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 Jan 17, 2024

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EU Confidential is a weekly European news and politics podcast published every Friday by POLITICO Europe. Each 30-minute episode features POLITICO’s analysis of the top stories driving EU politics, as well as notable guests shaping European policy and deep-dive stories from around the Continent. It’s hosted by Sarah Wheaton, POLITICO’s chief policy correspondent, who is joined by reporters from around Europe. Discover our show notes for EU Confidential here: https://www.politico.eu/eu-confidential-podcast/

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Episode Date
'If you want peace, prepare for war': How an old saying is making a comeback in Europe
Mar 29, 2024
Farmers lead the EU climate backlash
Mar 22, 2024
Portuguese voters' anger and what it means for Europe
Mar 15, 2024
Inside the European People's Party Congress 2024
Mar 08, 2024
European Parliament election 2024 — state of play
Mar 01, 2024
VDL 2.0 — How Europe and Ukraine have changed, two years into Russia's all-out war
Feb 23, 2024
Europe responds to Donald Trump
Feb 16, 2024
Can the EU defend Ukraine (and itself)?
Feb 09, 2024
Europe's angry farmers and EU funds for Ukraine (finally)
Feb 02, 2024
'Rent is too damn high!' Europe’s growing housing crisis
Jan 26, 2024
Can the EU manage migration?
Jan 19, 2024
EU top jobs kickoff — finding compromise with Viktor Orbán
Jan 12, 2024
What's in store for Europe in 2024?
Jan 05, 2024
Top EU stories of 2023 — POLITICO's guide
Dec 15, 2023
Qatargate: Where do we stand a year after the corruption scandal erupted?
Dec 08, 2023
The most powerful people in Europe (for better or worse)
Dec 01, 2023
Geert Wilders stuns with far-right election victory in the Netherlands
Nov 24, 2023
SPONSORED CONTENT: Carbon capture and storage to reach net zero
Nov 22, 2023
Spain's Pedro Sánchez to form new government as prime minister
Nov 17, 2023
The EU's report card: Ukraine, Moldova and other aspiring members
Nov 10, 2023
The race to regulate AI before it's too late
Nov 03, 2023
EU leaders meet amid Israel-Hamas war
Oct 27, 2023
Welcome back, Donald: Seismic shift in Poland after general election
Oct 20, 2023
Deadly attacks on Israel and a bitter Polish election
Oct 13, 2023
Donald Trump 2.0 — is Europe ready?
Oct 06, 2023
Visa-for-bribes scandal rocks Poland — reaction and analysis
Sep 29, 2023
From the UN General Assembly — world leaders gather in NY
Sep 22, 2023
State of the European Union — the big annual speech and MEPs debate
Sep 15, 2023
It's back to school in Brussels — Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani
Sep 08, 2023
Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg: EU needs to rethink its enlargement approach
Sep 01, 2023
Brussels summer survival guide
Aug 03, 2023
Spanish election aftermath and the watering down of the EU's anti-SLAPPs law
Jul 27, 2023
Why Ukraine overshadowed the EU's big summit with Latin America
Jul 20, 2023
Ending an epidemic: innovations to eradicate HIV
Jul 18, 2023
NATO summit wrap-up and the EU's battle over biodiversity
Jul 13, 2023
A cure for HIV: When will Europe get there?
Jul 11, 2023
From Madrid: How Spain's election could impact its EU presidency
Jul 06, 2023
The last bastion of stigma: Criminalizing HIV transmission
Jul 04, 2023
EU leaders meet in the shadow of failed Wagner mutiny in Russia
Jun 29, 2023
From cell to cell: Eliminating HIV in prisons
Jun 27, 2023
Europe’s new Marshall Plan: making a bet on Ukraine
Jun 22, 2023
Artificial intelligence and the EU's attempt to regulate it — Commissioner Thierry Breton
Jun 15, 2023
Polish protests — Hungary's EU role — Sleeper train journey
Jun 08, 2023
From Moldova: The European Political Community is back
Jun 01, 2023
EU's 'Defence of Democracy' debate on combatting foreign influence
May 25, 2023
EU commissioner resigns — Bulgaria's breaking point — European elections 2024
May 18, 2023
The end of Erdoğan? — Turkey's EU accession ambitions — Europe Day
May 11, 2023
POLITICO reviews ‘The Diplomat’ — Meloni surprises Brussels — The key to Ukraine's victory
May 04, 2023
Timothy Garton Ash on the future of Europe — Eva Kaili back in the spotlight
Apr 27, 2023
Ukraine grain strain — Von der Leyen 2.0 — EU diplomacy in review
Apr 20, 2023
Finland joins NATO — Ukraine foreign minister in Brussels — EU's China visit
Apr 06, 2023
France & Germany on strike – Commission Legal Chief, Daniel Calleja Crespo
Mar 30, 2023
Economic jitters, French upheaval, arms for Ukraine — what’s occupying EU leaders
