Ep 196: Ukraine tension — Merkel succession battle — Marine litter
POLITICO's Matthew Karnitschnig has been following this week's dramatic battle to become the conservative nominee to replace German Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's general election. Regardless...
15 Apr 202128min
Ep 195: Sofagate — Central and Eastern Europe's COVID struggles — Ivan Krastev
The big preoccupation for the Brussels bubble this week was a trip to Ankara by European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Michel took a chair next to Tur...
8 Apr 202136min
Special Edition: Stephen Brown — An audio appreciation
This special edition of the EU Confidential podcast reflects on the life and career of Stephen Brown, the POLITICO Europe editor in chief who died of a heart attack last month at the age of 57. Brown ...
4 Apr 202131min
Ep 194: EU faces Beijing backlash — European astronauts in conversation
POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz, Matthew Karnitschnig and Stuart Lau get you up to speed on recent rows between China and the European Union — alongside the United States and others — after the EU ...
1 Apr 202130min
Ep 193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scandals — Syria conflict
POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz, Matthew Karnitschnig and Jakob Hanke Vela break down the Commission plan to give the EU more powers to stop vaccine exports — and point out a loophole that means ev...
25 Mar 202129min
Ep 192: AstraZeneca limbo — Vaccine export bans — COVID disinformation
As the European Commission proposes a digital certificate to allow for safe travel around the EU in the corona era, we debate how much that matters if enough Europeans aren't vaccinated. POLITICO's An...
18 Mar 202135min
Ep 191: German election journey — EESC in spotlight
Our Trans-Germany Express stops first in Stuttgart to speak with POLITICO's Laurenz Gehrke about Sunday's regional elections. Then we head to Düsseldorf, where Matthew Karnitschnig picks out national ...
11 Mar 202142min
Ep 190: EU solidarity jabbed — Vaccine passports — China relations
POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton joins podcast regulars Andrew Gray and Rym Momtaz to discuss the implications of an increasing number of EU countries shopping outside the bloc for their vaccines. Where's the...
4 Mar 202137min
