2024-06-04
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Hi there, it's Jason Palmer here,
co-host of The Intelligence, our daily news and current affairs podcast.
This is Editor's Picks.
You're about to hear an article from the latest edition of The Economist read aloud.
Enjoy.
In Ukraine, the continent's bloodiest war since 1945 ranges on,
while Russia poses a menace from the Baltics to cyberspace.
If Donald Trump returns to the White House,
he could undermine NATO, the foundation of European security.
The continent's economy is vulnerable to shocks caused by industrial policy and protectionism elsewhere.
Eurosceptic populists are riding high in the polls.
To face these perils, Europe needs, at a minimum, coherent leadership at the EU level.
It also needs to keep extremists out of power.
Whether it succeeds rests in part on the choices of three women.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, Georgia Maloney,
Italy's Prime Minister, and Marine Le Pen, the leading French populist.