Smeared (Update)
This episode of EU Scream aired a couple of weeks ago amid expectations Europe’s conservatives would expel Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and his Fidesz party for violating the rule of law and...
24 Mar 201926min
Climate and Populism
As kids worldwide strike for action on climate change, James and Tom take a look at a group who doesn’t share their sense of urgency: Europe’s far right. The UK Independence Party has a long history...
17 Mar 201929min
Smeared
The regime run by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary uses smear campaigns to feed an atmosphere of political and psychological warfare. The smears are felt far beyond Hungary and could serve as a ...
10 Mar 201924min
Weber the Enabler
Manfred Weber is the leader of the conservatives in the European Parliament who wants to become the next head of the the European Commission. But has Weber tainted his candidacy — and the broader Euro...
3 Mar 201926min
It Could Have Been Different
Barry Eichengreen was an early skeptic about the prospects for monetary union in Europe. Nowadays the eminent economic historian acknowledges the single currency is here to stay. But he says much more...
24 Feb 201931min
Keep an Open Mind
Heather Grabbe of the Open Society European Policy Institute says nationalist populists are closing the minds of Europeans to the values they have in common. She presents survey findings that could em...
17 Feb 201934min
Eur♀pe
Banners and slogans celebrating tolerance and equality make the European Quarter of Brussels look like a civil rights nirvana. The truth is more complicated. There is a critical lack of racial diversi...
10 Feb 201941min
Trade Storms
China, Donald Trump, and discontent after financial and debt crises that exploded last decade are buffeting trade. The European Union frequently finds itself at the center of these storms. Arancha Gon...
29 Jan 201928min
