The Future of Europe: Security, Economy, and the Transatlantic Relationship

European nations and the union that binds their economies have cause for collective concern. Relations with the American administration are at a generational low point. Russian interference in continental elections seems only to grow with time. The enduring populism that forced the United Kingdom to leave is also shaking up France, Italy, and Poland, not to mention Germany, where GDP growth in 2018 declined by a third from the previous year. Even Deutsche Bahn can't seem to keep its vaunted trains running on time nowadays. Amid great and unvarnished uncertainty, how will European leaders respond to their electorates, plus a host of internal and external threats—economic, democratic and existential?

Moderator

Stephanie Flanders
Senior Executive Editor, Bloomberg News; Head, Bloomberg Economics

Speakers

Peter Beyer
Member, German Bundestag; Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, German Foreign Office

Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations

Lord Mandelson
Chairman, Global Counsel; former UK First Secretary of State and EU Trade Commissioner

Yascha Mounk
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Laura Rudas
Executive Vice President, Strategy, Palantir Technologies

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