Publications – Michael von der Schulenburg (MEP)

The European Parliament Plays with the Risk of Nuclear War

By Michael von der Schulenburg 6. December 2024

On November 28, the European Parliament passed a second Ukraine resolution with the martial-sounding title "Strengthening the EU's Unwavering Support for Ukraine Against Russia's War of Aggression and the…

Its Ukraine policy could break the European Union

By Michael von der Schulenburg 1. September 2024

by Michael von der Schulenburg and Ruth Firmenich On 1 September, we commemorate the beginning of the Second World War 85 years ago with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland. It…

The Ukraine war could have been prevented if the UN-Charta had been observed

By Michael von der Schulenburg 13. July 2024

Michael von der Schulenburg With the war in Ukraine, we must once again ask ourselves perhaps the most important question for a peaceful future for humanity: can there be a…

With its role in the Ukraine war the European Union may risk its own political future

By Michael von der Schulenburg 15. March 2024

by Michael von der Schulenburg and Hans-Joachim Funke The deteriorating military situation in Ukraine and the United States increasing withdrawal from this war created a situation in which the EU…

ONLY PEACE NEGOTIATIONS CAN SAVE UKRAINE

By Michael von der Schulenburg 24. February 2024

THE UKRAINIAN WAR MUST NOT GO INTO A THIRD YEAR Last week, the majority of members of the German Bundestag (federal parliament) declared their unrestricted support to Ukraine’s war aims:…

The Ukraine war could come to an unexpected end

By Michael von der Schulenburg 12. February 2024

Even if there is still fighting at the front, recent developments in Ukraine would suggest that the war could end in a way that is completely unexpected in the West…

What kind of world do we want to live in?

By Michael von der Schulenburg 5. December 2023

This article is based on a speech given at the "Never again war - lay down your arms" rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 25, 2023 Today,…

How The Chance Was Lost For A Peace Settlement Of The Ukraine War

By Michael von der Schulenburg 14. November 2023

The disastrous derailment of early peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine This is a detailed reconstruction of the Ukrainian-Russian peace negotiations in March 2022 and the associated mediation…

A groundbreaking German peace proposal for Ukraine that could save us all from an all-out war

By Michael von der Schulenburg 22. September 2023

At the end of August this year, four highly respected German personalities[1] presented a peace proposal for ending the war in Ukraine through a ceasefire and subsequent peace negotiations: (https://zeitgeschehen-im-fokus.ch/en/newspaper-ausgabe-en/article-translated-in-english.html#article_1565) …

The UN Charter must remain the heart and soul of any new peace architecture

By Michael von der Schulenburg 22. August 2023

This article is a contribution to the German peace movement’s pamphlet on the occasion of this year’s Anti-War Day on September 1st. On this day, 84 years ago, the German…