The Differential of Europe

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What does make Europe distinctive if it is in those values which are shared with Canada, the U.S., Australia and other countries around the world? I would separate the answer to two parts, internalist and ex-channelist. The EU falls into a very easy, almost neo-colonial rhetoric in which it preaches these values as if Europe throughout its history has somehow been the incarnation of these values.

Timothy Garton Ash, a distinguished historian, is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. His latest book is Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Timothy Garton Ash discuss the hopes and delusions of the “post-Wall” era; a critical analysis of two of Europe’s most influential politicians, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel; and what a Europe guided by “European values” would look like.

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