Incumbents Emerge Bruised from Elections and Europe’s Place in the World with Nathalie Tocci

About this episode

The episode discusses recent elections in Slovenia and Denmark, judicial reforms in Italy, and features an interview with Nathalie Tocci on Europe's place in the world.

Max and Donatienne discuss recent elections in Slovenia and Denmark, a referendum on judicial reforms in Italy, and Mark Rutte’s recent statements on the war in Iran. Then, they turn to a conversation with Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), for a conversation on Europe’s place in the world. (00:00) Intro (00:50) Slovenia election (04:40) Denmark election (10:20) Italy judicial reform referendum (15:58) Mark Rutte’s Sunday show appearances (22:03) Nathalie Tocci Learn more: Russian Roulette | CSIS Podcasts Europe Needs an ASAP Program for Air Defense

People in this episode

Hosts: Max, Donatienne

Guest: Nathalie Tocci

Topics covered

• European elections
• judicial reforms
• international relations
• Europe's global role
• political analysis

Keywords

• Slovenia election
• Denmark election
• Italy referendum
• Mark Rutte
• Nathalie Tocci
• Europe
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Istituto Affari Internazionali

Places: Slovenia, Denmark, Italy

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