What should the European Political Community look like?

<div>The European Political Community is a new political grouping proposed by the French president Emmanuel Macron that would include the EU countries, the Balkans, and other nearby states including the United Kingdom. On 6 October 2022, the first meeting of this new configuration will take place. In this live podcast co-organised with <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/">Open society foundations</a> and <a href="https://dgap.org/en">German Council on Foreign Relations</a>, <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro">Giuseppe Porcaro</a> invites <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/jean-pisani-ferry">Jean Pisani-Ferry</a>,  <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/daniela-schwarzer">Daniela Schwarzer</a>,  <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/shahin-vallee">Shahin Vallée</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/milica-delevic">Milica Delević​​​​​​​</a> and <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/hlib-vyshlinsky">Hlib Vyshlinsky</a>, to envision what this grouping should look like and its functions.<br> <br> <em>Relevant publication:</em><br> Mayer, F., J. Pisani-Ferry, D. Schwarzer and S. Vallée (2022) ‘<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/enlarging-and-deepening-giving-substance-european-political-community">Enlarging and deepening: giving substance to the European Political Community</a>', Policy Contribution 15/2022, Bruegel</div>