Can Europe become a global superpower? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- It’s a critical time for Europe. On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola discusses Europe’s future amid an ongoing migrant crisis, the war in Ukraine, and an economic slowdown.
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It’s a critical time for Europe. In the recent European Union elections, voters unhappy with the establishment status quo delivered historic gains for far-right, nationalist parties in countries like France and Germany. But a fractured EU Parliament makes it harder for the ruling centrist coalition to deliver on key priorities like immigration reform and the Green deal. Can the 27 member states come together to address big challenges?
On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola discusses Europe’s future amid an ongoing migrant crisis, the war in Ukraine, and an economic slowdown. The EU is the world’s largest trading bloc and a regulatory superpower, but Metsola says Europe needs to strengthen its strategic autonomy to avoid getting squeezed by the US and China. Part of that vision includes Ukraine joining the European Union, which Metsola tells Bremmer is unequivocably “win-win” for both sides. But finding consensus among so many countries, cultures, and political parties in the EU government can be a major challenge.
“We’re not yet coherent, I think we've weakened ourselves by being a cacophony of what we think we want,” Metsola says, "We still have not, as a European Union, become better as a whole than individual countries.“
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Man she is a great communicator. Clear, organized, and to the point.
We are in Europe and we barely make our everyday living you are asking if Europe can become a global power, this is laughable.
On the EU member states' economic, technological and innovative strength, EU should have been a superpower for decades. But since the 1990's, European political leaders have all signed up to the CIA/Pentagon sponsored retirement scheme. With promises of retirement villas, consultant roles and book deals after their political career, EU have been led to rot since.
At 6:45, how does having von der leyen as leader square with 'not looking back' and 'not taking rural voters for granted?'. Is she not what people mean when they allude to 'brussels' making decisions for them? I'm pretty sure she's EXACTLY the kind of unelected bureaucrat people complain about
“World’s largest economic bloc”? Do they actually believe that? The US alone is almost twice the size of the EU gdp and even China surpassed the EU years ago
google "block" ffs
Why not ? 450 million people just reduce regulations and burdens and let businesses grow.
It's "bloc" and the US is not a bloc.
@@andrewdunbar828 thanks for being pedantic. The North America Free Trade Agreement is an economic free trade bloc between the US, Canada, and Mexico. It’s now called the USMCA - it’s over 35 trillion dollars of GDP annually.
Europes GDP has been stagnant since 2008
so, increase it as I did and continue to do!
Great interview.
@@MG2.5.4. talk is cheap
Thanks to the US, by provoking Russia for war by expanding NATO to its doorstep, not only has Europe become more dependent on USA for its security, but by banning cheap oil and gas from Russia (by destroying Nord Stream gas pipeline), Europe has also become dependent on USA for energy. Europe still heavily depends on Russia and Ukraine to a large extent for its food security. Remember that Europe follows USA in terms of diplomacy too, but is also completely dependent on China in terms of manufacturing. (Note that Europe does not have a single Big Tech company forget about Tech sovereignty completely) Apart from this, there are so many differences among the European countries that all the countries of Europe are not even members of any single Institution or Group, be it the European Union or NATO. So how can an entity (continent) which is so internally divided, which depends on other countries for their Energy, Food, Manufacturing, Security and Diplomacy, become a Superpower even in its Dreams? It's something to think about! 🤔😒🙏
Europe has a great future but the right decisions and actions must be made to ensure it happens peacefully and to the benefit of the people of Europe and the world.
Ask the master first! LOL
How's things in Russia, comrade?
Far better than what’s going on in Ukraine if you’re not reading Western headlines or Western RUclips channels like Business Basics or Infographics
87 - $3.1 a gallon
How she know about Europe if she is not from Europe , she is from Malta
The future of europe is to become the biggest thematic park in the world. The center of turism and sports. But sports team will be almost all owned by the americans…
But a very nice interview with Metsola. (And yes, the UK is missed, but they feel the need to find themselves.)
EU should invite Russia to join EU. it's the only path to future.
No thank you.Orcs not invited.
@@waynegore5291 surely together with the US
@CroTechno
No. not together with but UNDER the "leadership" of the US. The essential role for US is to pay. LOL.
@valevisa8429
Then you do NOT have a future.
Roberta Metsola is living in dream land , if she really believes , that EU can survive .
