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Special Edition: Stephen Brown — An audio appreciation
This special edition of the EU Confidential podcast reflects on the life and career of Stephen Brown, the POLITICO Europe editor in chief who died of…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 194: EU faces Beijing backlash — European astronauts in conversation
Episode 223
POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz, Matthew Karnitschnig and Stuart Lau get you up to speed on recent rows between China and the European Union — alo…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scandals — Syria conflict
Episode 222
POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz, Matthew Karnitschnig and Jakob Hanke Vela break down the Commission plan to give the EU more powers to stop vacci…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 192: AstraZeneca limbo — Vaccine export bans — COVID disinformation
Episode 221
As the European Commission proposes a digital certificate to allow for safe travel around the EU in the corona era, we debate how much that matters i…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 191: German election journey — EESC in spotlight
Episode 220
Our Trans-Germany Express stops first in Stuttgart to speak with POLITICO's Laurenz Gehrke about Sunday's regional elections. Then we head to Düsseld…
5 years ago
Ep 190: EU solidarity jabbed — Vaccine passports — China relations
Episode 219
POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton joins podcast regulars Andrew Gray and Rym Momtaz to discuss the implications of an increasing number of EU countries shoppi…
5 years ago
Ep 189: Message to Moscow — Frontier fracas — Euro English
Episode 218
EU foreign ministers this week gave the go-ahead for sanctions on Russian officials in response to the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. P…
5 years ago
Ep 188: Mario Draghi's return — Italian influence — Is the EU funny?
Episode 217
We discuss Italy's new prime minister, Mario Draghi, and explore how he will operate at home and on the European stage. Plus, we debate whether the E…
5 years, 1 month ago
Ep 187, presented by Equinor: Borrell Russia rumpus — Macron's rivals — Lithuania's foreign minister
Episode 216
We debate EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell's controversial trip to Moscow and hear from the foreign minister of a country that knows first-hand …
5 years, 1 month ago
Ep 186, presented by Equinor: Vaccine export fiasco — Von der Leyen's line — Belgian virologist
Episode 215
POLITICO trade reporter Jakob Hanke Vela talks us through how the Commission's export control scheme became more controversial as it evolved, culmina…
5 years, 1 month ago