Mar 23, 2023
Das Auto debate — Activist Bill Browder on Russia's political prisoners
Mar 16, 2023
Viktor Orbán's political director — Sponsored flight flap — VDL meets Biden
Mar 09, 2023
New EU-UK chapter — VDL meets the king — Decoding Brussels-speak
Mar 02, 2023
Russia's war in Ukraine, one year on: How Europe has changed
Feb 23, 2023
VDL's texts — MEPs arrested — Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe
Feb 16, 2023
Zelenskyy in Brussels: the worst-kept secret in town — EU leaders on migration
Feb 09, 2023
EU-Ukraine summit — Fighter jets? — Moldovan President Maia Sandu
Feb 02, 2023
Scholz's tanks for your assistance — EU finance chief Mairead McGuinness: Crypto is like 'a religion'
Jan 26, 2023
From Davos: Tanks to Ukraine — Irish PM Leo Varadkar — EU-US trade fight
Jan 19, 2023
Director Oliver Stone talks nuclear power — EU economy chief Paolo Gentiloni
Jan 19, 2023
EU-US subsidy spat — Senator Joe Manchin — Diane von Furstenberg on Equality
Jan 18, 2023
Pessimistic CEOs — WEF after Klaus Schwab — Crypto trust deficit
Jan 17, 2023
POLITICO's World Economic Forum guide — Richard Edelman on trust
Jan 16, 2023
From Stockholm: Sweden shifts right on crime and migration — EU Council captaincy
Jan 12, 2023
2023 crystal ball — Qatargate update — Slovenian PM Robert Golob
Jan 05, 2023
EU rocked by Qatar corruption scandal — 2022 highlights
Dec 15, 2022
From Tirana: Western Balkan bid — Author Misha Glenny — City of spies
Dec 08, 2022
Brewing EU-US trade war — Ukraine FM Dmytro Kuleba — Future of Europe
Dec 01, 2022
Brussels' Twitter headache — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko — EU 'Superstate'
Nov 24, 2022
G20 summit digested — Viktor Orbán's authoritarian journey
Nov 17, 2022
COP27 and Europe's climate role — A new Cold War?
Nov 10, 2022
Europe braces for US mid-term elections
Nov 03, 2022
NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg — Commissioner Věra Jourová on EU media freedom
Oct 27, 2022
Live from EU leaders meeting on energy, Ukraine and China
Oct 21, 2022
Putin's escalation — Western Balkan migration concerns — Food security update
Oct 13, 2022
From Prague: The European Political Community is here
Oct 07, 2022
Italian election — Pipeline problems — EU ambassador to US
Sep 29, 2022
UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
Sep 22, 2022
State of the European Union — MEPs debate
Sep 15, 2022
Energy emergency — Canada's EU ambassador — New host Suzanne Lynch
Sep 08, 2022
POLITICO's EU Confidential trailer
Sep 01, 2022
Monkeypox in Europe — Big Tech vs. Telecoms battle
Aug 04, 2022
Russian propaganda — Macron in Africa — Cities for women
Jul 28, 2022
Heat wave — Energy vs. climate — Crypto spotlight
Jul 21, 2022
Summer travel chaos — Combustion engines' end — Wizz Air CEO
Jul 14, 2022
EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row
Jul 07, 2022
NATO summit — Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian PMs — G7 flop
Jun 30, 2022
Ukraine on EU membership path ⁠— Balkan backlash — Albanian PM
Jun 24, 2022
Ukraine impact — Panel-speak, decoded — Poets' guide to economics
Jun 16, 2022
Merkel's return — Poland pushback — US NATO ambassador
Jun 09, 2022
Russian oil ban — Hungarian hold-up — EU 'ghostwriters'
Jun 02, 2022
Scholz on Ukraine — COVID update — Food waste solution
May 26, 2022
Death of globalization? — EU expansion — Women in Davos
May 25, 2022
Russian oil sanctions — Stagflation fears — Crypto not dead
May 24, 2022
Zelenskyy chides global elite — Trust troubles — Billionaire bonanza
May 23, 2022
Nordic NATO bids — Commission half-time report — Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly
May 19, 2022
Future of Europe — Macron in Berlin — Voices from Ukraine
May 12, 2022
EU's Russian oil ban — Steinmeier snub saga — 21st-century disorder
May 05, 2022
Macron 2.0 — Brussels vs. Budapest — Climate changes Spanish politics
Apr 28, 2022
Special edition: Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election
Apr 25, 2022
Macron and Le Pen debate — Germany's Ukraine weapons dilemma
Apr 21, 2022
French election round 2 – Slovakian PM in Ukraine — EU's Russian energy habit
Apr 14, 2022
Special edition: French presidential election first round unpacked
Apr 11, 2022
French election preview — Orbán's victory — Transparency International Ukraine
Apr 07, 2022
Brussels after Biden — Hungarian election — World Food Programme boss
Mar 31, 2022
Biden's Brussels summits — Sanctions stalemate — Ukrainian writer Andriy Kurkov
Mar 24, 2022
