EU Views: Florian Böller
Name: Florian Böller
Nationality: Germany
Occupation(s): Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germany
Connection to Europe: Florian Böller teaches courses on European integration and foreign policy. His research interests include U.S. foreign and security policy, arms control and transatlantic relations with an emphasis on parliamentary control and the influence of non-executive actors in international politics.
Date of interview: February 6, 2017
In this episode, German political scientist Florian Böller talks to Olya Yordanyan about the emerging future in Europe. The problems facing Europe, he explains, cannot be solved at the level of the nation state, so it is imperative for Europe to move beyond its current crises and to rebuild trust in European institutions. He describes the the election of Trump in the United States as an opportunity for Europe to assume a larger role in world affairs.