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Apr 16, 2026 11:00 AM

He led one of Europe’s fastest-growing economies through a global energy crisis, and his country is going through the same crisis all over again.

Here’s what we talked about:

•⁠ ⁠Has the EU shifted from a successful economic community to a centralized "superpower" that has failed?

•⁠ ⁠Did the "ideological madness" of the Green Deal gut European industry to benefit China?

•⁠ ⁠Could the Iran war spark a new migration wave and fuel Russia’s war chest through high oil prices?

When I pressed Morawiecki on whether the European Union can survive its current "bureaucratic inertia," he wasn’t as optimistic as I would have liked.

Mateusz Morawiecki is a leader who isn't afraid to say "enough is enough" to the global elites.

@MorawieckiM

00:00 - Europe ā€œwaking up too lateā€; war risks migration waves and energy shocks

02:20 - EU shift from economic cooperation to ā€œideologicalā€ governance

05:00 - Trump’s ā€œAmerica Firstā€ and Europe’s growing irrelevance

06:12 - Collapse of Europe’s old model: cheap energy, U.S. security, China trade

11:20 - Energy crisis and existential questions about Europe’s future

12:46 - Europe no longer a superpower; slow response to crisis

17:20 - Solution: return to sovereignty and decentralization

20:03 - Rearmament struggles and internal EU divisions

23:07 - Sovereignty vs Brussels; Brexit, migration, censorship concerns

24:27 - Iran war impact: oil, global instability, and Ukraine war trajectory

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