[World Spotlight] Here’s What’s Driving the Current Political-Economic Transformations in the EU

Excerpts from Euronews show: “Brussels, my love?”

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the Euronews show, “Brussels, my love?” takes a deep dive into the results of the Austrian elections held this week. The elections saw the far-right Freedom Party, led by Herbert Kickl, who promotes a vision of Austria as a “fortress Austria”.This “fortress” concept is part of the far-right terminology in European politics. It essentially stands for a more hardline approach on issues related to migration and defense policies within the EU political system. Other political parties in Europe push back against the concept, calling for the continuation of a more liberalized approach when facing these issues.

Let’s go into some of the details for this show’s panel. The host of the show opened up this discussion in a very thoughtful way: “It seems like we’ve seen this movie before,” she said.

The first person to speak about Austria’s Far-Right victory was Sophie Pornschlegel.Here’s what she said about the event:

“I think you can see that there’s a right-wing shift in Europe; and the question…