Paolo Gentiloni

EU Commissioner for the Economy and former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni recently joined the Europe Desk to discuss the state of the economy and the proposed recovery strategies. We asked him about potential fragmentation amongst EU Member States and what this means for solidarity. We also asked him about the additional economic challenges some countries face in the form of high debt levels and increasing borrowing costs. The Europe Desk is a podcast from the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. It brings together leading experts working on the most pertinent issues facing Europe and transatlantic relations today. Music by Sam Kyzivat and Breakmaster Cylinder Design by Sarah Diebboll Leadership: Flora Adamian, Jakob Winkler Production by Hailey Ordal and Josephine Sylvestre Communications by Shelby Emami, Ryan Conner, Mason Kane, Sophie al-Mutawaly, and Flora Adamian https://cges.georgetown.edu/podcast Twitter and Instagram: @theeuropedesk If you need more information about the Center's events, or have any questions or feedback, please email: theeuropedesk@georgetown.edu.

In our second event in our series with the Financial Times, Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni discussed the European response to the coronavirus crisis.

What is populism? Is it a societal illness to eradicate? Or is it the solution to our current economic, cultural and political crisis? In this first episode of our mini-series on populism, we try to define populism with the former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the French political scientist Marc Lazar. (8 May 2019) Presented by: Eugenia Brandimarte, Stefano Cabras and Giovanni Manzoni Produced by: Giulio Gipsy Crespi