China's role in Ukraine — Wartime leaders — Refugee crisis
Mar 17, 2022
Russia's repression — Ukraine jet confusion — Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov
Mar 10, 2022
Europe's historic shift on Russia — Inside the war in Ukraine — Turkey's role
Mar 03, 2022
Russia's war on Ukraine: European reaction and analysis
Feb 24, 2022
Moscow's mixed messages — Ukraine's Unity Day — Think tanker Heather Conley
Feb 17, 2022
Scholz and Macron's missions — Le Pen 2.0 — MEP David McAllister
Feb 10, 2022
Partygate fallout — Estonian PM Kaja Kallas — Cecilia Malmström on EU trade
Feb 03, 2022
Latvia's war worries — Neutrals for NATO? — Polish MEP Patryk Jaki
Jan 27, 2022
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola — Macron on EU — Merkel's next gig
Jan 20, 2022
Omicron tidal wave — Remembering David Sassoli — Russia standoff
Jan 13, 2022
Previewing 2022 — Russian brinkmanship — DOT Europe's Siada El Ramly
Jan 06, 2022
Key 2021 political moments — Hearing from listeners — Politics of Jesus
Dec 16, 2021
Germany's new government — Denglish debate — POLITICO 28
Dec 09, 2021
OMG it's Omicron — China's EU strategy — Amnesty's Agnès Callamard
Dec 02, 2021
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg — New German government — Luuk van Middelaar
Nov 25, 2021
COP26 climate drama — Top US foreign policy adviser Derek Chollet
Nov 18, 2021
4th wave — Whistleblower Frances Haugen — EU border blackmail
Nov 11, 2021
COP26 catch-up — Tech boss John Collison — EU gets (even) funnier
Nov 04, 2021
COP26 and G20 preview — Glasgow gears up — Lessons for liberalism
Oct 28, 2021
Hungary's would-be PM — Rule-of-law ripples — German coalition talks
Oct 21, 2021
EU energy prices — Curtains for Kurz — Poland courts controversy
Oct 14, 2021
Macron's US stance — Western Balkans summit — Dark EU lobbying
Oct 07, 2021
Who is Olaf Scholz? — German election aftermath — EU-US trade and tech push
Sep 30, 2021
Special edition: German election results
Sep 27, 2021
German election explained — French fury at Australian sub snub
Sep 23, 2021
State of the European Union — German election latest
Sep 16, 2021
German election's EU impact — Playbookers' premiere — Age of 'unpeace'
Sep 09, 2021
Afghanistan fallout — Europe's military dilemma — Politics of loneliness
Sep 02, 2021
EU migration wrangle — Economist Joseph Stiglitz — EMA chief Emer Cooke
Aug 26, 2021
Europe reacts to Afghanistan's collapse
Aug 19, 2021
Summer special: Recommended reading, listening and viewing
Jul 29, 2021
German floods — Spyware scandal — Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Jul 22, 2021
Political football — EU's big climate combo — Recovery cash
Jul 15, 2021
Slovenian EU presidency — Champagne spat — Digital expert Marietje Schaake
Jul 08, 2021
Stunning summit — EU's engine room — Ex-Swedish PM Carl Bildt
Jul 01, 2021
Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ law — Sausage wars — Commission VP Maroš Šefčovič
Jun 24, 2021
Biden's European summit spree — ECB President Christine Lagarde — Birthday bonanza
Jun 17, 2021
Biden in Europe — Back to Strasbourg — Transatlantic talk
Jun 10, 2021
Spy affair — Laschet litmus — Former Irish President Mary Robinson
Jun 03, 2021
Belarusian 'hijack' — Brussels food fight — Art of diplomacy
May 27, 2021
Ep 201, presented by Equinor: Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Laschet's foreign foray — Javier Solana
May 20, 2021
Ep 200, presented by Shell: Vaccine patent waivers — Macron gets mad — Facebook's Nick Clegg
May 13, 2021
Ep 199, presented by SQM: Media freedom — European travel — Social summit
May 06, 2021
Ep 198, presented by Equinor: Recovery recipes — Presidential problems — Scottish election
Apr 29, 2021
Ep 197: Germany's candidates — Super League shambles — data breach battles
Apr 22, 2021
Ep 196: Ukraine tension — Merkel succession battle — Marine litter
Apr 15, 2021
Ep 195: Sofagate — Central and Eastern Europe's COVID struggles — Ivan Krastev
Apr 08, 2021
Special Edition: Stephen Brown — An audio appreciation
Apr 04, 2021
Ep 194: EU faces Beijing backlash — European astronauts in conversation
Apr 01, 2021
Ep 193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scandals — Syria conflict
Mar 25, 2021
Ep 192: AstraZeneca limbo — Vaccine export bans — COVID disinformation
Mar 18, 2021
Ep 191: German election journey — EESC in spotlight
Mar 11, 2021
Ep 190: EU solidarity jabbed — Vaccine passports — China relations
Mar 04, 2021
Ep 189: Message to Moscow — Frontier fracas — Euro English
Feb 25, 2021
Ep 188: Mario Draghi's return — Italian influence — Is the EU funny?
