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Ukraine-European Union Relations
Karl Schlögel, a prominent German historian who recently published a book entitled “The Ukrainian Challenge”, sat down with Hromadske to discuss the findings of his research, and how German public perception of Ukraine has changed. “The main event transforming the perception and the view of most Germans towards Ukraine is the Euromaidan and the occupation of Crimea,” explains the author.
Before the Ukrainian revolution in 2013 and subsequent occupation and war in 2014, Schlögel says Germans were under the impression that Ukraine was just a province of the former Soviet Union. “And this has changed. And Ukraine is put on the map of most people.”
While Schlögel encourages people to read books about Ukraine to gain a better understanding of the country, he says that visiting is even more effective: “The most important advice I can give is to go. To go, to see, and to get an impression.”
