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6 days ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Europe’s political center is wobbling. Again. In Germany, a dramatic Bundestag vote leaves new Chancellor Friedrich Merz bruised before he’s even begun. In Romania, the first round of the presidential election wipes out the mainstream — and puts a Trump-admiring provocateur on top. EU Confidential breaks down a week of shaken coalitions, rising populists, and what they all say about the shifting balance of power in Europe. Host Sarah Wheaton is...
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music After 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s shock and awe, is the EU still stuck in stunned paralysis — or does it finally have a plan? POLITICO trade reporter Camille Gijs, tech reporter Eliza Gkritsi, defense editor Jan Cienski and senior climate correspondent Karl Mathiesen join host Sarah Wheaton to unpack the EU’s response on multiple fronts. Plus, Max Griera and Aitor Hernández-Morales break down the controversy around the European People’s...
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music With POLITICO turning 10 and Brexit hitting 5 earlier this year, this episode of EU Confidential takes stock of two milestones that shaped Brussels — in very different ways. Host Sarah Wheaton kicks things off with Zoya Sheftalovich, editor of Global Playbook, reflecting on POLITICO Europe’s early days and its first big scoop: Jean-Claude Juncker’s kidney stones. Then we head to Maastricht for highlights from a debate organized by Studio Europa...
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music This week, EU Confidential is on a spring break — but with trade tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world (China in particular) escalating, we thought it was the perfect moment to revisit a timely episode from our archives. As Trump’s new trade war heats up, with triple-digit tariffs hitting Chinese goods and Beijing retaliating, the global trade landscape is shifting dramatically. These developments have significant implications for...
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
A tariff storm was brewing — and then, just like that, the forecast changed. Donald Trump shocked everyone by pausing his planned tariffs for 90 days (for all countries except China), throwing global markets a lifeline and leaving the EU wondering what game he’s playing.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen to the #1 EU politics podcast. By SARAH WHEATON, DIONISIOS STURIS, AND ANNE MCELVOYSend ideas here | Tweet @swheaton | View in your browserWhat do Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis and Donald Trump have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton breaks down the court decision that could end Le Pen’s political career as well as the fallout for France’s far right.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music What do Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis and Donald Trump have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton breaks down the court decision that could end Le Pen’s political career as well as the fallout for France’s far right. With POLITICO’s Clea Caulcutt giving us the latest from Paris, Yanis Varoufakis — the former Greek finance minister and leader of left-wing party Mera25 — joins to discuss his...
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty quiet, it seems. Mass protests are breaking out across Turkey but Brussels is keeping its counsel. In this episode Sarah Wheaton speaks with Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former journalist in Turkey, about what’s really driving Erdoğan’s...
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music A lobbying frenzy, secret perks, and now police raids. Huawei’s cozy ties in Brussels have exploded into a full-blown corruption scandal. As the European Parliament tries to rehabilitate its image post Qatargate, lawmakers are once again at the center of allegations. With offices sealed and arrests made, there are serious questions about how deep Beijing’s influence really runs. Host Sarah Wheaton breaks it all down with POLITICO’s cybersecurity and...
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2 months ago | 
politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy
From Brussels and around the Continent — the top European politics podcast. By SARAH WHEATON, DIONISIOS STURIS, and ANNE MCELVOY This newsletter is being resent due to an earlier technical error. 100 days in, Europe’s top leaders are facing a reality check.
