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Jan 2024
21m 15s

The future of Europe

Financial Times
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It's an important year for the European Union, which holds parliamentary elections in June. As geopolitical turbulence continues to test the strength of global alliances, will Europe pursue further integration or start to pull apart? Gideon discusses these questions, and the role played by European Commission presidents, past and present, with Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London. Clip: European Commission


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Jacques Delors, who drove EU integration, dies at 98

How migration is pushing Europe to the right

EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine

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