Vídeo: “Estado da União”: Os desafios para a Europa da nova geopolítica

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[Music] hello and welcome to State of the Union I’m Stefan groba in Brussels how to reign in the Waring parties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas was once again on top of the EU diplomatic agenda this week one proposal was to revive a European border assistance mission in the Gaza Strip another was a joint conference on how to implement a two-state solution another one was to review the EU Israel Association agreement which regulates trade between the two sides meanwhile despite Decisions by two International courts the violence continued Decisions by the way that Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu criticized as new anti-Semitism which prompted a sharp rebuke by the eu’s foreign policy Chief persecutor the court has been strongly intimidated and accused of V ISM as always that everybody everyone does something that Netanyahu government doesn’t like I think that the accusation of anti-Semitism against the prosecutor the international criminal court is completely not acceptable another top story this week was Emmanuel macon’s trip to Germany the first state visit of a French president in 24 years M enjoyed meeting Ordinary People posing for pictures and exchanging football jerseys with the German president as if we needed a reminder that the Euro 24 kicks off in two weeks in Germany his political messages were strongly pro-european pro- French German and anti-authoritarian with hungary’s Victor Orban clearly in mind [Music] whether M’s strong words will have an impact on the European election next week remains to be seen poll suggest that Europe will til to the far right could this affect the EU foreign policy and diplomacy joining me now in our studio is swen biscop political scientist at gent University and director of the Europe in the world program at the eggo Royal Institute for international relations in Brussels welcome to the program thank you so you’re out with a new book on EU foreign policy called this is not a the New World Order Europe rediscovers geopolitics from Ukraine to Taiwan tell us what exactly Europe has rediscovered I think for a long time Europe forgot about geopolitics and then suddenly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine we realized it’s actually quite important to know uh where are the resources that I need to import where are my export markets where are my friends were are my enemies mother all the lines that connect them because that creates specific vulnerability so it’s really key to know them but maybe now we’re overdoing it a little bit um based on this what role does Europe want to play I Remember in 2019la feline spoke about the geopolitical union that’s my point it’s really important that we know what our geopolitical situation is but geopolitics is not strategy you then still have to choose how do you deal with these geopolitical problems you try to solve them by going to war you try to solve them by um offering an association agreement so my feeling is the EU lost the narrative a little bit we say we want to be geopolitical apparently meaning we want to be more assertive I fully agree but assertive for what purpose now governments come and go but interests of countries never change how about the EU did its interests change over the past five years I don’t think so and one of our main interests that we should not forget is to keep the world together with that I mean avoid that the World falls apart again in in two rival blocks that they couple from each other because that would be an economic disaster for Europe in in the first place and I think it’s important that we remember that that if we can avoid it we try to keep the world together and it’s definitely not in our interest to to launch a new uh Global confrontation or a new Global Cold War in just a few days Europeans will go to the polls again to what extent will the outcome of the election change the eu’s foreign policy position very crucial is the composition of the European Parliament because it without the parliament you cannot make uh treaties for example China managed to antagonize the European Parliament entirely by by sanctioning members of parliament uh what will be the the view of the new Parliament on China and will China be clever and say well those sanctions were against the previous Parliament uh we have a new Parliament now so we Dro them that that would be my advice if China is serious about uh revamping the relationship all right swen biscop political scientist and author of this is not a new world order thanks for coming on the show today thank you now before we go here’s a spectacular story from the art world at Madrid’s pra Museum a restored Masterpiece by Italian Renaissance artist Caravaggio went on display to the public for the first time this week eomo Latin for behold the man was thought to be lost until it resurfaced at an auction 3 years ago the Priceless painting was mistakenly attributed to an unknown artist and almost sold for ,500 when the Spanish government blocked the auction at the last minute on concerns it was actually a Caravaggio the dark atmospheric canvas depicts a bloodstained Jesus wearing a crown of thorns his hands tied just before his crucifixion the painting was originally part of the private collection of the Spanish Kings then traded hands a lot only to disappear from site for almost 200 years the new owner whose identity was not revealed was generous enough to lend it to the pra for 9 months after reportedly buying the painting for 36 million EUR that’s it for this Edition I’m Stefan groer thank you for watching have an excellent week