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Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?

Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?

Update: 2025-09-09
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European political leaders tried to switch off for a few weeks in August, but they must have had a lot on their minds. Russian forces have advanced in the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine.  A summit in Alaska between the Russian and American presidents set off alarm bells in Kyiv and in the EU. And members of European governments are smarting from a trade deal with US President Donald Trump that leaves a 15 percent tariff ceiling on most EU products coming into the US – this as the European Union wants to assert its competitiveness and its strategic weight in the world. We discuss all this and more with our guests.

Programme prepared by Oihana Almandoz, Isabelle Romero and Perrine Desplats

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Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?

Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?

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