Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has held together rather than let the conflict divide it.
Rebecca Christie discusses the EU’s shifts on trade, energy security and economic cooperation with
André Sapir and
Ben McWilliams. They discuss how the bloc weaned itself off Russian fossil fuels in record time, adjusted its relationship with China, and managed relations between Western Europe and countries in Central and Eastern Europe closer to the front.
EU countries have resisted splintering factions since Russia’s 2022 invasion