Episode 67, Alexander Stubb on why he should be European Commission president

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Alexander Stubb lays out his pitch for the European Commission presidency in this week's episode. Stubb is competing with Manfred Weber to be the European Peoples Party's candidate for the post in 2019. Stubb is leaning on his experience as a former prime minister and on a sharp expression of values. Nordic moderate, pragmatic and "a true European believer" who wants a "liberal democracy not an illiberal democracy.” Stubb says European values are under attack from "the U.S., China, Russia and from the inside" meaning countries like Poland, Italy, Romania, and Hungary. After claiming to be a "next generation" EU leader, Stubb (who is 50) joked that he's "next generation with bifocals." Can you guess who he names as his political hero? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.4	Hey everyone. Welcome back to EU Confidential. I'm Ryan Heath, the political editor at Politico Europe, and you're listening to the number one EU politics podcast. I'm back in the seat after a couple of weeks out of Brussels, so I thought I'd give you a few hot takes. We've got the Spitzing Candidate Race for European Commission President finally getting real. It's heating up. We've got Alexander Stubb in the race now, and he is going to go head to
1:45.4	head with Manfred Weber for the European People's Party nomination. It's a clash of contrast,
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