Feb 18, 2021
Ep 187, presented by Equinor: Borrell Russia rumpus — Macron's rivals — Lithuania's foreign minister
Feb 11, 2021
Ep 186, presented by Equinor: Vaccine export fiasco — Von der Leyen's line — Belgian virologist
Feb 04, 2021
Ep 185, presented by BP: Europe's vaccine blame game — Brussels bubble struggles
Jan 28, 2021
Ep 184: Europe reacts to Biden's inauguration — Merkel succession
Jan 21, 2021
Ep 183: CDU contenders — Platforms and politicians — 'Good' countries
Jan 14, 2021
Ep 182: Vaccine vexation — EU-UK deal — Previewing 2021
Jan 07, 2021
Ep 181, presented by Google: Reflecting on 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Ep 180, presented by Shell: EU deals on climate & budget — Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya
Dec 11, 2020
Ep 179, presented by Equinor: Von der Leyen's first year reviewed — Manfred Weber interview
Dec 03, 2020
Ep 178: Europe's new US BFFs — Biden calling — Big tech lobbying
Nov 26, 2020
Ep 177 In Focus: Energy, presented by Shell: Budget blocked — Strategic autonomy — COP26
Nov 19, 2020
Ep 176, presented by Equinor: Vaccine hopes — Budget breakthrough — US election reaction
Nov 12, 2020
Campaign Confidential #13, presented by Huawei: Key election lessons — Georgia on our minds
Nov 10, 2020
Ep 175: Biden, Trump and what the US elections mean for Europe
Nov 05, 2020
Campaign Confidential #12, presented by Huawei: How to watch election night like a pro
Nov 02, 2020
Ep 174: Team Macron turmoil — Minimum wage push — OECD contenders
Oct 29, 2020
Campaign Confidential #11: Top debate drama and campaign crunch time
Oct 27, 2020
Ep 173, presented by the European Commission: Pandemic politics — Farming feuds — Hospitality hopes
Oct 22, 2020
Campaign Confidential #10: Trump's suburban troubles
Oct 20, 2020
Ep 172: Coronavirus scramble — Estonia's president — Panel's picks
Oct 15, 2020
Campaign Confidential #9: America's election litigation bonanza
Oct 13, 2020
Ep 171, presented by Shell: Commissioner Reynders on rule of law — Brexit crunch time — Coronavirus surge
Oct 08, 2020
Campaign Confidential #8: What's at stake for Europe
Oct 06, 2020
Ep 170: EU leaders talk Turkey and Russia — Chancellor hopeful Norbert Röttgen
Oct 01, 2020
Campaign Confidential #7: How the fight for racial justice is impacting the elections
Sep 29, 2020
Ep 169: Commissioner Johansson on EU migration pact — France's Europe Minister Clément Beaune
Sep 24, 2020
Campaign Confidential #6: How conspiracy theories are shaping the 2020 elections
Sep 22, 2020
Ep 168: Von der Leyen's State of the European Union — US Ambassador Ronald Gidwitz
Sep 17, 2020
Campaign Confidential #5: Money, money, money
Sep 15, 2020
Ep 167: Commission reshuffle — Strasbourg skip — Brexit's back — Twitter's Nick Pickles
Sep 10, 2020
Campaign Confidential #4: Why is America more polarized than ever?
Sep 08, 2020
Ep 166: Macron's Lebanon gamble — Navalny poisoning — Misha Glenny's Iron Men
Sep 03, 2020
Campaign Confidential #3: A perfect storm — Foreign influence — Absentee ballots
Sep 01, 2020
Ep 165: Golfgate and Hogan's resignation — Trump-era transatlantic relations
Aug 27, 2020
Campaign Confidential #2: Republican National Convention — Pennsylvania voters — American democracy
Aug 25, 2020
Ep 164: Belarus crisis — Germany's environment minister — Iran sanctions
Aug 20, 2020
Campaign Confidential #1: Democratic National Convention — Mail drama — Democrats abroad
Aug 18, 2020
Trailer: Campaign Confidential
Aug 13, 2020
POLITICO EU Confidential Trailer
Aug 12, 2020
Ep 163: New coronavirus concerns — MEP Evelyn Regner on gender balance — US elections
Jul 30, 2020
Ep 162: EU budget and recovery summit — Deal, drama & details
Jul 23, 2020
Ep 161: Summit state of play — Polish election aftermath — 'Tribalization' of Europe
Jul 16, 2020
Ep 160: Europe's chief prosecutor — French reshuffle — Merkel in Brussels
Jul 09, 2020
Ep 159: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić — Macron soliloquies — Green wave
Jul 02, 2020
Ep 158: French & Polish elections — Germany's EU mission — Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean
Jun 25, 2020
Ep 157: Peter Mandelson's WTO bid — Recovery review — Kosovo maneuvers
Jun 18, 2020
Ep 156: VP Věra Jourová on disinformation — US troop pullout — China strategy
Jun 11, 2020
Ep 155: Protests spread — G7 drama — French MEP Manon Aubry
Jun 04, 2020
