Nathan Doude van Troostwijk | Paneuropa and the Real Threat to Europe

Nathan Doude van Troostwijk | Paneuropa and the Real Threat to Europe | The European Republic #10What does it take to actually unite Europe — and who's standing in the way? In this episode our host Nikodem Skrobisz is joined by Nathan Doude van Troostwijk, a paneuropean activist who has fundraised for Volt France, organised with JEF, and now coordinates Paneuropa Union in Belgium. Coming from a Dutch-French-Swiss family and raised in Alsace, Nathan brings a realist case for European unity: every pro-European, pro-democratic movement is a good one, and the real fight is getting the citizens — not just the elites — on board.We range widely: why Spinelli's federalism and Coudenhove-Kalergi's vision aren't really opposed, whether pro-Europeans should borrow populist communication tactics (and where that gets dangerous), the state of French politics heading into the presidential election, De Gaulle as both realist and myth, Christianity and the Enlightenment as Europe's shared cultural bedrock, immigration and integration beyond the headlines, Europe's brain drain, NATO reform, the "autocracy" networks targeting the continent — and Nathan's pitch for a broad pan-European assembly to bring the scattered movements into one common front.Paneuropa Union Belgium:⁠https://www.instagram.com/paneuropa.belgium⁠Nathans Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/nathan_doude Get full access to Nikodem at nikodemskrobisz.substack.com/subscribe