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hello, i'm in noah chan. you're tuned into modus operandi. and just before the coven pandemic hit the world in 2020, the european union suffered a loss a divorce that was debated and hotly contested for years. we all know that now to be called for exit. but this year 2024. the you is looking to expand its family ties by starting next session talks with ukraine and montalvan, but several issues plague this courtship and one family member stands in the way so far. so we'll discuss it. all right, let's get into the m o the for decades turkey had been chasing the dream of joining the european union. as of

now, there seems to be little interest by most existing members to really open accession talks for them. despite flirting with the idea of this long term, nato member and ally, but suddenly in the fall of 2023 or so of andre in the current president of the european commission, announced that formal accession talks were underway for ukraine and mold over. now for some you might chalk it up too well yeah. okay. you crate in moldova are considered eastern. europe makes sense. there are a lot closer to the block than turkey. sure. but when you start examining the purpose of this block in rules for member ship, suddenly turkey seems to be more line, victor or bon, the prime minister of hungry, loudly standing in the way of you create a m, all dove is entry and potentially with new leadership in slovakia or bon may not

be the lone voice of objection for long joining us to break this all down. guest who has had political experience in europe himself is the mid time he is a former swiss m p. he's a, he was a journalist and author of several books including receipt oxy debt and europe's existential dilemma to be or not to be an american vassal gaze. so good to see you . thank you for being with us. thank you. thank you. i am happy to be with you again today. so we enter 2024 with the news that european commission president ursula mondor land wishes to expedite the accession of. you create a mold over to the block. but according to the use tree article to it, states that countries wishing to join must share the values of human rights freedom, democracy, a whole host of other major principles and values including protecting the rights of minorities within their respective borders. and when it comes to ukraine,

many of these principles i would say have not been met, especially in the way of minority rights. the ukraine government under zalinski, has actually moved to band the russian language band, the russian orthodox church. and there was nearly a decorative this indiscriminate showing and war in the dawn bath region, where the majority of residents are russian speaking or of russian ethnic origin. so long before the february 24 of 2022. before that conflict even began. how do you see this? how will are slow bonder land justify if these conditions really can't be met? yes i so i show you another use because if you look as or despite it's uh, required is better ready to become a member of new york and union. luckily because the parts you mention, i like to do west tech, the domain already d as in good or wash,

i'm off the docs of johnson and swamp. but also because of your topics like corruption, lab, drew about governance. and for instance, the council of elections. nobody would cry and should have a religious that to be an extra them last year. and presidential elections do so. it was cancelled because of the situation because of drawbridge, it's just a brief text. it's not the respect of democracy which should be applied, which should be respected, the call team according to do so after you can to you, you have mention so at if you look at the situation, not on the stand up point of view as it is the case with mr. wilson, i from the la petite, your new portfolio called into drawers and drawers and the constitutional

time walk of new york and young. nobody else. grand is no possibility to become a member that you know, we are not accustomed here. and especially with you all, can you just kind of the stuff out to these kind of uh, uh, you know, uh, equally, uh, uh, weight of taxes during queen. and i think you know, this, this is the 2nd point for me or for that for the land relieve uh, the presidency of the permission at the end of this. yeah. so for her, she's looking for a new job. she's going to be that startup you sure. did ski out to become to a new secretary general today to show sees, drink ever being to give to the united states credentials to

become, to, to, to replace mistrusted 10 bucks at the storms. that's why she is ready to do anything she can in favor of grand in order to get the approval of for the united states. so on thursdays, that's why we cannot, i think our d subjugation was just for the category and is not very serious in my point of view . yes, her term coming to an end is worth highlighting here. very good point. you made. now the, the copenhagen agreement of 1993 that actually set forth more specific criteria for joining the block. it basically says that a country must have a stable and functioning democratic institutions and have a functioning market economies. again, looking at it at ukraine,

a nation at war over nato expansion. his dreams was designated the most corrupt state in europe by major international bodies such as the u. n. and i m. s. their economy was in shambles for the last decade. it doesn't appear that they will even have an election this year. i guess we'll see. and then molto, but they've seen their government collapse in february of 2023. a number of high ranking officials residing immediately following, you know, this economic spiral spiral down and this mass inflation, they're now under these criteria neither moldova nor ukraine can actually meet. who do you suspect might object to these countries joining n y? yeah, probably. countries like guy you and gary we do most because the, the, the guy on the president of the, to all them as was or as or where he said he's

