From the Center for European Reform, this is the CEO podcast.

Poson us seriously the question of the

future that we want, and we all

all together, the courage to it construct.

For us in Germany, is the

Bekentness to the European Europe,

a part of our state's resolve.

A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world,

because an integrated Europe remains vital to our

international order. This is the moment for Europe world because an integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.

This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's CER podcast. I'm John Springford, Deputy Director of the CER.

And today we're going to be talking about the question of vaccines in Europe, which is obviously pretty vexed.

But we've got an excellent panel to help us get through this.

First and foremost, welcome back Thomas Velatik, who used to be director of foreign policy here at the

CER, but much more importantly is now a Slovakian MP.

He resigned last week as chair of the Slovakian Parliament's European Affairs Committee.

And that's because Tomashe's Prime Minister, Igor Matovic, flew in 200,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine,

which has obviously caused a flurry of reaction

both within Slovakia and outside.

Also joining today are Camino Mortero Martinez, who is Senior Research Fellow at CER,

and Christian Odendahl, our chief economist.

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