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Deutschland braucht eine stärkere EU. Wir ziehen uns nicht an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Wirtschaftstief, die EU muss vielmehr unser stabiler Spielplatz werden, meint unser Gast, der Ökonom Sander Tordoir, Chefvolkswirt bei der britischen proeuropäischen Denkfabrik Centre for European Reform. (02:56)

De NAVO-ministers van Defensie zijn vandaag bijeen in Brussel. Hoog op de agenda staat verhoging van de militaire uitgaven. Want steeds duidelijker wordt dat Europa op eigen benen moet kunnen staan. Maar investeren in defensie gaat vele miljarden kosten. En dus is de vraag: hoe gaan we dat in Nederland en in Europa betalen? Een gesprek met Bert Colijn, econoom bij ING en met Sander Tordoir van de denktank Centre for European Reform in Berlijn.

In the latest episode of This Is Not A Drill, Gavin Esler discusses the threat to European infrastructure from undersea sabotage with Sophia Besch, a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. And to assess the wider threat from potential hybrid warfare operations we hear from Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.

Carlos Carnicero Urabayen is joined by Sander Tordoir and Raymond Torres to discuss the key findings and implications of Mario Draghi’s recent report on Europe's competitiveness.

A federal judge in the US has ruled that Google is a monopoly. It’s considered a massive ruling against one of the world’s most valuable companies. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Zach Meyers, assistant director at the Centre for European reform, about the consequences of this ruling for Google in its global operations and whether or not it aligns the US closer to Europe’s antitrust position.