Especially small member State , like Hungary , Slovakia , Bulgaria , Austria are looking for some kind of of-ramp , to leave EU and join BRICS . And after them more countries will follow and then EU will cease to exist . EU was good project at beginning , but lately became just political tool for US , against Russia , what greatly affected economy of every member State.
Both these characters are deluded. The EU is a trading block like NAFTA, but with delusions of grandeur. It is geopolitically irrelevant. Britain and Germany just agreed on a bilateral defence alliance without consulting the EU. The parliament is a talking shop and can't propose legislation. She represents Malta which has a population of 500,000, it only joined in 2004. It doesn't have an army. Who is going to defend Ukraine? Malta? Bremmer is out of touch. Ukraine's population is no longer 50 million, according to Trading Economics it is 34 million.
Europe formed their lifestyle from Colonial Exploitation.
They now appear to desire the resources that are owned by the BRICS Associates.
The assembled Nations who are now meeting in Kazan,
are discussing their ownership of resources.
The West will be left out of World Trade by their Fiat Currency lacking support.
The G-7 has milked the World for long enough.
The Trade Union that now represents over 75% of available resources,
is able to demand the price they desire.
Colonial Exploitation has ended.
Europe was the most developed continent, together with northern India and the Central-Northern Plains of China, in the medieval times. In the mid 1400s, right before the discovery of America by the Europeans, the Italian Peninsula was the second biggest global gdp, right behind Ming China. When Europe was inventing the mechanic writing stamp, automatic fountains, water mills for grain manufacturing and massive galleons that couldn't be compared to any other boat on the planet except for the Ming's treasure ships - the Americas, the African continent, most of Asia, and Oceania were all centuries behind, some even in the bronze age.
So this idea that Europe built its wealth on Colonial Exploitation can only be believed by people who have ZERO knowledge of pre-1492 history. During the Roman Empire, the Romans had the biggest gdp, side by side with the Han Dynasty. In the early 600s and late 800s, the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople was one of the most advanced and prosperous polities on the planet. In the 300s B.C. Europeans were creating some of the most realistic statues seen in the history of arts, out of bronze, in Greece. In the 1400s Europeans were painting portraits and landscapes so precise, detailed and realistic, that no other art style on the planet could compare. Until the 1600s, the only countries that benefited from Colonialism were Portugal and Spain. Until the 1800s there had been only 5 european countries that had successfully established colonies. FIVE. Out of 50 total countries today in Europe. The colonisation of Africa was cemented in 1878, with the Berlin Conference. By 1950 decolonization was in full effect across Africa. That means it lasted for less than 80 years. So...Wtf are you talking about?
Lol Romans got almost all the knowledge and all of their culture and their gods from Greeks who then got it from middle east , got the printing paper and gun powder from the Chinese,everything you have ever done is by conquest which you used to then to hold back the rest of the planet , China has caught up with you in less than 30 years what took the west 500 years , sit down with knowledge of history , anyone who says Europe didn't gain their wealth by colonialism is literally delusional , but that's what you are my friend and the rest of the planet knows the truth now 😂😂go try convince any nation other wise other than other western nation who plays along with your make believe tale 😂😂by bye .....some some 🥧
If Europe does not fix the Euro, then the answer to this question is a definite no.
Interview was way too short. Would have been nice to get more on why EU is falling short economically. When new commissioners are approved, how about doing a deeper dive on key topics? If Trump is elected, EU will have a new crisis to deal with.
The biggest challenge the European Union and Mr. Bremmer have, is dealing with reality.
Superpowers? 😂😂😂
The EU is increasingly becoming a joke!
So if Europe is a joke to you,who in this world is not ?!
@@valevisa8429 I see you have a point.
Europe is clearly not alone.
But the article is about acutely subservient Europe...
So
How's things in Russia, @fingerprint8479?
@@unme4728 Although i am from the opposite side of the planet i can tell things are going well, economy growing faster than the west, weapons manufacturing is above expectations and territorial gains in Ukraine going as expected as well, so, nothing to complain.
How about crumbling Kiev?
@@fingerprint8479 super powers needs natural resources of their own..not exploiting African nations you become superpower. You should better live in peace within EU nations first..superpower 😄
Europe becomes superpower? how? when? are you in dreams!
how can Europe become a superpower if it doesn't even dare to talk about what happened to Nord Stream.
