In this episode, Felix Krawatzek draws on his research on how ideas about the future come into the play in the present in order to describe current trends in Europe, notably, the recent deviation in wake of the Brexit vote, from a linear path of "ever closer union." He shares his belief that European citizens remain committed to - and ready to defend - liberal values. It is therefore important for the EU, as the institutional embodiment of "Europe", to reassert its commitment to values and principles versus what Krawatzek calls "deals", referring to the sorts of metrics that characterized the Brexit debate. [Date of interview: February 13, 2017]