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EU membership made Romania better, former Renew leader Guy Verhofstadt says

April 8, 2024

Guy Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister and longtime leader of the European Parliament's liberal family ALDE, renamed Renew Europe in 2019, sat down with Romania Insider to discuss the problems facing Europe and Romania.

During the interview, he argued that EU membership changed Romania for the good, but noted that the world’s democracies are currently facing a poly-crisis. He also talked about Russian imperialism and the challenges of the coming period.

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