In this podcast [min 26], Insightview has interviewed Kirsten Malling Biering, who is a former Danish diplomat and ambassador to France. In April 2022, France will hold presidential and parliamentary elections. In addition, France will take over the EU Presidency from Slovenia in 2022. In this connection, we are talking about the current domestic political situation and President Emmanuel Macron's chances of being re-elected - and his biggest weakness, a weak political hinterland. The interview will also touch on Eric Zemmour, who is now a declared presidential candidate on the far right. Furthermore, we are talking about the need for stronger European cooperation. Insightview asks Kirsten if President Macron is the only political leader capable of saving the European Union.
Kirsten Malling Biering is currently an associate senior adviser in foreign policy and diplomacy at the Danish Institute for International Studies as well as adviser to the think tank ThinkEuropa. She has a master´s degree in Russian and art history at the University of Copenhagen and has previously been Denmark's first ambassador to Latvia. Thereafter, she was Director of Eastern Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, followed by a time as ambassador to the OSCE and chair of the OSCE Group on Terrorism and a host of other ambassadorial posts in Europe, including France.
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