German Foreign Minister Says 20th Century World Order Dead as Trump Takes Office

SputnikNews.com
22.01.2017

German politicians have joined the chorus of European officials growing increasingly concerned for the future of the US-European relationship under Donald Trump. In a Sunday op-ed for Bild am Sonntag, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier remarked that Trump’s inauguration meant that “the old world of the 20th century is over for good.”

In the editorial, the top German diplomat warned of “turbulent times” ahead for Europe.

>Steinmeier stressed that “the old world of the 20th century is over for good,” explaining that he was referring to the order established following the Second World War, and in the quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.

“The order of the 21st century, and how tomorrow’s world will look has not yet been decided, it is totally open,” the politician added.
Steinmeier emphasized that “as always when power changes hands, there are uncertainties, doubts and questions about the course the new leadership will take,” and warned that “in these times of a new global disorder it is about more; today there is a lot at stake.”

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