The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 35 with Egyptian Senator Mohamed Farid
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🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Mohamed Magdy Farid (Arabic: محمد مجدي فريد, born 18 August 1982) is an Egyptian Classic Liberal politician. He has been a Senator since 2020. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial and management engineering from October 6 University, and a master's degree in Sustainable development Planning with a specialization in Economic Development from the Egyptian National Planning Institute. He was a founding member of the Free Egyptians Party but sits now as an independent.
In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the following topics:
- The war in Gaza and the implications for the relationship between Israel and Egypt
- Elections, democracy and the rule of law in Egypt
- The state of the economy of Egypt and the role of the IMF
- The impact of the EU’s new “CBAM” climate tariff on the economy of Egypt
- Cooperation between Egypt and the EU on migration and the possibility of a deal to outsource EU asylum processing to Egypt
https://twitter.com/Mohamed_M_Farid/status/1736298296652583393
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| 0:00.0 | The Brussels Report Podcast |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to a new episode of the Brussels Report podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | My name is Peter Klepper. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm very happy to have as my guest today, |
| 0:22.2 | a senator from Egypt, Muhammad Farid. Welcome, Muhammad. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome. Hello. Thank you, Peter, for having me. It's really good to be here with you. |
| 0:32.7 | So to introduce you a little bit to the listeners. You're an engineer originally, |
| 0:37.3 | founder of the Free Egyptians Party, but now independent, and you're also a co-founder of the liberal club of Cairo, right? |
| 0:49.9 | Correct, yeah. |
| 0:51.5 | Very good, very good. |
| 0:52.7 | Now, let's move to the, let's say, the number one topic, I would say maybe in Egypt, |
| 0:58.7 | but also in European politics, that is the conflict in Gaza, that is a triggering fierce debate. |
| 1:09.3 | So, so, how is Egypt looking at this? It seems to me that also the |
| 1:18.9 | tensions between Egypt and Israel over this are increasing. Could we see maybe ultimately a |
| 1:26.4 | danger to the peace treaty that Egypt has concluded with Israel? |
| 1:33.7 | Well, the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, and every hour goes by, you know, it gets even worse. |
| 1:42.9 | And the problem is as follow, you know, |
| 1:45.1 | what happened on October 7 is horrific. |
| 1:49.5 | It's despicable. |
| 1:51.1 | And it's an act of terror. |
| 1:52.7 | This is something given, you know. |
| 1:54.7 | And I don't think that there are a lot of disagreement on that. |
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