CER Podcast: A European strategy for Labour

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast Charles Grant, Director of the CER, and Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour party 1983 - 1992, European commissioner 1995 - 2004 and member of the house of Lords since 2005, join podcast host, Octavia Hughes, to discuss a European strategy for Labour. They set out the steps the party should take to foster a better relationship and consider how European governments view the British. They consider whether a much closer economic relationship could be viable and conclude by asking when – if ever – the UK could rejoin the EU. Produced by Octavia Hughes Music by Edward Hipkins

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CIA 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, the courage to it construct.
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,
0:17.9	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.
0:28.6	Welcome back to another episode of the Centre for European Reforms podcast.
0:33.6	Seven years on from Brexit and four conservative prime ministers later, it seems there's a good chance we'll get to see Keir Stama's Labour in power after the next general election, probably in the summer or autumn of 2024.
0:48.1	The right-wing press have accused the Labour Party of wanting to rejoin the EU through the back door, while Europhiles have
0:55.2	bemoaned its cautious approach. Meanwhile, Stama and his front bench have tended to shy away from
1:01.7	the topic of Brexit altogether. With me to discuss Labour's position on Brexit and what a Labour
1:08.2	government would and could mean for our relationship with Europe is the
1:12.7	CER's director, Charles Grant, and Baron Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour Party between
1:19.3	1983 and 92, and a European Commissioner from 95 to 2004, before being elevated to the House of Lords in 2005.
1:31.5	Welcome to the podcast, both of you.
1:34.1	Thank you.
1:35.0	So Kirstama has, of course, just come back from a mini European tour, meeting President
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