Pascal Boniface: "Brexit and Trump's departure can strengthen the European Union"

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For the director of Iris, the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU may be an opportunity for the latter to assert itself a little more.

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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

6 min

Several events mark the start of the year: the United Kingdom has just left the EU for good;

in the United States, Donald Trump is preparing to make way for Joe Biden in the White House;

and the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and will continue to disrupt all established plans.

Can we first say that a parenthesis is closing at the start of this year in the world?

The parenthesis of the emergence or affirmation of populism, for example?

What will be the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on planetary balances?

To take stock of the state of the world and the major challenges that await it in 2021, our guest is Pascal Boniface, director of the Institute for International and Strategic Relations in Paris (Iris).

  • Coronavirus

  • United States

  • United Kingdom