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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This week, we mix the format up: not one guest, but many. We've asked POLITICO reporters to talk us through stand-out stories they've produced this summer.Ginger Hervey and Jillian Deutsch talk about the EU getting under the skin of the tattoo industry,


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 August 16, 2018  34m
 
 

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 August 9, 2018  22m
 
 

episode 64: Episode 58: Labor market secrets — EU school rules — Summit entry fee


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 August 2, 2018  33m
 
 

episode 63: Episode 57: Johannes Hahn — Western Balkans — Trump-Juncker love-in


Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for enlargement negotiations and neighborhood policy, talks us through the Western Balkans. It's a region whose countries desperately want into the EU club, but which still has a lot of work to do in overcoming the leg


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 July 26, 2018  38m
 
 

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 July 19, 2018  35m
 
 

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 July 12, 2018  30m
 
 

episode 60: Episode 54: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg — Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki — EU Parliament expense shock


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 July 5, 2018  36m
 
 

episode 59: Episode 53, presented by Google: Wolfgang Schäuble — Danny McCoy — EU's Migration Troubles


It’s summit week: crammed with migration and Trump and eurozone and Brexit and will-Merkel-stay-or-go drama.One man who could benefit greatly from Merkel going is Wolfgang Schäuble, her long-time rival and finance minister, now president of the Bundesta


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 June 28, 2018  41m
 
 

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 June 21, 2018  34m
 
 

episode 57: Episode 51: Helle Thorning-Schmidt — European Parliament election — Migration debate


Helle Thorning Schmidt, the former Danish PM who's now head of Save the Children International, is our main guest. Host Ryan Heath asks her about tackling populism and who should lead Europe.Ryan also talks to Jaume Duch, who runs communications for the


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 June 14, 2018  35m