Semana Europea: La importancia de la geoestrategia para el futuro del continente

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Un resumen de lo que ha ocurrido esta semana en Europa: Desde la visita de Estado de Emmanuel Macron a Alemania a la búsqueda de soluciones a la guerra entre Israel y Hamás.

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00:00Hola y bienvenido a State of the Union, soy Stefan Grobe en Bruselas.

00:09¿Cómo reivindicar las partidas de guerra en el conflicto entre Israel y Hamas?

00:14fue, otra vez, encima de la agenda diplomática de la UE esta semana.

00:19Una propuesta fue reivindicar la misión de asistencia a la frontera europea en el Strip de Gaza,

00:24otra fue una conferencia junta sobre cómo implementar una solución de dos estados.

00:29Otra fue una revisión del acuerdo de asociación de la UE-Israel,

00:34que regula el comercio entre los dos lados.

00:37Sin embargo, a pesar de las decisiones de dos jueces internacionales, la violencia continuó.

00:43Decisiones, por cierto, que el primer ministro de Israel, Netanyahu,

00:47criticó como un nuevo antisemitismo,

00:50lo que provocó una fuerte rebusca por el jefe de política extranjera de la UE.

00:56El juez ha sido fuertemente intimidado y acusado de antisemitismo,

01:01como siempre, todo el mundo hace algo que el gobierno de Netanyahu no le gusta.

01:07Creo que la acusación de antisemitismo contra el juez,

01:11la Corte Internacional de Criminos,

01:13no es aceptable.

01:16Otra historia de cima esta semana fue la visita de Emmanuel Macron a Alemania,

01:21la primera visita estadounidense de un presidente francés en 24 años.

01:25Macron disfrutó de reunirse con la gente común,

01:28posando fotos y intercambiando jerseys de fútbol con el presidente alemán.

01:35Como si necesitáramos una recuerda de que el Euro24 se despega en dos semanas en Alemania.

01:41Sus mensajes políticos fueron fuertemente pro-europeos,

01:45pro-francés-alemán y anti-autoritario,

01:49con la visión clara de Víctor Orbán de Hongria.

02:19Pero olvidemos la libertad de la prensa,

02:21tomemos el dinero de Europa,

02:23pero olvidemos la diversidad de la cultura.

02:26Si los fuertes palabras de Macron van a tener un impacto en las elecciones europeas la semana que viene,

02:30queda a ser visto.

02:32La polémica sugiere que Europa se despegará hacia el lado izquierdo.

02:36¿Puede esto afectar la política y la diplomacia extranjera de la Unión Europea?

02:39Joining me now in our studio is Sven Biskup,

02:42political scientist at Ghent University

02:45and director of the Europe in the World Program

02:48at the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels.

02:52Welcome to the program.

02:53Thank you.

02:54So, you're out with a new book on EU foreign policy called

02:59This is Not a New World Order.

03:01Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics from Ukraine to Taiwan.

03:05Tell us what exactly Europe has rediscovered.

03:09I think for a long time Europe forgot about geopolitics

03:13and then suddenly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

03:16we realized it's actually quite important to know

03:19where are the resources that I need to import,

03:22where are my export markets,

03:23where are my friends,

03:24where are my enemies,

03:25what are all the lines that connect them.

03:27Because that creates specific vulnerabilities,

03:30so it's really key to know them.

03:32But maybe now we're overdoing it a little bit.

03:34Based on this, what role does Europe want to play?

03:38I remember in 2019 Ursula von der Leyen spoke about a geopolitical union.

03:44That's my point.

03:45It's really important that we know what our geopolitical situation is.

03:49But geopolitics is not strategy.

03:52You then still have to choose

03:54how do you deal with these geopolitical problems.

03:57You try to solve them by going to war,

03:59you try to solve them by offering an association agreement.

04:04So my feeling is the EU lost the narrative a little bit.

04:07We say we want to be geopolitical,

04:09apparently meaning we want to be more assertive.

04:11I fully agree.

04:12But assertive for what purpose?

04:14Now governments come and go,

04:16but interests of countries never change.

04:19How about the EU?

04:20Did its interests change over the past five years?

04:23I don't think so.

04:25One of our main interests that we should not forget

04:28is to keep the world together.

04:30By that I mean avoid that the world falls apart again

04:33in two rival blocks that decouple from each other,

04:36because that would be an economic disaster

04:38for Europe in the first place.

04:40And I think it's important that we remember

04:42that if we can avoid it,

04:44we try to keep the world together.

04:46And it's definitely not in our interest

04:48to launch a new global confrontation

04:51or a new global cold war.

04:53In just a few days,

04:55Europeans will go to the polls again.

04:57To what extent will the outcome of the election

05:00change the EU's foreign policy position?

05:03Very crucial is the composition of the European Parliament,

05:06because without a Parliament you cannot make treaties.

05:10For example, China managed to antagonize

05:13the European Parliament entirely

05:15by sanctioning members of Parliament.

05:18What would be the view of the new Parliament on China?

05:21And will China be clever and say,

05:23well, those sanctions were against the previous Parliament,

05:26we have a new Parliament now, so we drop them?

05:28That would be my advice

05:30I think China is serious about revamping the relationship.

05:34All right.

05:35Sven Biskup, political scientist and author of

05:37This is Not a New World Order.

05:39Thanks for coming on the show today.

05:41Thank you.

05:43Now, before we go, here's a spectacular story

05:46from the art world.

05:48At Madrid's Prado Museum,

05:50a restored masterpiece by Italian Renaissance artist Caravaggio

05:54went on display to the public for the first time this week.

05:58Ecce Homo, Latin for Behold the Man,

06:01was thought to be lost until it resurfaced

06:04at an auction three years ago.

06:06The priceless painting was mistakenly attributed

06:09to an unknown artist and almost sold for 1,500 euros,

06:13but the Spanish government blocked the auction

06:15at the last minute on concerns it was actually a Caravaggio.

06:20The dark atmospheric canvas depicts a blood-stained Jesus

06:24wearing a crown of thorns,

06:26his hands tied just before his crucifixion.

06:30The painting was originally part of the private collection

06:33of the Spanish kings,

06:35then traded hands a lot,

06:37only to disappear from sight for almost 200 years.

06:41The new owner, whose identity was not revealed,

06:44was generous enough to lend it to the Prado for nine months,

06:48after reportedly buying the painting for 36 million euros.

06:54That's it for this edition.

06:55I'm Stefan Grober.

06:56Thank you for watching.

06:57Have an excellent week.

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