This episode is a conversation with Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of European integration at the University of Athens, about the simultaneous challenges facing the EU, specifically discussing the problems caused by the fiscal crisis. He explains the dysfunctionality of the monetary union, emphasizing the impacts of its ineffectual and illegitimate practices on ordinary citizens and the political repercussions we can see today. Tsoukalis also discusses the question of Europe’s future given its tendency toward soft power underneath the protection of the United States ‘umbrella’ and the need to address the causes of growing populist movements across Europe. (Date of interview: May 3, 2016)