Ep 154: Commission's €750B recovery plan — Battles ahead — Making 'Parlement' funny
May 28, 2020
Coronavirus edition #11: Reviewing Europe's response — Challenges ahead — Behind-the-scenes peek
May 25, 2020
Ep 153: Merkel & Macron's Recovery Fund — Economist Lucas Guttenberg
May 21, 2020
Coronavirus edition #10: MEP Pascal Canfin on green recovery — Back-to-school questions
May 18, 2020
Ep 152: Timothy Garton Ash — Second wave — War on leaks
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus edition #9: Talking Tedros: WHO chief in spotlight — Sweden's light-touch lockdown
May 11, 2020
Ep 151, presented by the Croatian presidency: Coronavirus quandaries — New British Chamber CEO
May 07, 2020
Coronavirus edition #8: Pledge drive ⁠— Getting philosophical ⁠— Brussels post-lockdown plans
May 04, 2020
Ep 150: Chinese propaganda — Economist Thomas Piketty — Brussels love bus
Apr 30, 2020
Coronavirus edition #7: Commissioner Elisa Ferreira on economic recovery — Critical seasonal workers
Apr 27, 2020
Ep 149: Europe's recovery — Virtual Council — Anything but corona
Apr 23, 2020
Coronavirus edition #6: Belgium death toll explained — Antibodies vs. immunity — AI & COVID-19
Apr 20, 2020
Ep 148: Coronavirus Twitter chat — The Brussels Effect — Virtual Parliament
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus edition #5: How Europe failed coronavirus test — Auto industry impact — MEP Bas Eickhout
Apr 13, 2020
Ep 147: Who's running Britain? — Exit strategy U-turn — Virtual Brussels tour
Apr 09, 2020
Coronavirus edition #4: Pandemic preparations — Behind the masks ⁠— Coronavirus apps
Apr 06, 2020
Ep 146: Jobs Commissioner Schmit — Lockdown limits — Corona bond bungle
Apr 02, 2020
Coronavirus edition #3: Testing questions ⁠— Corona bond debate ⁠— Dr. Herman Goossens
Mar 30, 2020
Ep 145: Italian lessons — Democratic distancing — ONE Campaign's Gayle Smith
Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus edition #2: European Commissioner Ylva Johansson — Vaccine confusion — 8 more weeks?
Mar 23, 2020
Ep 144 In Focus: Energy, presented by Shell: Europe on hold — COVID-19 leadership — Energy battles
Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus edition #1: Shutdowns & lockdowns — Europe's response — What airlines want
Mar 16, 2020
Ep 143: Italy in coronavirus lockdown — Elections in France — UK's Tom Tugendhat
Mar 12, 2020
Ep 142, presented by Goldman Sachs: EU in crisis mode — Super Tuesday — Syrian doctor Amani Ballour
Mar 05, 2020
Ep 141: Europe's coronavirus response — Carnival & anti-Semitism — Valdis Dombrovskis interview
Feb 27, 2020
Ep 140: EU's €1 trillion summit — Herman Van Rompuy — A digital vision
Feb 21, 2020
EU Confidential #139, presented by the Croatian Presidency: Munich Security Conference special
Feb 16, 2020
Ep 138, presented by the Croatian Presidency: German mess — 'Greta syndrome' — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Feb 13, 2020
Ep 137: Margrethe Vestager interview — Macron in Poland — Revisiting enlargement
Feb 06, 2020
Ep 136: Departing Brits debate — Huawei fallout — EU budget crunch
Jan 30, 2020
Ep 135, presented by Goldman Sachs: PM Xavier Bettel — Prof. Mary Beard — David Miliband
Jan 23, 2020
Davos Confidential #3, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump address — Solvay's CEO — Quantum computing
Jan 22, 2020
Davos Confidential #2, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump day — Workforce transformation
Jan 20, 2020
Davos Confidential #1, presented by Goldman Sachs: World Economic Forum preview
Jan 20, 2020
Ep 134: Geopolitical tussles — EU's green cash — New Zealand's EU envoy
Jan 16, 2020
Ep 133, presented by Gilead: Europe's Iran reaction — 2020 EU resolutions — New AIDS epidemic
Jan 09, 2020
Ep 132: Top 2019 moments — UK vote fallout — Deepfakes — Catalonia's Alfred Bosch
Dec 19, 2019
Ep 131, presented by ERT: EU summit — Climate confusion — Gentiloni on geopolitics
Dec 13, 2019
Ep 130, presented by ERT: UK general election special
Dec 09, 2019
Ep 129, presented by Shell: Hot mic NATO summit — Former French ambassador Gérard Araud
Dec 05, 2019
Ep 128, presented by the Martens Centre: Commissioner Avramopoulos — New Commission standouts
Nov 28, 2019
Ep 127: European Parliament VP Katarina Barley — EU’s missing Iran response — All eyes on NATO
Nov 21, 2019
Ep 126: Madeleine Albright — New plan for EU hopefuls — Macron's worldview
