Ukraine Crisis Proves EU is Imperialist Trap Subservient to US, w/ former Greek MP Costas Lapavitsas

To understand why the European Union exists and how it is changing due to the financial crisis and the war in Ukraine, Rania Khalek was joined by Costas Lapavitsas, a professor of economics at SOAS, author of “The Left Case Against the EU” and a former Syriza MP. He also has a forthcoming book out in 2023 called “The State of Capitalism” published by Verso Books. Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Apple: Spotify: TIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 2:08 What is the EU? 6:24 What happens if Ukraine joins the EU? 10:32 Evolution of European left’s view of the EU 18:48 EU as an anti-democratic arrangement 26:41 EU creates European periphery and core 30:55 Common currency: the Euro 33:42 How Germany came out on top 39:38 Germany’s conditional hegemony 45:16 American hegemony over Europe 52:05 Freedom of capital to move cheap labor 1:03:18 Far right vs the EU? 1:08:25 How