Wolfgang Munchau

In our latest Eurointelligence podcast, our team discusses the fragmentation of politics, and how this led to gridlock in many European countries, but not in the US. Voting systems play a role, but they are not decisive.
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It is symptomatic that the European are complaining not to have been invited to sit around the table in the Abu Dhabi peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Sitting around tables is a big thing for Europeans. What they should be asking instead is what they can bring to the table.
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In our latest Eurointelligence podcast, our team discusses the multiple shocks to Europe stemming from the rise in the oil price - on the Russia-Ukraine war, on the European car industry, on inflation and interest rates; and energy security.
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The reason for the return of diplomacy between Europe and Russia is the change in the geopolitical and geoeconomic environment. With oil at over $100, and France on the brink of a debt crisis, Europe is politically and financially not able to maintain its support for Ukraine at the level needed for Ukraine to resist Russia's advance, let alone push back. At no point during the last five years did western European leaders have a strategy to secure Ukraine's victory. Nor did they have a strategy for peace. It is too early to say what yesterday's call between Støre, Stubb and Putin will accomplish, but we are now entering a different phase.
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in our latest podcasts, our team discusses the spread of the French riots to other European countries and the underlying reasons behind this fledgling insurrection. eurointelligence.com/Podcasts