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Ep 168: Von der Leyen's State of the European Union — US Ambassador Ronald Gidwitz
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Ep 168: Von der Leyen's State of the European Union — US Ambassador Ronald Gidwitz
FromEU Confidential
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35 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2020
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We analyze Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's first State of the European Union speech. And Ronald Gidwitz, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium who's also the acting Representative to the EU, gives us his take on the issues that unite and divide his country and the European Union right now.POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz and David M. Herszenhorn debate this week's set-piece event in Brussels — von der Leyen's speech on Wednesday to the European Parliament. What did it say about her plans and priorities for Europe, and about her emerging political identity as Commission chief?Ambassador Gidwitz sat down with David earlier this week to talk about issues including trade, China, Nord Stream 2, concerns about the U.S. elections in November and what a second term for Donald Trump could mean for European allies. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 17, 2020
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