Ask CER - Episode 4: Phasing out Russian gas, UK-EU relations now and Hungary’s response to the war

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this week’s CER podcast, we answered your questions about EU policy and geopolitics. Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi was joined by senior research fellow Elisabetta Cornago, head of our Brussels office Camino Mortera-Martínez, and CER foreign policy director Ian Bond. They discussed the EU's attempts to free itself of its dependency on Russian gas, the UK-EU relationship following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Viktor Orbán's response to the war. 01:38 - What the EU is doing to achieve energy independence from Russia 04:49 - Could these plans just entrench fossil fuel use? 07:44 - How could moving away from Russian energy imports impact the EU's climate targets? 10:38 - The UK-EU relationship amid the war in Ukraine 12:30 - Can the UN offer protection to countries seeking EU membership? 14:38 - Budapest’s relationship with Moscow

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CEO podcast.
0:04.0	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.0	all together to the courage to be construing.
0:10.5	For us in Germany, is the
0:11.9	Bekenness to the European Europe,
0:14.0	a part of our state's resolve.
0:15.6	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world
0:17.8	because an integrated Europe remains vital to our
0:20.1	international order. This is the moment for Europe world because an integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.
0:21.3	This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.
0:27.7	Hello and welcome to the Centre for European Reform podcast. I'm Rosie Georgie, the CER's media
0:33.9	coordinator and host of this Ask the CER podcast, where our researchers answer your
0:39.1	questions on EU policy and international affairs. Naturally, this episode will look at the war in Ukraine
0:44.8	following Russia's invasion of it one month ago. We'll examine the impact of the crisis on the
0:49.5	EU's climate ambitions, UK-EU relations, Hungary's view of the crisis and Budapest relationship
0:55.9	with Brussels in this context. Here with me today are Senior Research Fellow Elizabetha Cornago,
1:02.6	CERR Foreign Policy Director Ian Bond, and head of our Brussels office, Camina Matera Martinez.
1:08.5	Thanks for joining me. Let's start with the energy angle. The European
1:12.4	gas crisis and price hikes last year happened before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the war
1:18.1	has made it painfully clear that Europe can't go on importing roughly 40% of its natural gas supplies
1:24.1	and over a quarter of its crude oil from Russia.
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