How Trump is already breaking Europe

EU Confidential

POLITICO

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4.4 • 175 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

After Donald Trump’s election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is breaking out the Champagne. Germany’s government, meanwhile, is breaking up. In this week’s episode of EU Confidential, we look at how Trump Round 2 is already reshaping European power dynamics. POLITICO editor-at-large Nicholas Vinocur dials in from Budapest, where Orbán is hosting European leaders for a strategy session on transatlantic relations. Then, host Sarah Wheaton hosts two high-ranking German MEPs, Parliament Vice President Katarina Barley and Foreign Affairs Committee Chair David McAllister for a debate about how to respond to Trump — and about the future of German politics. Finally, as MEPs hold confirmation hearings for the European Commission nominees, the Berlaymont Who’s Who series continues with mini-profiles of Glenn Micallef and Ekaterina Zaharieva, care of tech reporter Pieter Haeck. For more on Trump, and how he’ll transform America’s role in the world, check out the Power Play podcast from POLITICO: Trump returns: The whole world is watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.4	It's a political victory that our country is never seen before, nothing like this. I want to thank the American
0:40.0	people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.
0:49.8	After Donald Trump's election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban is breaking out the champagne,
0:57.0	while Germany's government is breaking up.
1:02.0	The changing power dynamic could not be more stark.
1:06.0	Orban is in charge of the agenda as European leaders gather in Budapest.
1:10.0	Georgia Maloney is on the phone with billionaire Trump ally, Elon Musk,
1:14.6	and Olaf Schultz is preparing for snap elections that will likely end his chancellorship.
1:20.6	Trump's foreign policy is unpredictability, and that means European stability and unity have never been more important.
1:28.3	Yet they seem increasingly out of reach.
1:32.4	So how will the return of Trump reshape transatlantic relations?
1:37.3	Will the EU be ready if Trump declares a trade war or decides to bail on NATO and
1:41.8	stop helping Ukraine?
1:43.8	Will Europe forge its own path?
1:45.6	Or just keep on reacting?
1:49.5	I'm Sarah Wheaton, host of EU Confidential.
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