HARDtalk
HARDtalk
BBC World Service
Prime Minister of Italy (2016 – 2018) - Paolo Gentiloni
23 minutes Posted Mar 7, 2019 at 6:48 pm.
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Theresa May’s European parliamentary elections could be a defining moment in the struggle for the EU's future; a continent wide clash between the forces of liberalism and populism exists - perhaps best personified by French President Emmanuel Macron up against Hungary's Viktor Orban. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Italy’s former centre-left Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Politically he’s with Macron, but his country is led by populists sympathetic to Viktor Orban. Whose message is resonating with European voters?

Image: Paolo Gentiloni (Credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)