no longer working. It's becoming increasingly clear that the fact that both countries now belong to the EU doesn't solve the problems, but is rather having the effect of aggravating them."
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An appeal to reason in German-Polish relations
Scientists and journalists have called on the people of Germany and Poland to "exercise a sense of responsibility and reason" in the relations between the two states. The newspaper publishes a shortened version of the "Kopernikus Group's" appeal. "We are concerned by the unwarranted outburst of emotions regarding German-Polish relations over the past weeks. The way in which negative feelings have been overemphasized in public life contradicts the ideals of commendable persons in both Poland and Germany who have seen it as their duty to use their experiences with war and terrorist policies to improve German-Polish relations… Germans and Poles should realise they have more in common than they are given credit for by politicians with an anachronistic approach to relations between the two nations."
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