a poor was to be the membership of money to buy into quant, because down not because she does these countries i'm not able to do to become a member? that's the 1st type of position, but not now because of the, you know, or the advancing new claim. the office of support for was there lensky and go check for jim? i think there is a kind of for, let's say it's a parent apo and simple apparent need me for and quick. but when the negotiations with the queen and what the really, really take place. i think probably the many countries read or pause a 2 piece addition to dismember. she's of the membership to do the 2

countries advise a small country so it's not to compete. gauge is not important but let's you look at quin a credit for it says just look at agriculture. do the domain protection of required to use those to you and make i don't going just train but also agriculture we to so yeah, so yeah. beans and um, just kind of project me. so direct competition. and let's say i'm dumping into a competition. i dumped the conditions of the traditional western europe in agriculture between vehicle direct competition for the french part uses a fleet for the french dairy. uh jerry product,

charles told uses for instance, or the cheese that sort, but especially for wheat falls for you all for all these kinds of stuff. it to be a problem. and as you can see for also for the german 4 do for each. now you have or do so. what are you sure. uh uh for the sure pico police are you? cuz uh yes. uh agriculture called yourself, well gabby? just at the side or with the impulse of inquiry on products and the price is because its between destroyer uh the i p t a from portal to funds. and i think when the order to ship drunk treat, we have to speak outside to, to negotiate. we do plan and definitely get a lot of, uh, a position coming from the i agree creature. i agree,

coach on 2nd on this is looking for assessing gemini now is the, is there how you want to demonstration or for persons or wrong? very angry against the government because the doors inc, i'm talk chasing power because of the price of the, of detroit, of already already the has to pay bob to have to pay more for gas because of new york and sanctions against russia. and saw that these people are very angry and let's you much, i'm, what would be the case is the have to compete with dumped prices coming from clayton to just an example of the difficulties which i expect to reach. uh,

yes. or on the where you, you read disney goose chase. busy and also we do plan for creating an medical sheet to do you up and you're just now coming up next summer. 2023 found the stunning announcement by bricks, nations that they had many countries applying for exception could be you announcement. be a tit for tat. we'll discuss it when we return with game. it's all on sit tight. the m o will be right back. the, the the,

the welcome back to the m. o. i'm manila chan game is hon, former switch m, p, and author of the book, your ups, existential dilemma to be or not to be an american vassal, is back to continue the conversation. so get back in 2020. just before the cobit pandemic hit the world, the u. k. divorced the union after years of debate, breakfast leaders successfully campaign to the public. that being a member of the effectively removed great britain's independence, that membership often interfered with. doing what was best for britain, they said, as i've heard the critics of the you say that this is kind of

a failed experiment. how do you view the european union? is this block and joint currency of, of the euro? is this effective and creating a more stable european continent? i think if you look at the past the past, it was pretty success for me because the european union was able to bring you up and countries are kind of stability and gold. so uh, pretty effective at the color because he dropped event in the last the gates and that's a big benefit. and we must recognize that the dish uh, the york in union was able to bring to his band because uh, even though it was to the house critics. and there were in dallas to ask for diesel gas, do you will. but if you look the your pin to read,

see what's quite the successful. you didn't come up as some forecast. those. yeah, i'd say the 2 year old orchard, the kids are girl when you was in prevented books. busy so it was pretty successful, but i mean, in the coming years of difficulties or yes, the 2 countries really we go. why? because of the depth. there is huge depth now in for the york countries, that's a problem. so you rock we have to face. and if you means that you or so it means a weakening of the provides and it is the case for and says, look, i have been so divided suites about. busy at the beginning and go through your the, the, the, the, the change between the you and let's just find it was

one frank, 50 cents one year old was one time $0.56. now it's only $0.95. so it was a 30 percent off. she's a. busy you know, a capacity, let's say that the you and you 3. so do you always continue to collapse? i mean, you 3 not be a strong, correct. see a strong money and it's the 3 be also bring some problems for do you all do, do you up in new york in union? the competition, you know, i'm doing well. market uh, just kind of problem. so i think the do to the clouds when we look at the, the more doc doctor,

doctor in the coming deals for these fold it going to be capacity of do your opinion. yeah. but let's say it was practice except for it and, and now i probably your pin is we get the capacity to uh, to get to bring a novice up to this problem. but you come to really go in the coming good. those. yeah. and also just a dimension or so you're all, if you look the total and didn't show good, but i'm a domestic product of 2 european union. he's also using a mac, a chance on to go by stage and get back a few up is do mission and you through not uh be uh it will continue in

the future because of the suffering and capacity sheet and capacities of the, of your clinic color needs to be projects or the last big projects work and projects was do you up in space? agend. see was the address of planes. you know that, but it was very old projects, but there is more your projects, you even in the oxygen setting pages, you know, and then you, it kind of a challenge. you come that you cannot see their capacity even for the defense industrial. though for the play the 5th generation play, it was or most abundant in general because of incapacity of germany, france and. ready man play y'all's a to define coming projects come on economy projects, and that's also diminishing the campus. you're going to be capacity of for you up.

