"Brussels, my love?" Surrender summit or Reset Summit?

Published on 24/05/2025 - 7:00 GMT+2

In this edition, we are joined by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, nan Irish politician, barrister, and erstwhile broadcaster who represents nan Ireland South constituency successful nan European Parliament since July 2024, Yves Bertoncini, nan French governmental intelligence and advisor specialising successful European affairs and Bruno Waterfield a seasoned British journalist based successful Brussels, presently serving arsenic nan Brussels analogous for The Times.  

Reset Summit aliases Surrender Summit?

The sheet bespeak connected nan EU/UK acme that took spot past Monday successful London. Called nan 'Reset Summit' by immoderate and nan 'Surrender Summit' by others, a imaginable woody was clinched connected a scope of issues from defence to sportfishing to nan activity of young group betwixt nan UK and nan EU.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú said nan acme was a 'great start'.

But, Bruno Waterfield warned that nan archive was very general.

But Yves Bertoncini insisted that nan acme was not astir Brexit and bad feelings astir divorcing, but astir a 'fresh start'.

"It is simply a caller shape to spell guardant successful a different governmental context", he said.

Pfizergate - A triumph for transparency?

The sheet besides discussed nan alleged 'Pfizergate' that describes nan transparency and accountability ungraded involving nan European Commission President President Ursula von der Leyen, and nan CEO of nan American pharmaceutical institution Pfizer. The contention centres connected nan procurement of COVID-19 vaccines during nan pandemic and nan deficiency of transparency shown to nan property regarding matter messages betwixt Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer.

Bruno Waterfield called it a 'slap successful nan wrist' for nan European Commission but based on that almost each determination successful Brussels takes spot 'shrouded successful secrecy'.

But Yves Bertoncini recalled that nan Commission was improvising to respond to nan Covid 19 situation successful an urgent way.

Eurovision - A governmental headache?

Finally, nan sheet debated nan authorities astir nan Eurovision opus contest.

Bruno Waterfield called nan title an 'appalling benignant of nighttime of bad sensation and bad music" and slammed nan "cultural boycott of Israel".

But Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, who really presented nan Eurovision Song Contest backmost successful 1994, insisted nan title was and remains 'wonderful'.

"I thought Basel did a awesome show", she said adding that artists should not beryllium singeld retired for nan mistakes of governmental leaders.

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