Where there's a will, there's a way: France, Germany and EU coalition building

Where there's a will, there's a way: France, Germany and EU coalition building

In this week’s episode, Mark Leonard presents the new and third edition of ECFR´s Coalition explorer, which also included special questions regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Together with policy fellows Ulrike Franke and Pawel Zerka, he analyses the collected data in depth, answering the question of France’s and Germany´s role within the EU: How are the two countries perceived by their European partners? How can this power tandem influence EU policy-making? And what kind of new coalition patterns did emerge during the covid-19 crisis?EU Coalition Explorer: https://www.ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer The big engine that might: How France and Germany can build a geopolitical Europe by Ulrike Franke and Jana Puglierin https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_big_engine_that_might_how_france_and_germany_can_build_a_geopolitical_e The EU Coalition Explorer was developed within ECFR’s Rethink: Europe” project supported by Stiftung Mercator.This podcast was recorded on 31 July 2020.Bookshelf:•“In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy” by Katrina Forrester • “Recursion” by Blake Crouch • “Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist” by Niall Ferguson • “Normal People” and “Conversation with friends” by Sally Rooney

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