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Is the US to blame for Europe's sickness? w/Peter Mertens
Editor's note: This conversation was recorded on Dec 5, 2024.
In just two weeks, the governments of Germany's Olaf Scholz and France's Michel Jean Barnier have fallen. These are just the latest signs of a political crisis in Europe that has escalated drastically since the start of the Ukraine War, which has brought inflation, deindustrialization, and instability throughout the continent. Peter Mertens, General Secretary of the Belgian Workers' Party (PTB-PVDA) and a member of his country's parliament, sees Europe's crisis as a consequence of US attempts to forestall its decline through…
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