Pompeo’s Scandals and the EU’s Potential Breakthrough

In this week’s editors’ discussion, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the allegations of misconduct by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and a proposal for the EU to issue collective debt to finance post-pandemic economic recovery plans for its hardest-hit member states.

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