Nov 14, 2019
Ep 125: Oettinger interview — Pompeo hits the Wall — Romania's Commission pick
Nov 07, 2019
Ep 124: Macron to China ⁠— Populist resurgence ⁠— UK election ⁠& DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson
Oct 31, 2019
Ep 123, presented by ExxonMobil: Juncker's legacy — Spain’s EU minister Marco Aguiriano
Oct 24, 2019
Ep 122, presented by BP: Brexit deal — European Council behind the scenes — Greek PM Mitsotakis
Oct 18, 2019
Ep 121: Goulard rejected — Sondland in hot water — Green MEP Daniel Freund on EU transparency
Oct 10, 2019
SPONSORED CONTENT: As farms go digital, possibilities for decarbonization grow
Oct 07, 2019
Ep 120, presented by ExxonMobil: Boris’ Brexit proposal — Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš
Oct 03, 2019
Ep 119, presented by the European Commission: Von der Leyen’s rejection woes — Labour’s Keir Starmer
Sep 26, 2019
Ep 118, presented by BP: Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili
Sep 19, 2019
Ep 117 Special Edition: US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland
Sep 15, 2019
Ep 116, presented by Bayer: Swedish Enviro Minister Isabella Lövin — Commission’s Green New Deal
Sep 12, 2019
Ep 115, presented by the European Commission: Brexit drama — MEPs Caroline Voaden and Judith Bunting
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 114, presented by Shell: Ryan Heath signs off
Aug 30, 2019
Episode 113, presented by Citi: Megan Richards
Aug 22, 2019
Episode 112, presented by Bayer: Electrification Alliance's Kristian Ruby
Aug 08, 2019
Episode 111 — Inside UK Parliament's groping, harassment, bullying problem; Jacob Rees-Mogg reaction
Aug 01, 2019
Episode 110: Author Peter May - Boris begins - Martin's move
Jul 25, 2019
Episode 109, presented by BP: Mette Grolleman — Debating EU presidency corporate sponsorship
Jul 18, 2019
Episode 108 — Paul Adamson, godfather of Brussels lobbying scene
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 107: Moonshot Venture's Mark MacGann —— President Ursula von der Leyen?
Jul 04, 2019
Episode 106, presented by Bayer: Can capitalism save the planet?
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 105, presented by Romania's EU presidency: David Miliband & political rebrands
Jun 20, 2019
Episode 104: Jean-Claude Juncker & Shada Islam
Jun 13, 2019
Episode 103: Danny Alexander — Debating the Trump visit
Jun 06, 2019
Episode 102: Martin Selmayr — EU election results
May 30, 2019
Episode 101: Bruno Le Maire and EU election preview
May 23, 2019
XX Factor Episode 5 — UK: Annunziata Rees-Mogg, and MPs Mary Creagh, Jo Swinson, and Helen Whately
May 19, 2019
**Episode 100** presented by Bayer: Air pollution, killing us softly?
May 16, 2019
Episode 99: Frans Timmermans and Margrethe Vestager, rivals for European Commission president
May 09, 2019
XX Factor Episode 4 — What can Europe learn from around the world?
May 07, 2019
Episode 98: EU Presidential Debate highlights
May 02, 2019
Episode 97: Manfred Weber, EPP EU presidential candidate
Apr 25, 2019
XX Factor Episode 3: Women in election media coverage, featuring Marietje Schaake, and Italy
Apr 23, 2019
Episode 96, presented by BP: Decoding election betting, polling and journalism
Apr 18, 2019
Episode 95: For & Against the EU — Sandro Gozi & Anders Vistisen
Apr 11, 2019
Episode 94: Emily Thornberry on Labour, Brexit and foreign policy
Apr 07, 2019
Episode 93, presented by Bayer: MEP climate debate — Can the EU avert disaster?
Apr 04, 2019
Episode 92, presented by Bayer: Amanda Eichel and Stockholm mayor Anna König Jerlmyr
Mar 28, 2019
XX Factor 2 – MEP Mairead McGuinness and the women shaking up Irish politics
Mar 26, 2019
Episode 91: EU summit — Brexit, Orbán & liberals — Flemish Culture Minister Sven Gatz
Mar 21, 2019
Episode 90, presented by Naftogaz: Twitter's Nick Pickles — Syria conference — AKK's vision
Mar 14, 2019
XX Factor 1 - Women, power and the EU election
Mar 12, 2019
Episode 89: UAE parliament president Amal Al-Qubaisi — Polling guru Cornelius Hirsch
Mar 07, 2019
Episode 88: Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister
Feb 28, 2019
Episode 87 — Richard Grenell and Miroslav Lajčák at the Munich Security Conference
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 86: Jeremy Hunt, UK Foreign Secretary
Feb 19, 2019
Episode 85: UK Labour's John McDonnell — Is Strasbourg tearing MEP families apart?