Europe is done. Move on.
European leaders all failed to miss the most important point how to becoming a global power. Any nation striving to become a global power, meaning building up super economic strength, it must have a global vision. It must cooperate and be friends with all other nations. It must respect the other nations believing that they have the right to elect a system suitable for themselves and set aside political differences. Let's take motor industry for example. No nation could rely on its internal market even to survive. By inserting sanctions on countries with polical differences, we are ruining that potential market. Furthermore, European leaders must recognise that historically they are imperialists. They have to work twice as hard to gain trust and confidence from other nations specially those whom they have invaded in the past.
Are you kidding ? Europe is slowly dying.
What is the "extremist left" in Europe?
commies
progressive bolsheviks.
progressives.
Depends on the nation. The EU has 27 different nations, all with their own political system,parties and laws. Here in germany extremist parties are defined by the constitution as anti-democratic, which are willing to use violence to topple the state, those are forbidden no matter if extrem left or extrem right. We have the Constitutional Protection Agency which should a party become a suspected case, would bring that party under survialance and if viable evidence would be found under our law, then would start a law suit at the Bundesverfassungsgericht aka Federal Constitutional Court, which then looks at the evidence, hears the arguments from all sides and then decides.
Europe would have to be independent politically and economically which it’s not!
Europe is not united enough to be great and cant be. Nations act individually and have no incentive to act collectively. The disunion makes it less efficient, but perhaps more responsive internally, than a stronger federal system.
The migrant crisis?
How many ukrainians fled into Europe - and received financial support/ housing?
Who’s ‘we’? As a European I don’t want to see you & the Commission anymore. So don’t say ‘we’, u don’t represent Europe. Farage was right ‘who are you?????’, go back to Malta and get yourself a real job.
This woman is part of the problem.
And the woke.
Becoming a superpower is not one of the EU's aims. These aims are listed in the treaty of the EU:
1. The Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples.
2. The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, in which the free movement of persons is ensured in conjunction with appropriate measures with respect to external border controls, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime.
3. The Union shall establish an internal market. It shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. It shall promote scientific and technological advance.
It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child.
It shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States.
It shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced.
4. The Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro.
5. In its relations with the wider world, the Union shall uphold and promote its values and interests and contribute to the protection of its citizens. It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.
6. The Union shall pursue its objectives by appropriate means commensurate with the competences which are conferred upon it in the Treaties.
"Becoming a superpower is not one of the EU's aims."
By managing social stability, providing security, and becoming economically prosperous over such a large population, you will become a superpower, whether or not it is the primary goal.
IMO, however ugly and inefficient the current EU institutions are, they are infinitely better than what came before - centuries of warfare spilling out into the rest of the world.
Being a superpower would guarantee the EU of having an easier time to achieve and keep those goals, like the well-being of its people. The EU would have less constraints but more options in how it wants to deal with the world.
@@icu17siberia Overall, it fulfils all six aims at least partially.
But there are shortcomings, as the EU in effect has few possibilities to sanction members that don't fulfil the criteria.
@@jaxvoice718 It could always shut down aka delete itself and reform without those who stand in the way, but i think that would be a last option. Though looking at hungary and how Orban is making life rather difficult i imagine a few EU parliamentarians dream about it.
You are correct ofcause, not all goals are fullfilled at all times equally to a 100%. A lot needs to be dealt in compromises, which means everyone doesn't get what they want, but gradual approximated fullfillment hrhr.
a super power without autonomy? when EU defend their interest in front of US?
Is Europe strong enough to spend on defense as the U.S.? Do they rely on US to much for US protection?
I like her!!!
I'm sick and tired of superpowers. Not good for anything!
Sofar the EU isn't and it is questionable it will ever be one. Idears, plans and attempts for joint coherent military are in the works for maybe 20 years or so and sofar we have not really much to show for, but Putin knocking at our eastern borders sure renewed and energized those attempts. Question then though would be if it would just be a territorial defense force for mainland europe, would it include holdings beyond geographic europe, would it not just be defensivly usable and many more aspects.
One of the reasons why this is so difficult and this is somethig i repeatidly see US citizens not thinking of, europes 27 member states have 27 different languages, each one with several dialects depending on region. So comunication is a pain. By now i think most european nations have an educational system adopted where at least one other european nation is tought, that though still doesn't gurantee that the soldiers will therefor have all the same language studied besides their own.
