This burger could kill the EU
In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Alessandro Ford, POLITICO’s agriculture reporter, to unpack how the prospect of lab-grown meat has riled up Europe’s farmers — threatening to upend the...
23 Aug 202420min
Summer special: Who votes for the European far right? And why?
While the podcast takes a little break, we bring this insightful episode back into your feed — unpacking details of who votes for the far right in Europe. We unpack what drives voters to abandon the m...
16 Aug 202438min
Summer special: ‘Rent is too damn high!’ Europe’s growing housing crisis
On our summer break, we're bringing this episode from January back into your feed by popular demand, looking at a crisis that is affecting many Europeans in most EU countries: skyrocketing rents and h...
9 Aug 202441min
EU Commissioners' power puzzle
Brussels might seem empty, but high-stakes games are afoot behind the scenes. From air-conditioned government suites (and the occasional vacation villa), leaders are working the phones, trying to conv...
2 Aug 202432min
Harris, Vance and what they mean for Europe
Is American politics giving you whiplash? This week’s episode of EU Confidential has all you need to cope, with primers on the foreign policy postures of Vice President Kamala Harris and JD Vance. Dia...
26 Jul 202438min
As it happened: Ursula von der Leyen’s secret ballot triumph
Big decisions awaited the new class of MEPs this week: Whether to back Ursula von der Leyen for a second term atop the Commission; which committee assignments to pursue; and, most urgently, which Parl...
19 Jul 202435min
Viktor Orbán's rogue “peace missions” to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Washington
Just days into his country's rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán again stunned other European leaders by setting off on a series of visits to ...
12 Jul 202433min
French election shocker: reaction and analysis
France has voted and the results are in — our POLITICO team in Paris discusses the surprising results of the final round of the parliamentary election in this special episode of EU Confidential. Host ...
8 Jul 202421min
