Coronavirus edition #1: Shutdowns & lockdowns — Europe's response — What airlines want
POLITICO brings you a special edition of the EU Confidential podcast focusing on the coronavirus crisis. This is the first in a series of extra episodes looking at the people, politics and policies sh...
16 Mar 202025min
Ep 143: Italy in coronavirus lockdown — Elections in France — UK's Tom Tugendhat
Life under lockdown in Italy: This episode of EU Confidential leads off with a conversation with Silvia Sciorilli-Borrelli in Rome about how Italy's attempt to quell the spread of the coronavirus is i...
12 Mar 202032min
Ep 142, presented by Goldman Sachs: EU in crisis mode — Super Tuesday — Syrian doctor Amani Ballour
From Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London, we break down responses to the coronavirus across Europe. How are politicians and the general population in each capital reacting? Is there a coherent European...
5 Mar 202032min
Ep 141: Europe's coronavirus response — Carnival & anti-Semitism — Valdis Dombrovskis interview
This episode of EU Confidential explores how Europe is responding to the coronavirus, with POLITICO's senior health reporter, Sarah Wheaton. We also take you to the Belgian city of Aalst, whose carniv...
27 Feb 202037min
Ep 140: EU's €1 trillion summit — Herman Van Rompuy — A digital vision
We go inside the special summit on the EU budget as leaders battle over plans likely to be worth more than €1 trillion over seven years. Among those sharing their thoughts with us: Dutch Prime Ministe...
21 Feb 202033min
EU Confidential #139, presented by the Croatian Presidency: Munich Security Conference special
We go inside one of the world's top gatherings of political leaders, military commanders, ambassadors and policy experts — the Munich Security Conference. POLITICO's team of reporters analyzes the big...
16 Feb 202045min
Ep 138, presented by the Croatian Presidency: German mess — 'Greta syndrome' — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
In the latest EU Confidential, ex-NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen weighs in on the future of European defense and the global artificial intelligence race. We also catch up with the new president of t...
13 Feb 202030min
Ep 137: Margrethe Vestager interview — Macron in Poland — Revisiting enlargement
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital, is the main interview guest in this week's EU Confidential podcast. She made a name for herself by taking on tech gi...
6 Feb 202030min
