https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/017b9ee5-32ec-4a82-a949-f652a70b5dc1 To understand why the European Union exists and how it is changing due to the financial crisis and the war in Ukraine, Rania Khalek was joined by Costas Lapavitsas, a professor of economics at SOAS, author of “The Left Case Against the EU” and a former Syriza MP. He also has a forthcoming book out in 2023 called “The State of Capitalism” published by Verso Books. Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK TIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 2:08 What is the EU? 6:24 What happens if Ukraine joins the EU? 10:32 Evolution of European left’s view of the EU 18:48 EU as an anti-democratic arrangement 26:41 EU creates European periphery and core 30:55 Common currency: the Euro 33:42 How Germany came out on top 39:38 Germany’s conditional hegemony 45:16 American hegemony over Europe 52:05 Freedom of capital to move cheap labor 1:03:18 Far right vs the EU? 1:08:25 How the left responds 1:12:06 The state of capitalism today #europeanunion #europe Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:59:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/017b9ee5-32ec-4a82-a949-f652a70b5dc1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.