CER Podcast: Will political turmoil in Spain and the Netherlands leave the EU in a tough spot?

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🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast Camino Mortera-Martinez, head of the Brussels office and Sander Tordoir, senior economist, join our host Octavia Hughes to discuss the implications of the Spanish and Dutch elections for the EU. They explore the causes of the political impasse in Spain and the consequences of government collapse in the Netherlands. The Spanish and the Dutch have become important power brokers in the EU as a result of weakening Franco-German relations. Now, with the pair of countries as a diminished force, will the EU come to a standstill? 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.
0:29.6	Hello and welcome to the CER podcast. I'm Octavia Hughes, host of today's episode.
0:36.1	Today I am joined by the head of our Brussels office, Camino
0:39.4	Mautera Martinez, and senior economist, Spanda Todois. Welcome back to the podcast. How are you?
0:45.8	Hi, Octavia. Thanks so much. Very well. Hi. Great to be here. Doing well. Thanks.
0:52.4	So the Spanish general election held on July 23rd has left the country at a political
0:59.0	impasse, surprising many.
1:00.9	Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the alliance of four centre-rights and liberal parties has collapsed,
1:06.6	triggering a new election in November.
1:09.2	So lots to discuss today.
1:12.4	Let's start with the results from the ballot box in Spain. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election after a poor
1:18.2	performance from the left in May's local and regional elections, which we discussed here on the
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