E58: Does neutrality mean indifference? Europe’s place in a world of escalating tensions
Channel: DiEM25
Date: 24/05/2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set off a new arms race. Countries like Germany are announcing billions of euros in new military spending, and historically neutral nations like Sweden and Finland are now intent on joining NATO. And polls indicate that many of these moves have broad public support.

But some believe in a different path for Europe, one that rejects the submission of the continent to both US and Russian interests: neutrality. On May 13, our own Yanis Varoufakis issued the Athens Declaration with Jeremy Corbyn and Ece Temelkuran, calling for such a path.

Does neutrality mean indifference in the face of a war of aggression and all the suffering that follows? Can an independent Europe lead the way towards peace? Or is it just a pipedream in a world of nuclear weapons, colossal armies and escalating tensions?

Our panel, including Yanis Varoufakis, Erik Edman and more, investigate. Watch live and send us your questions and comments!

0:00 Introduction by Mehran Khalili
2:12 Yanis Varoufakis
12:18 Questions and comments from the chat
12:46 Judith Meyer
15:49 Johannes Fehr
18:34 Amir Kiyaei
22:57 Judith Meyer
24:23 Lucas Febraro
30:56 Questions and comments from the chat
31:39 Yanis Varoufakis
37:48 Questions and comments from the chat
38:30 Erik Edman
44:52 Lucas Febraro
50:11 Dusan Pajovic
53:37 Davide Castro
58:05 Beral Madra
58:41 Yanis Varoufakis
1:06:38 Conclusion by Mehran Khalili

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