Summer travel chaos — Combustion engines' end — Wizz Air CEO
Our POLITICO mobility team takes over this episode — unpacking the issues facing the travel industry this summer and what European policymakers can do to address them. Joshua Posaner, POLITICO's senio...
14 Jul 202243min
EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row
As drama unfolds across the English Channel, we look at where things stand with the EU's migration policy and examine EU-Australian relations. We also review a revealing new documentary on Emmanuel Ma...
7 Jul 202236min
NATO summit — Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian PMs — G7 flop
Coming to you from the NATO summit in Madrid, our POLITICO team analyzes a packed week in international diplomacy and what it means for Europe and its security. We also hear from the prime ministers o...
30 Jun 202236min
Ukraine on EU membership path — Balkan backlash — Albanian PM
Coming to you from the EU leaders' summit in the heart of Brussels, we discuss Ukraine's candidacy to join the club and the lack of progress for EU-hopefuls in the Western Balkans. We hear from Albani...
24 Jun 202232min
Ukraine impact — Panel-speak, decoded — Poets' guide to economics
We explore more repercussions of the war in Ukraine, explain the latest dust-up between the U.K. and the EU and unpack the patois of political panel discussions. Our special guest is retired British d...
16 Jun 202236min
Merkel's return — Poland pushback — US NATO ambassador
We break down the controversy over a plan to unlock billions of euros in EU funds for Poland and debate Angela Merkel's return to the public arena. Our special guest is Julianne Smith, the U.S. ambass...
9 Jun 202232min
Russian oil ban — Hungarian hold-up — EU 'ghostwriters'
We unpack EU leaders' deal to ban Russian oil imports — with some notable exceptions after Hungary played hardball. And author Tommaso Pavone tells the story of the lawyers who turned "ghostwriters" t...
2 Jun 202237min
Scholz on Ukraine — COVID update — Food waste solution
This special edition of EU Confidential from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland drills into the question of whether the EU is really ready for a forceful response to Russia’s invasion of U...
26 Mai 202237min
