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COVID-19 Uncovers 'Fundamental Flaws' of EU, Expert Says

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🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The coronavirus has left many European leaders questioning the future of the EU. Former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta recently told The Guardian that “the communitarian spirit of Europe is weaker today than 10 years ago.”  Nile Gardiner, former adviser to Lady Thatcher and director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to explain what COVID-19 may mean for the future of the EU.  Gardiner also addresses the possibility that America may work alongside Great Britain and other European nations to hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Listen to the podcast below or read the lightly edited transcript. Also on today's show: We read your letters to the editor. Church all across D.C. are launching a week of 24/7 strategic prayer for America from April 27 - May 4. Find out more at AwakenDC.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, April 27th. I'm Robert Bluey.

0:09.3

And I'm Virginia Allen. On today's show we talk with Nyle Gardner, former advisor to Lady Thatcher and

0:16.7

director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation.

0:20.9

Nyle offers his insights on the state of the European Union and how COVID-19 might lead to more European nations seeking to leave the EU.

0:31.0

We also share your letters to the editor and a good news story about how churches across America are uniting in prayer during COVID-19 and how you and your church can get involved.

0:41.0

Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about the most popular resource on the Heritage Foundation

0:46.4

website, The Guide to the Constitution.

0:49.7

More than 100 scholars have contributed to create unique line by line analysis of our Constitution.

0:55.6

The guide is intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of each clause of the Constitution

1:00.6

as envisioned by the framers and applied in contemporary law.

1:04.0

If you want to gain a deeper understanding of our founding document,

1:08.0

visit heritage.org slash constitution

1:12.0

or simply search for heritage Guide to the Constitution.

1:15.6

Now stay tuned for today's show coming up next. I am joined by Nyle Gardner, former advisor to Lady Thatcher and director of the

1:29.7

Market Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation.

1:33.0

Nyle, thank you so much for being here.

1:35.0

It's my pleasure, great to be here.

1:37.0

Thank you.

1:38.0

Europe has been hit very hard by the coronavirus.

1:41.0

We've specifically seen this in Spain and Italy and even Germany and France.

1:46.2

They're really suffering from a tremendous amount of cases and that their hospitals are

1:51.7

extremely burdened and this is causing many Europeans

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