CER podcast: Can the EU bring its neighbouring countries further into its orbit?

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week's CER podcast is the final episode in the series from the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. The podcast features event speakers, Sergei Guriev of Sciences Po, Beata Javorcik of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan of the University of Maryland and Abebe Aemro Selassie of the International Monetary Fund. They discussed the EU’s relations with its neighbours including Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Western Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa, identifying common themes, challenges and lessons. Katherine Pye, the CER's current Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow also spoke to Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director General at DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission about the EU's relations with Eastern Partnership countries. They talked about the reform process, frozen conflicts, and recent elections in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Produced by Rosie Giorgi Music by Edward Hipkins

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CEO podcast.
0:04.1	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.1	all together, the courage to it
0:09.8	for us in Germany, is the
0:11.9	beckrentness to the European Europe
0:13.7	part of our state's resolve.
0:15.7	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world
0:17.8	because an integrated Europe remains vital to
0:19.9	our 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.
0:27.4	Hello and welcome to a new episode of the CER podcast. My name is Catherine Pye. I'm the Clara
0:33.6	Marina O'Donnell Fellow at the CER's London office and you're listening to the final episode of the five-part podcast series from our annual Ditchley Conference.
0:42.3	In this episode, we're going to discuss the EU's relations with its neighbouring countries to the south and east.
0:48.3	The Ditchley Conference, which is where parts of this episode are recorded, happens every autumn.
0:53.3	Usually the CER brings together top economists and political thinkers
0:57.6	to discuss the most pressing economic and political challenges of the year.
1:02.3	This year, the Ditchley Conference is taking place online,
1:05.7	and I'm going to play you an edited version of the opening remarks that we heard from our panelists,
1:12.6	focusing on the question, can the EU bring countries in its neighbourhood further into its orbit?
1:16.6	Our speakers gave perspectives on this question from the standpoint of the Eastern Partnership in Russia,
1:22.6	the Western Balkans, Turkey and Africa.
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