Envisioning Europe's path forward with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The European Union is at a crossroads. Big issues, like Russia’s Ukraine invasion, a migrant crisis, and an economic slowdown coming out of the Covid pandemic have been major tests of the bloc’s resilience and unity. There’s a lot at stake. Can the EU’s 27 member states hold it all together? On this week’s episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with the woman at the heart of Europe’s government: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola They discuss Europe’s path forward, its role on the world stage, and how a fragmented EU avoids being squeezed by the US and China. Metsola admits that, on China policy in particular, the bloc’s “biggest problem is we have not been coherent" and says a unified EU strategy toward China has (so far) been “absent” from policy discussions. So where does Europe go from here? In a wide-ranging discussion, Bremmer and Metsola dig into the EU’s push for strategic autonomy, rising far-right nationalism in recent EU elections, and whether Ukraine will be able to join the bloc anytime soon, even as Russia’s war rages on.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the G0 World Podcast.
0:05.0	This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.
0:09.0	I'm Ian Berman, and today we are looking across the pond and to the future of Europe
0:14.0	with the President of European Parliament, Roberta Metzola.
0:18.0	It is a critical time for the European Union. The bloc still reeling from Russia's invasion of Ukraine
0:24.7	while trying to manage a migrant crisis and an economic slowdown.
0:29.5	Important to note, the European Union is the world's largest trading bloc and a regulatory superpower,
0:35.2	so whatever path it takes has a big impact on the rest of the world.
0:40.0	In recent EU elections, Metzola's center-right European People's Party won the most seats.
0:46.3	But far-right, Eurosceptic parties also made gains, meaning it will be harder for her centrist
0:52.4	alliance to make progress on key priorities like the Green Deal.
0:57.3	Today, we'll talk about rising nationalism, the EU's push for strategic autonomy,
1:02.8	how it plans to stand on its own in a world dominated by the U.S. and China,
1:07.3	and avoid getting squeezed between the two,
1:09.7	and whether Ukraine will join the EU anytime soon,
1:12.8	even as Russia's war rages on.
1:15.4	There is a lot to discuss with the president of Europe's largest legislative body.
1:19.6	Let's get to it.
1:37.2	The President of Europe's largest legislative body. President, Roberta Mazzola, welcome to G0 World. Happy to be here. Thank you.
1:38.4	So, so many things to talk about with Europe this year.
1:41.6	Maybe I want to start with the fact that we've come out of really big elections.
1:46.2	First thing, from an American perspective as well, they held elections, didn't seem to be very
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