German Professor: The EU is FINISHED. What's Next? | Dr. Ulrike Guérot

The European Union has become a complete bureaucratic and authoritarian monster, and it is impossible to fix. It must and will die. But what comes next? The continent will still be there. Professor Ulrike Guérot joins Pascal to discuss her new (German) book "Endlich Europa!" and a possible Europe beyond the European Union. She proposes a European republic combining equal citizenship, autonomous regions and limited shared institutions. Their conversation explores republicanism, democracy, infrastructure, sovereignty and the tensions within the single market and euro. Lottaz challenges her proposal with an ASEAN-style alternative, while Guérot argues that existing economic integration demands a different political framework. Together they consider Europe’s place in an emerging multipolar world. Ulrike's Links: Endlich Europa! — book and multilingual resources: https://endlich-europa.eu Neutrality Studies Links: Neutrality Studies Substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Support Neutrality Studies: https://neutralitystudies.com/donate Neutrality Studies shop: https://neutralitystudies.com/shop Time Stamps 00:00 Ulrike Guérot: imagining Europe after the EU 04:12 What a republic means 12:47 The single market and Europe’s political deficit 17:51 Regions, identities and equal citizenship 24:30 Who makes the rules in a European republic 33:30 Subsidiarity, infrastructure and the rural divide 39:43 An ASEAN-style alternative for Europe 48:37 The euro, sovereignty and Europe’s future