EPISODE · Jul 11, 2012 · 23 MIN
Karel De Gucht - European Commissioner for Trade
from The Interview · host BBC World Service
Stephen Sackur talks to a member of the Brussels political elite, the EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. His job is to promote Europe's trade agenda around the world - but who is listening when the EU itself is staring over an economic abyss?Europe's politicians resemble the cast of a third rate disaster movie... trapped in a Eurozone crisis from which there is no obvious means of escape. Can the continent's leaders stay calm or will rising panic consume them?(Image: Karel de Gucht giving a press conference in February 2012 Credit: AFP / Getty Images)
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Stephen Sackur talks to a member of the Brussels political elite, the EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. His job is to promote Europe's trade agenda around the world - but who is listening when the EU itself is staring over an economic abyss?Europe's politicians resemble the cast of a third rate disaster movie... trapped in a Eurozone crisis from which there is no obvious means of escape. Can the continent's leaders stay calm or will rising panic consume them?(Image: Karel de Gucht giving a press conference in February 2012 Credit: AFP / Getty Images)
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