Meeting

Media Briefing: Update on the UK and France Elections and NATO Summit

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska

Speakers

Liana Fix

Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations

Charles A. Kupchan

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Sebastian Mallaby

Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Matthias Matthijs

Senior Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

Elise Labott

Author, Cosmopolitics (Substack)

CFR experts discuss the results of presidential elections in France and the United Kingdom, as well as what to expect from the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC.

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