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.