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The EU's energy dilemma
Episode 20
Energy markets are on edge as Iran tensions disrupt shipping and threaten supply shocks. EU foreign ministers and energy ministers meet in Brussels t…
17 hours ago
Europe should back American strikes on Iran, says key Merz ally
The mixed messages by President Trump and his administration about how long the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran will last have unnerved allies and shak…
3 days, 19 hours ago
Zelenskyy vs. Orbán
Episode 19
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging Europe to find a way around Hungary.
In an interview with POLITICO’s Gordon Repinski, Zelenskyy cal…
4 days, 17 hours ago
Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat
Ukraine is running out of money to fight Russia — but Hungary still isn’t budging on its opposition to the EU’s €90 billion loan to Kyiv.
On today’s …
5 days, 17 hours ago
Europe braces for an energy crisis
European leaders haunted by memories of the 2022 energy crisis are bracing for impact as the war in the Middle East begins to drive up oil and gas pr…
6 days, 17 hours ago
Von der Leyen accused of overreach
Some European governments are arguing Commission President Ursula von der Leyen overstepped her mandate in her response to the U.S.-Israeli war with …
1 week ago
How Europe survives when there are no rules
For decades, Europeans shared a simple belief: that the world — however messy — ultimately runs on rules.
But what if the escalating war in Iran show…
1 week, 3 days ago
Iran war: Europe weighs migration risk
Episode 15
A controversial new idea on EU enlargement is stirring debate in Brussels. Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton unpack a proposal known as “reverse en…
1 week, 4 days ago
The making of 'Made in Europe'
Episode 14
“Made in Europe” is finally here.
After four delays and fierce internal battles, the European Commission unveils its Industrial Accelerator Act — a p…
1 week, 5 days ago
Caught between wars
Episode 13
Europe is no longer watching the conflict in the Middle East from a distance — it’s directly entangled.
Iranian missiles flying over Cyprus. EU leade…
1 week, 6 days ago