European Parliament Elections, G7 Leaders’ 50th Summit, Powerful Hurricane Season Looming, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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All twenty-seven European Union (EU) member states vote in European Parliament elections with polls showing right-wing parties poised to gain more seats; the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial democracies meet in Italy with a sizable agenda, including support for Ukraine and trade concerns with China; the United States prepares for an above-normal hurricane season; and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and partner exporters, known as OPEC+, extend oil output cuts. Mentioned on the Podcast Europe’s Migration Dilemma, CFR.org Caroline Kapp and Matthias Matthijs, “What’s at Stake in the EU Elections?,” CFR.org Nicholas Vinocur, “An American’s Guide to the 2024 European Election,” Politico For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/european-parliament-elections-g7-leaders-50th-summit-powerful-hurricane-season-looming-and

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0:00.0	In the coming week, European Parliament elections begin across the continent.
0:04.0	G7 leaders meet in Italy with a hefty agenda and forecast call for an especially active hurricane season in the Atlantic.
0:12.0	It's June 6, 2024 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:28.6	And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.
0:30.2	Carla, let's start in Europe where there's going to be quite a lot of things going on playing out over the next week or so.
0:37.2	Today and through the weekend,
0:38.7	close to 400 million Europeans are set to cast their ballots for 720 members of the European
0:44.8	Parliament, the EU's legislative body. Since the last election, the EU has faced surging migration
0:50.8	and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and that has helped far-right
0:56.1	parties gain strongholds across EU member states. Polls are projecting a strong showing for far-right
1:02.6	parties, and what would that mean for EU policy going forward? So, Bob, let's back up for
1:08.7	minutes. So in case you're wondering if anyone outside of Brussels or Strasbourg, which are the two homes for the European Parliament, care about these elections, Moscow apparently does, Europeans are seeing a major push of Russian disinformation, claims that the French government is writing a tax to pay for Ukraine war, all sorts of claims about things like this incredible story
1:28.8	that's going through in Germany that cyclists bled to death, a teenage cyclist bled to death
1:33.5	because the German government supposedly turned off streetlights after it ran out of Russian gas.
1:37.9	And now there are denial of service attacks going on today.
1:41.2	So the Russians are paying attention to this.
1:43.4	Okay.
1:43.7	Now, a few basic facts about the vote.
1:46.1	This isn't a single national election. It's 27 elections and 27 member countries. Each state
1:52.1	votes for its own representative. And the number of seats they have is just like the U.S. House.
1:56.6	It's, you know, apportioned by population. And the issues even vary state by state, you know, although there are common issues, you know,
2:04.4	much like what we care about here, economy, the price of gas, Ukraine, migration.
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