In the 5th episode of the “Ambassadors Series” ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ International Edition talked with the German Ambassador to Greece, Andreas Kindl. Representing his country since 2023, Andreas Kindl explained his country’s positions on a series of pressing matters on the global stage, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and how the West should come together to address the rising geopolitical challenges.

Mr. Kindl tells us that working in Greece was his “dream posting” after visiting the country for decades. On the war in Ukraine and the shift in U.S. policy under the Trump administration, the German Ambassador believes Europe should move forward with efforts to continue supporting Ukraine militarily while building up its military architecture as a united entity. He makes it clear that Europe will stand by Ukraine as long as it needs.

“We have to build up the Ukrainian defense industry to work towards that goal. And the measures that have been initialized and that have been proposed at a European level work toward that direction,” he underlines.

He insists that the tariffs implemented by the U.S. President, Donald Trump, against the EU can be counteracted with a coordinated front by the EU, while adding that these moves will not only harm the markets Trump intends them to but, most importantly, the Americans themselves.

On the matter of migration and ways to deal with it, the German Ambassador raises the issue of integrating legal asylum seekers and refugees into societies in light of a waning workforce in the EU. “A lack of labor in the workforce is one of the factors that’s mostly mitigating the economic development,” he noted.

The German Ambassador to Greece places high value on the role of culture and education in building trust among countries. “Culture is an important bridge. And, not only that, the German Archeological Institute celebrated 150 years. It is the second German Archeological Institute in the world, the second oldest,” he stressed.

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