and so it couldn't be source of capacity because you know, it can be capacity. you have less money, less social. uh, su. yes. but just to, to pay the social expenses like for the agricultural phones. that's. yeah, let's not forget that with the expansion of brooks and the conversation about developing its own currency. you know, perhaps steven town or bricks, currency and brooks expansion. so i mean, it makes a lot of sense. i'm currently as the, the rules we have it. it requires unanimous agreement for a major issues such as the funding and loans to sister states, accession. and so forth. it's already a been group of over 2 dozen countries. finding unit enmity is proving

extremely difficult. so longer land is now suggesting changing the rules to be something like simple majority on major votes within the council. the french and germans are not happy about this. what do you think? yes, i think i think the lead to small countries would be happy with the do the end of the new media wars up inside the decision making process your decision making process because they can see advantage. they're not big enough to wait, you know, inside to you up in the decision process. so that would be happy because they can see the direct advantage forever. seems as much already more books for the be plenty else like germany. you trans, you guys, you tell the, uh, uh, the, uh, the uh, countries reach account change, you know,

on the front of me and the final show, as you know, we not be so happy. uh, uh, because there we lose the capacity for you. especially if you are strong in the color me, which is a our augusta, which is the case of germany or in the finance which is fine. so the case of that on, because you read the majority of or you can be impose, you can be applied uh, for instance, to follow a decisions made by the quality sounds of small country. let's say i've been a patient. and then if you survey countries, for instance, for contribution finance or contribution, but what would happen if you have a better deal small country asking to or deciding against the,

let's say for 5 or can be go countries that they were not asking them to pay the bulk of the contribution to deb it rebooted, the park, or barbara for germany, because germany and all use the poverty your office to find german. these financing your domain is a bank, contribute to net. got you good. talk to your bank checking my job. you should have a courtesy shuttle small country asking ball, but need to jump to this. oh, we have decided to do better already to oh, so you're all not obliged to respect the decision of the majority. i am sure germany or france on that hold on to read not to be very yes, very happy with it. and that's, that's a possibility. if you have a match or 2 on. now, last week, the intensive,

the you was indeed to form a stronger block together to help one another stand economically and really to be a part from the us. did this kind of unofficial goal proved to be true to the block become successful in, in breaking free of us influence? i think if you look at the last years, it is just prospect you to be an independent block to, to, to be organized or you know, to is trenton uh york and dependence on the world's stage as completely paid under contract. we can see that jerome is lost uh, a 25 months since the beginning of the really already a door washer military operation in, in oakland. and now we do more in palestine. it's so kind of for

the event to which is also reconvene. europe. i think the capacity of you ought to be in dependent to, to be a subway is completely vanished a because you're up as being for the best allies by the united states. that's the case inside the nate to but also for the new york and union. because for years deciding of those, your pin parties, you know, and the 4 digit pin for employees, that's the, that's the united states. nobody has and your pin code to look at the, the shows the off shots you was unable to ask for the tools for the notice to the adult stream. a substitute agent in the september of

22. so it was a direct sheet against job to investment in this pipeline the above got. so let's say there was no pipeline. you choose gas like and it was separate gauge and germany was unable to demand a real inquiry. and we know that she chose disabilities was organized by uh, let's say review grade. yeah, no, i don't know. we're booked on the let's read to reduce the size of united states or more of age on the west of the countries and the way because it was sort of the dual credit that they cannot down the table to organize such or such show. and that doctor, uh, so if even the power of food shows the offer,

germany is not able to get another so or boxes or a laptop or good, it's food, product g. what kind of independence of serenity can do you walk in you and then have, you know, these are the, the united states. all right? unfortunately we have to make that the last word de, ms. hall on former swiss m. p, an author of the book, europe's existential dilemma to be, or not to be an american vassal. thank you so much for your insight. i always appreciate having you on all right, that is going to do it for this episode of modus operandi the show that dig deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host manila chan. thank you so much for tooting and we'll see you again next time and figure out the m o the

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