The end of Erdoğan? — Turkey's EU accession ambitions — Europe Day
This week, the focus is on Turkey and what's at stake in elections happening May 14. We also hear from British writer and scholar Hugh Pope, who has written extensively on modern Turkey and tackles th...
11 Maj 202332min
POLITICO reviews ‘The Diplomat’ — Meloni surprises Brussels — The key to Ukraine's victory
As the EU defense industry gets the green light to ramp up ammunitions production, we hear from former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges on why Crimea holds the key to a Ukrainian vict...
4 Maj 202336min
Timothy Garton Ash on the future of Europe — Eva Kaili back in the spotlight
"We have created the best Europe there has ever been" — so says Timothy Garton Ash, this week's special guest. Meanwhile, former vice president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, is fighting more ...
27 Apr 202334min
Ukraine grain strain — Von der Leyen 2.0 — EU diplomacy in review
We're back from a break and straight into tackling the geopolitical tensions that underlie a sudden ban on Ukraine's grain exports by neighboring Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. We also discuss Ursula v...
20 Apr 202336min
Finland joins NATO — Ukraine foreign minister in Brussels — EU's China visit
This week, Finland joins NATO while Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, joins us here in the POLITICO studio to talk about his own country's NATO ambitions. We also follow EU chief Ursula von d...
6 Apr 202331min
France & Germany on strike – Commission Legal Chief, Daniel Calleja Crespo
The worst strikes and protests in decades bring both France and Germany to a standstill this week. Is this just the beginning of Europe’s cost of living crisis? Our special guest is Director General o...
30 Mars 202335min
Economic jitters, French upheaval, arms for Ukraine — what’s occupying EU leaders
Coming to you from this week’s European Council summit in Brussels, competitiveness and the economy are high on the agenda, alongside a historic EU agreement for joint arms procurement. We also discus...
23 Mars 202330min
Das Auto debate — Activist Bill Browder on Russia's political prisoners
We debate Germany's last-minute effort to derail EU plans to end the sale of combustion engines by 2035. And our special guest is author and activist Bill Browder, discussing how the EU can take a str...
16 Mars 202335min
