Prelims: I.R. – Concepts, Weimar Triangle
Mains: General Studies II – Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests, Indian Diaspora.
Why in News
The governments of Poland, France and Germany vowed Monday to make Europe a security and defence power with a greater ability to back Ukraine.
About
Weimar Triangle :
- Established in 1991 in the German city of Weimar, aimed at assisting Poland’s emergence from Communist rule as a platform for political cooperation among the three nations and to identify shared fundamental interests regarding Europe’s future and to extend cross-border cooperation.
- Obj : cooperation and strengthen ties between Germany, France, and Poland. Initially focused on German-Polish reconciliation post-World War II, the group derives its name from the city of Weimar, Germany, where its inaugural meeting occurred.
- In a 10-point declaration, the ministers underscored the major responsibility the three countries shoulder for the European integration process.
