Attack the Bloc: Can the EU survive in a fearsome future?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Since its conception in 1993, the European Union has faced multiple political attacks and crises. But it has prevailed through it all… so far. With a convergence to right-wing populism happening around the world, can its fight to uphold democracy continue? Dermot Hodson is the author of Circle of Stars: A History of the EU and the People Who Made It and a Professor of Political Economy and Digital Technologies at Loughborough University London. He joins Alex Andreou in The Bunker to discuss how the EU endures, and of course, Brexit. “As soon as the Maastricht Treaty was signed, it was clear something was different.” – Dermot Hodson. “With every crisis we’re told it’s about to collapse.” – Dermot Hodson. “If we look at Donald Tusk’s elections it’s a minor miracle… because by many standards that was not a free and fair election.” – Dermot Hodson Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Alex Rees and Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.2	We should not hide away from our inconsistencies and imperfections.
1:18.2	Imperfect as it might be, our union is both beautifully unique and uniquely beautiful. Those were the words of Ursula von der Leyen from her
1:27.6	2021 State of the Union address. The European Dream has always nestled rather precariously between hard logic and a sort of romanticism,
1:38.0	but is that balance beginning to be lost and the project to waddle of Kilda.
1:43.0	My guest today could not be a better place to help me answer that question.
1:47.0	He is a professor at Loughbury University London and a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruege
1:52.0	and he has just published a
1:54.0	glorious new book called Circle of Stars that tracks the history of the
1:58.8	European Union. Welcome to the bunker Dermot-Hotsen.
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