Vídeo: Estado da União: A cimeira da NATO e a autodeclarada missão de paz de Orbán

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[Music] hello and welcome to State of the Union I’m Stefan groba in Brussels what a week this has been and a bad week for Nationalist and populist forces French voters produced the reverse shocker by keeping the far right far away from power in the second round of the general election on the European level mushrooming far-right parliamentary groups are splintering the populist influence in the European Parliament and the self- declared Harold of Peace nationalist Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban found out the hard way what cloud he has in the real world and that is zero just days into his new role as rotating EU council president Orban traveled to Moscow and Beijing on what he bombastically called peace mission to end the war in Ukraine well not only did he come back empty-handed but he was also read the Riot Act by the rest of the EU he is Polish prime minister Donald Tusk who will take over the EU presidency in January some member states are so angry at Budapest they now even want to shorten the Hungarian presidency that doesn’t seem to go anywhere but the first Hungary shared Council meetings were snubbed by ministers who send civil servants instead Hungary could feel its isolation even more at the NATO Summit in Washington where US President Joe Biden had this to say about orban’s bosom friend Vladimir Putin Putin wants nothing less nothing less than Ukraine’s total subjugation to end Ukraine’s democracy destroy Ukraine’s ukine Ukraine’s culture and to wipe Ukraine off the map and we know Putin won’t stop at Ukraine but make no mistake Ukraine can and will stop the Washington Summit was meant to present a united front and show that in its 75th year the alliance is as strong as ever but it was overshadowed by a serious of crisis of which questions about President Biden’s Fitness for office at 81 was probably the least of the problems so what’s in store for NATO going forward joining me now is Ian LESA executive director of the Brussels Office of the German Marshall fund welcome to the program good to be with you so President Biden has called The Alliance the most unified it has ever been but behind the scenes the mood was rather gloomy what are the most important challenges for NATO going forward well above all even though this is the 75th anniversary and has a in some sense a celebratory character to it there is a war going on in Europe there’s an increasingly uh dangerous relationship ship with Russia also a very competitive relationship with China but it’s above all it’s about uh deterring and defending against Russia but also providing Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself NATO is trying to inoculate itself against the disruptions and crises that Donald Trump might instigate should he return trying to make itself Trump proof so to speak can this actually work well NATO has had some experience with this of course we don’t know what the outcome will be in Washington uh but even if Biden is reelected there are going to be big challenges for NATO any American Administration is going to keep coming to Europe and asking Europe to spend more and do more and of course NATO has been doing some of that but the challenges are very large and the requirements are very big uh but of course that’s a much more pointed issue if Trump is reelected and um and there is some desire to try to put Europe in a more stable position in that regard yes there is Trump but there’s also Growing Power of far-right force is unfriendly to Nato in Europe how serious a problem is this for the alliance well far right but also in some in some cases also on the left uh parties that are not always supportive of the transatlantic relationship um this too can be a problem it can be a problem in terms of policy towards Russia support for Ukraine defense spending uh many of the parties who are seeking power in Europe uh want to spend money on other things on social programs at the time when defense is is demanding more spending and and that requirement is probably going to go on for years so in a sense the stresses exist in a political way on both sides of the Atlantic finally there is a new Secretary General in town um is markut the right man for steering NATO through Stormy Waters well everything that is done at NATO from the smallest to the largest thing is done by consensus and uh there are a few things more important than choosing Secretary General in very difficult times and so I think the fact that uh Mark Ruto was chosen with a great deal of support it wasn’t very controversial uh says something about where the alliance wants to go and the degree of confidence in his leadership and I think that’s probably correct all right Ian LESA executive director of the German Marshal Fund in Brussels thanks for coming on the show today always good to be with you thank you before we go let’s take a look at what’s new in the world of Arts I like art the bigger the better and here’s Italian lent artist Dario gambarin with his latest work on the crop field outside of Verona using only a plow and a tractor he drew the Eiffel Tower in dedication to the upcoming Olympics it’s a contribution to peace in hopes that Sports will unite people all over the world he says over in London’s Kensington Gardens a mammoth-sized pumpkin is quite the spectacle the bronze sculpture is the largest pumpkin by Japanese artist Yayo kusama and is part of the serpentine gallery’s public art program usama’s relationship with pumpkins is rooted in her childhood when her home was surrounded by squash she admires pumpkins for their hardiness their humorous forms and their taste there you have it that’s it for this Edition I’m Stefan grober thank you for watching have an excellent week