: Judy Dempsey (OECD Countries and Populism) GUEST NAME: JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. SUMMARY: Rich OECD nations must spur growth quickly to implement fundamental reforms and counter rising populist p
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GUEST NAME: JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
SUMMARY: Rich OECD nations must spur growth quickly to implement fundamental reforms and counter rising populist parties threatening NATO and domestic security.1850 BRUSSELS
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| 0:26.4 | She's in Berlin. The OECD, the rich countries, what must be done to participate in the defense of Ukraine, |
| 0:35.3 | to provide for NATO's defense from the Russian provocations, to maintain leadership in the defense of Ukraine to provide for NATO's defense from the Russian provocations to maintain |
| 0:40.4 | leadership in the world in the 21st century what must be done domestically at home in order |
| 0:46.6 | to secure the states from what is a challenge now by the so-called populace in Berlin, in Paris, in London, in Rome. |
| 0:58.7 | The populist party is rising because here Judy outlines what must be done. |
| 1:05.2 | A major lift. |
| 1:06.6 | More of this tonight. |
| 1:08.8 | Mel, this organization for the economic cooperation development countries is a kind of rich |
| 1:13.6 | club in many ways, as the economist likes to call it. |
| 1:16.6 | But I think there is a feeling across most EU member states that the economy is not functioning |
| 1:25.6 | as well as it should, that there's a huge shortage of labour. |
| 1:30.3 | Populism is playing into this element too because it's holding back fundamental reforms, pension reform, social welfare reforms, infrastructure reforms, education reforms. |
| 1:42.3 | And so several EU leaders across the EU member states have to find ways to |
| 1:51.5 | spur growth on the one hand and on the other hand find ways to keep the populace in the far right |
| 1:57.9 | at bay. And essentially if they want to do the second, keep them at bay, |
| 2:03.0 | the first has to be delivered rather, rather quickly |
| 2:05.1 | to actually take away the sales of the far right and the populist movements. |
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