“The Marshall Plan”: Former Minister Assesses Whether Ukraine Will Become as Industrial as Germany After the War

Former Minister of Economy Anatoliy Kinakh assessed whether a conditional “Marshall Plan” and a new industrialization are possible for Ukraine after the end of the war with Russia, Politeka reports.
He spoke about this on the program “Dialogues” with Ruslan Bortnyk.

“All of this is possible, but certainly not in the classical version of the ‘Marshall Plan’. Rather, it would require creating conditions and rules of the game that would make it possible to harness the enormous potential that Ukraine still has despite all our losses. The potential remains, by the way, also in the workforce, which today is largely and mostly simply not in demand. But for this, it is necessary to reach a different level of state policy, action, and responsibility,” Anatoliy Kinakh asserts.

According to him, the “Marshall Plan” is a good example for Ukraine, showing how Germany managed to rebuild and become the locomotive of the European and global economy. The former minister notes that initially there was the “Morgenthau Plan”, which envisioned turning post-war fascist Germany into an agrarian state that would no longer have the potential to threaten its neighbors. At that time, he continues, Germany’s population was about 52 million, and they calculated that an agrarian economy could provide living conditions for a maximum of 20 million, so they switched to an industrial option.

Ukraine, the guest of the program emphasizes, also has every chance to become a developed industrial country. Moreover, he reminds, in the 1990s Ukraine ranked 5th–6th in Europe in terms of industrial potential, and this potential must be rebuilt and restored.

“And it’s important to understand that the world is changing dramatically. There is competition for clean air, human capital, the labor market, energy supply routes, deposits, and so on. Only consolidated states win in this competition — those that, regardless of orientation toward West or East, are able to protect and promote their national interests using modern methods, ensuring development. And we must understand that real sovereignty is not only borders, an anthem, or symbols. In today’s world, real sovereignty is competitiveness, quality of life, and the ability to consolidate efforts to protect and promote national interests in a civilized way,” Anatoliy Kinakh concludes.

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