European dilemmas and prospects in focus at Delphi

European dilemmas and prospects forged by Brexit, the rise of populist nationalism and the growing geopolitical and technological competition between the US and China were at the focus of discussions on the second day of the Delphi Economic Forum, which also hosted a speech by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and a discussion earlier between conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Financial Times news editor Peter Spiegel. The New Democracy chief acknowledged that the next government will have to maneuver in a context of greater economic and political instability in Europe.

Speaking during a session on the risks facing Europe in 2019, Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at Eurasia Group, said that the Franco-German axis will continue to drag its feet. French President Emmanuel Macron's political recovery, with the slowing momentum of the yellow vests...

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