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Intelligence Squared

The EU is Failing Europe's Citizens

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

Arts, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the eyes of pro-Europeans, the founding of the EU after WWII secured peace across the continent for decades. But one needn’t look further than Brexit to see that the EU is teetering on the edge. By showing itself blind to the concerns of ordinary people and incapable of reform, has the European Union failed its citizens? Or should we ignore the doomsayers and march ahead with more European integration? Listen to the arguments from our inaugural Intelligence Squared debate in Berlin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You raise your glass to another guest because you both know the holidays just beginning.

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Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

0:59.0

Gooden a good man.

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My name is Darmen-Anhen.

1:01.0

And welcome to the first Intelligence Square debate here in Germany in the

1:05.1

gorgeous city of Berlin where everywhere you look reminds you of history and

1:10.3

of course it was out of the ashes of World War II, the horrors of the Second

1:15.8

World War that the idea of European unity was born and Europe can now look back at

1:22.4

decades of peace something that it's managed to

1:25.0

deliver to the people of Europe countries that used to be bitter enemies and being able to work

1:30.0

side by side. But what about the modern European Union and that's what we're

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