Feb 14, 2019
Episode 84: The Bellingcat team — Marietje Schaake MEP — U.S ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland
Feb 07, 2019
Episode 83: Facebook's Nick Clegg
Jan 31, 2019
Episode 82, presented by BP: Wopke Hoekstra — Sarah Kate Ellis — Brok rocked
Jan 24, 2019
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 3 - Amnesty's Kumi Naidoo — WHO chief Tedros
Jan 23, 2019
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 2 - Helle Thorning-Schmidt & Tim Berners-Lee
Jan 22, 2019
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 1 - Setting the scene — Nico Rosberg — Resilience ratings
Jan 22, 2019
Episode 81: Historian Felix Klos — Divided Europe in data
Jan 17, 2019
Episode 80: Netflix's David Hyman
Jan 10, 2019
Episode 79: Gayle Smith — New Year's resolutions & predictions
Jan 03, 2019
Episode 78: Carles Puigdemont — Ai Weiwei — Tajani awards
Dec 20, 2018
Episode 77: EU presidential contender Frans Timmermans — Tibor Navracsics
Dec 13, 2018
Episode 76, presented by Ericsson: Carlos Moedas - Macron's climb down - Denmark's immigration plan
Dec 06, 2018
Episode 75, presented by Google: Debating Diversity — Hillary's migrant misfire
Nov 29, 2018
Episode 74 presented by Tetra Pak: The Green episode, with Ska Keller, Bas Eickhout, Petra De Sutter
Nov 22, 2018
Episode 73, presented by Future Europe Podcast: Rose Gottemoeller — Brexit deal — Merkel's vision
Nov 15, 2018
Episode 72, presented by EFPIA: Bill Browder & Russia — US midterms — Picking politicians
Nov 08, 2018
Episode 71, presented by Google: Malin Björk & Merkel's legacy
Nov 01, 2018
Episode 70, presented by Thai Union: Special Oceans-themed episode with Karmenu Vella, Werner Hoyer
Oct 25, 2018
Episode 69, presented by Corteva Agriscience: Bill Gates and Emmanuel Macron's youth wing
Oct 18, 2018
Episode 68, presented by UNESDA: Manfred Weber wants to recast the European Commission presidency
Oct 11, 2018
Episode 67, Alexander Stubb on why he should be European Commission president
Oct 04, 2018
Episode 66, presented by Qualcomm: OSCE chief — Montenegro's foreign minister — MEP expenses
Sep 27, 2018
Episode 65, presented by Google: Emily O'Reilly — Vestager vs. German carmakers — Macron's job tips
Sep 20, 2018
Episode 64, presented by Qualcomm: Lyor Cohen — Alain Deneef — Democracy festival
Sep 13, 2018
Episode 63, presented by Qualcomm: Dimitris Avramopoulos — Selmayrgate — Election fever
Sep 06, 2018
Episode 62 — Inside Europe's right-wing extremist groups with Julia Ebner
Aug 30, 2018
Episode 61: Brexit scenarios unpacked — Headscarf-free holidays
Aug 23, 2018
Episode 60: Summer stories — Tattoos to potatoes — Bridge blame game
Aug 16, 2018
Episode 59: Inside the House of European History
Aug 09, 2018
Episode 58: Labor market secrets — EU school rules — Summit entry fee
Aug 02, 2018
Episode 57: Johannes Hahn — Western Balkans — Trump-Juncker love-in
Jul 26, 2018
Episode 56: Phil Hogan — Amélie de Montchalin (En Marche) — Juncker and Trump stumble
Jul 19, 2018
Episode 55, presented by Raytheon: Inside the NATO summit
Jul 12, 2018
Episode 54: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg — Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki — EU Parliament expense shock
Jul 05, 2018
Episode 53, presented by Google: Wolfgang Schäuble — Danny McCoy — EU's Migration Troubles
Jun 28, 2018
Episode 52, presented by Martens Centre: Women Rule! - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - Rome's Roma rhetoric
Jun 21, 2018
Episode 51: Helle Thorning-Schmidt — European Parliament election — Migration debate
Jun 14, 2018
Episode 50, presented by Google: How NGOs lobby the EU — OSF's Patrick Gaspard — Leaders get younger
Jun 07, 2018
Episode 49, sponsored by Barilla Foundation: Nicola Sturgeon — Journalist's revival — Irish vote
May 31, 2018
Episode 48: Big tech’s brain hijack — Data protection D-Day — Zuckerberg’s Brussels moment
May 24, 2018
Episode 47: Combating anti-Semitism — Boosting the Balkans — Europe from afar
May 17, 2018
Episode 46, presented by Grow with Google: Curbing idealism - EESC chief Luca Jahier - Hot mic hell
May 10, 2018
Episode 45: Margrethe Vestager — EU budget battle — Whistleblower protection
May 03, 2018
Episode 44, presented by Grow with Google: EU's energy future – Spencer Dale – Macron & Trump
Apr 26, 2018
Episode 43, presented by Grow with Google: Cécile Kyenge — Harassment investigation — Winking Macron
Apr 19, 2018
Episode 42: The Orbán effect — Mr. Data Protection — Harassment at EU gender equality agency
