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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2025 · 36 MIN

Changing human nature through European integration

from CNE's Newsround Europe · host Todd Huizinga, Evert van Vlastuin, Bart-Jan Spruyt

European integration could be seen as a form of conversion therapy. The European Union tries to change human nature in itself by putting an unaccountable bureaucratic layer above the (former) sovereign member states. This might lead to tensions and even to conflict.This says the former US diplomat Todd Huizinga in the CNE podcast.He will work as a CNE columnist and is also a senior fellow for Europe for the Religious Freedom Institute.  For more, visit https://CNE.news or subscribe to our newsletters at https://cne.news/subscribe  

The European Union tries to change human nature in itself by putting an unaccountable bureaucratic layer above the (former) sovereign member states. This might lead to tensions and even to conflict.

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