EU Confidential

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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 32m. Bisher sind 398 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 22 hours 26 minutes

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episode 156: 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 the European Committee of the Regions, Apostolos Tzitzik


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 February 13, 2020  29m
 
 

episode 155: Ep 137: Margrethe Vestager interview — Macron in Poland — Revisiting enlargement


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 February 6, 2020  29m
 
 

episode 154: Ep 136: Departing Brits debate — Huawei fallout — EU budget crunch


This episode of EU Confidential bids adieu (or is it au revoir?) to the U.K. as an EU member. You'll hear a lively debate with outgoing British MEPs Jude Kirton-Darling (Labour Party), Alex Phillips (Green Party) and Ann Widdecombe (Brexit Party) during t


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 January 30, 2020  30m
 
 

episode 153: Ep 135, presented by Goldman Sachs: PM Xavier Bettel — Prof. Mary Beard — David Miliband


This EU Confidential episode comes to you from Davos, Switzerland where the POLITICO team has been covering the 50th edition of the World Economic Forum.You'll hear an exclusive interview with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on the EU's Green De


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 January 23, 2020  35m
 
 

episode 152: Davos Confidential #3, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump address — Solvay's CEO — Quantum computing


On episode 3 of POLITICO's Davos Confidential podcast series, our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Brown breaks down Donald Trump's address on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum, and Florian Eder and Rym Momtaz discuss Trump's meeting with EU Commission President


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 January 22, 2020  31m
 
 

episode 151: Davos Confidential #2, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump day — Workforce transformation


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 January 21, 2020  32m
 
 

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 January 20, 2020  17m
 
 

episode 149: Ep 134: Geopolitical tussles — EU's green cash — New Zealand's EU envoy


On this episode of EU Confidential, Europe is on the foreign policy defensive again after Russia and Turkey seized the initiative in Libya. But did Putin and Erdoğan overreach and could the EU step in to seal a deal? Meanwhile, Brussels presented a new fu


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 January 16, 2020  28m
 
 

episode 148: Ep 133, presented by Gilead: Europe's Iran reaction — 2020 EU resolutions — New AIDS epidemic


The podcast welcomes the New Year with a spirited discussion about Europe's response to the U.S. assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Will the EU, France or the U.K. emerge as the power broker between Washington and Tehran or are Europe and


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 January 9, 2020  35m
 
 

episode 147: Ep 132: Top 2019 moments — UK vote fallout — Deepfakes — Catalonia's Alfred Bosch


In the last episode of 2019, the EU Confidential podcast crew selects their top political moments of the year — from the launch of the Brexit party in the U.K., to the Ibiza affair that toppled the Austrian government, and finally to the sidelines of an E


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 December 19, 2019  35m