Apr 12, 2018
Episode 41: Bill Gates — Judging junkets — Greek MEPs' special stopover
Apr 05, 2018
Episode 40, presented by Edelman and PAC: Brexit Countdown — Guy Verhofstadt — Brussels Press Revue
Mar 29, 2018
Episode 39: Lithuania's Linas Linkevičius — Artificial Intelligence — Naughty MEPs
Mar 22, 2018
Episode 38: President Margvelashvili of Georgia— Ryanair's Michael O'Leary
Mar 15, 2018
Episode 37, presented by DowDupont: Marianne Thyssen — Lulwah Al Khater — Selmayr vs the world
Mar 08, 2018
Ep. 36 : Tony Blair interview — Food bank furor — MEP of the week
Mar 01, 2018
Episode 35, presented by Raytheon: Ben Hodges — Munich Security Conference — Brexit blockbusters
Feb 22, 2018
Episode 34: Alexander Stubb — Spitzenkandidat — MEP of the Week
Feb 15, 2018
Episode 33: Nick Clegg — Western Balkans tough love — Lambert van Nistelrooij
Feb 08, 2018
Episode 32: Czech politics — Slovenian PM Cerar — German car industry experiments
Feb 01, 2018
Episode 31: Direct from Davos — Dutch PM Mark Rutte — Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki
Jan 25, 2018
Davos Confidential 4: Theresa Time — Werner Hoyer — Trump’s warm-up act
Jan 24, 2018
Davos Confidential 3: Europe’s back — Post-rage politics — Modi’s missed chance
Jan 23, 2018
Davos Confidential 2: Talking trade — Digital rights — Desperately seeking Donald
Jan 22, 2018
Davos Confidential 1: Setting the scene - Advantage Angela - Panda scale for speeches
Jan 21, 2018
Episode 30: Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid — Davos preview — MEP of the Week
Jan 18, 2018
Episode 29: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek - Poland vs Brussels - Harassment survey
Jan 11, 2018
Episode 28: Estonia's EU presidency — Bulgaria's big moment — Iran protests
Jan 04, 2018
Episode 27, presented by Raytheon : 2017 review & NATO’s Jamie Shea
Dec 21, 2017
Episode 26: Rebooting Brussels — #BrusselsSoWhite — David Davis’s double talk
Dec 14, 2017
Episode 25: Herman Van Rompuy & Theresa May's Manic Monday
Dec 07, 2017
Episode 24: Glyphodrama — Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis — food safety chief Bernard Uhl
Nov 30, 2017
Episode 23: Olympic committee chief — EMA, EBA to Amsterdam, Paris — Failed German coalition talks
Nov 23, 2017
Episode 22, presented by Ørsted: Statoil CEO Eldar Sætre — White supremacy in Europe
Nov 16, 2017
Episode 21: Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis — Oettinger's car clash — UK Cabinet chaos
Nov 09, 2017
Episode 20: Historian Rolf Falter — Catalonia comes to Brussels — Harassment scandal
Nov 02, 2017
Episode 19: Harassment discussion — Hope for change — Maroš Šefčovič interview
Oct 26, 2017
Episode 18: EU Commissioner Vĕra Jourová — Remembering Daphne Caruana Galizia — Catalonia dilemma
Oct 19, 2017
Episode 17, presented by AB InBev: Athens Mayor — EU Committee of Regions President
Oct 12, 2017
Episode 16: Telia's Johan Dennelind — Global Policy Lab — Catalan independence referendum
Oct 05, 2017
Episode 15: Catalan independence debate — German election — Court confusion
Sep 28, 2017
Episode 14: NationBuilder's Toni Cowan-Brown — German election — Boris Johnson's fact and fantasy
Sep 21, 2017
Episode 13: Tomáš Valášek — Juncker's State of the Union — Catalonia
Sep 14, 2017
Episode 12: David McAllister MEP - London Playbook's Jack Blanchard - Azerbaijan Scandal
Sep 07, 2017
Episode 11: EU rights expert Michael O'Flaherty — Poland's peril — Macron's make-up
Aug 31, 2017
Episode 10: Brexit & Ireland — John Bruton — Trump's tax break
Aug 24, 2017
Episode 9: NATO's Petr Pavel — German election campaign — Britain's Brexit papers
Aug 17, 2017
Episode 8: Emmanuel Macron interview — Commissioners' expenses — Brussels networking tips
Aug 10, 2017
Episode 7: Anders Fogh Rasmussen — Russia, Ukraine and the US — Greece's scapegoat statistician
Aug 03, 2017
Episode 6: Violeta Bulc — Ryanair to Brexit rescue? — Endless car scandals
Jul 27, 2017
Episode 5: Taavet Hinrikus — Digital Regulation — David Davis: genius or fool?
Jul 20, 2017
Episode 4: Marietje Schaake — Politics of EU-Japan deal — Parliament's PhD babysitter
Jul 13, 2017
Episode 3: Victoria Espinel — What Brexit's broken — European Parliament harassment
Jul 06, 2017
Episode 2: Ángel Gurría — EU's Googlewhack — Interns in bikinis backlash
Jun 29, 2017
Episode 1: Cecilia Malmström — Brexit talks
Jun 22, 2017
Bonus Episode: Erna Solberg
Jun 18, 2017
Pilot episode: Pierre Moscovici
Jun 13, 2017
EU Confidential Trailer
Jun 05, 2017