Technology is more and more making this a none issue though so i would imagine within the next 10 years some news on that topic.
Europe is done.
Eu its not political system..which they are. And clearly created for economics helping membership. Thats was in constitution law enforcement
I think the names "leaders "have to reading again from beginning for nostalgic reminder.
It sounds harsh, but Europe 🇪🇺 is already Dead! 🤔😔🙏
Thanks to the US, by provoking Russia for war by expanding NATO to its doorstep, not only has Europe become more dependent on USA for its security, but by banning cheap oil and gas from Russia (by destroying Nord Stream gas pipeline), Europe has also become dependent on USA for energy. Europe still heavily depends on Russia and Ukraine to a large extent for its food security. Remember that Europe follows USA in terms of diplomacy too, but is also completely dependent on China in terms of manufacturing. (Note that Europe does not have a single Big Tech company forget about Tech sovereignty completely) Apart from this, there are so many differences among the European countries that all the countries of Europe are not even members of any single Institution or Group, be it the European Union or NATO. So how can an entity (continent) which is so internally divided, which depends on other countries for their Energy, Food, Manufacturing, Security and Diplomacy, become a Superpower even in its Dreams? It's something to think about! 🤔😒🙏
Not if they keep following US.
So go ahead and make Ukraine a part of the EU . If Sweden and Finland could be fast tracked into NATO , what's stopping you from taking in Ukraine ?
Walk the talk .
@@icu17siberia
Sweden:
Sweden had a long history of neutrality, but after the end of the Cold War, it deepened its cooperation with NATO through the Partnership for Peace program and took part in NATO-led missions (such as in Afghanistan). However, the idea of full membership remained a contentious issue, with a significant portion of the population and political elites favoring continued non-alignment. There were periodic discussions about joining NATO, but the government did not pursue it as a policy.
Finland:
Finland also had a policy of military non-alignment but shared a long border with Russia and had historical reasons to be cautious about its relations with Moscow. Finland cooperated with NATO through joint exercises and partnerships, but there was no active pursuit of membership before 2022. The idea of joining NATO was debated occasionally, but like in Sweden, there wasn't widespread political or public support for it. Finnish leaders were careful to balance security cooperation with the West while avoiding moves that could provoke Russia.
Key Change After the Ukraine War:
Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked a turning point. Both Sweden and Finland reassessed their security policies, and public and political support for NATO membership surged dramatically. The war underscored the risks of military non-alignment in the face of an aggressive Russia, leading both countries to apply for NATO membership in May 2022. This was a direct consequence of the war, rather than a goal they had been actively working towards before it began.
Roman Empire 2 bouta come, the coming charismatic world leader
Better questions does it want to or does it need to be?
Looking at russia being an agrressiv expansionst, a joint coherent army is in the talks for a while now and the war with Ukrain might just be the push to bring these efforts to fruition. As a european citizen i will but keep a close eye on how it would be structured and then used. Should it not go along EU goals or go against federal and democratic principles, you bet this wont become reality or would be removed soon after.
Personaly i would want to see a paragraph similar as it once was in my nations constitution written in there, that such an army would be only ment for territorial defense of main europe, no holdings outside, no intervention somewhere else in the world. Chances are this would not be implemented, but still i hope for.
Answer is No.
It would require war, that's my take lol. There's no other 'shock' to break the current differences in government, the sovereignty small groups in different place enjoy, they would NEVER give that up unless there was REALLY good reason.
Many anti-war party win😅
It's NOT The EU, it's the EUSSR
Without Russia’s cheaper gas/oil how could EU become a global superpower?!
A global Superpower?! while having a below replacement fertility rate and this little spending on family benefits?
tough lady, interesting questions, best possible answers.
The laws of the universe say,that if it happened once,it will happen again.
And anyway,economically Europe is already a superpower.
Roberta Metsola has great points . Help Ukraine defeat Russian aggression and integrate it into the EU and NATO ,ASAP Ukraine has a lot to contribute, energy ,food supplies with its vast territory and Farms, Ukraine had also great military knowledge and Aerospace during the Soviet days,the EU can also help it with the controling corruption as it integrates
You are dreaming in Technicolor
@@Tom21356 Putin is😭...😅🤣