Pietro Gorilskij | The Path to a United Europe and Astra Europa

In this episode of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Pietro, Operations and Finance Lead of Astra Europa, the new pan-European federalist movement they both co-founded.Pietro grew up between Italy, France and Ukraine, studied in the Netherlands and Switzerland, and works as a machine learning engineer. Together they discuss what actually makes Europe Europe, why the era of American protection is ending, and why Pietro sees Russia as Europe’s number one enemy. Pietro makes the case for a multi-speed path to federation: an inner circle of states forming a real federal core with a single constitution, a directly elected government and shared taxation, which other countries can join over time.The conversation also covers why Pietro considers Switzerland the most instructive model for European unification, what went wrong with Ave Europa, how Astra Europa positions itself as the optimistic liberal force in the federalist camp, and why Europe needs federalist parties across the entire political spectrum, from left to right.Check out Pietros European Onion Identity Generator: https://gorilskij.com/tools/european-onionAstra Europa is currently recruiting. If you want to help build a united Europe, applications are open.Learn more about Astra Europa here:https://astraeuropa.eu/ Get full access to Nikodem at nikodemskrobisz.substack.com/subscribe