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The John Batchelor Show

Preview: Colleague Anatol Lieven comments on the absence of DeGaulle scale leadership in Europe. More later.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Preview: Colleague Anatol Lieven comments on the absence of DeGaulle scale leadership in Europe. More later.
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0:00.0

This is John Batchel. Colleague, Anatole Levin, of the Quincy Institute, comments on the arrival from the night train from Warsaw, Mr. Stomer, Mr. McCrown, Mr. Tusk, and Mr. Merritts, representing a coalition of the willing to help a Ukraine.

0:17.7

But Anatole identifies that they're stuck on a policy that's out of date

0:23.1

and don't move, can't move. This is a piece of not a EU, because Britain's out, not NATO,

0:33.4

just these four large economies and states, and what do they do?

0:37.9

Here's Anatole to explain the mystery of what comes next in the Ukraine war from Europe.

0:46.0

More or later.

0:46.7

So at the moment, they are sort of stuck on their existing path,

0:53.2

but without it seems much ability to bring forward, you

0:58.7

know, new proposals of their own. Partly, because once again, you know, there are, God,

1:04.9

I can't remember anymore, is it 27 or 32?

1:07.4

27 EU 32 NATO.

1:11.6

That's right. And of course, you know, in NATO, ultimately they can obey the United States, but in the

1:17.6

EU, they, you know, each of them has a policy of their own.

1:23.6

And so, you know, they've come, they came together behind this pro-Ukraine policy, and now they're stuck with it because if they, you know, try to produce something new, they would break up into, you know, at least three conflicting camps on the subject.

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