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How about them assets — making Russia pay for Ukraine
Episode 436
The EU wants to lend €140 billion in cash from frozen Russian funds to Ukraine; Belgium is afraid it will be the one on the hook for paying it back. …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How to go from hero to zero, with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel
Episode 435
French President Emmanuel Macron has gone from “Mr. Europe” eight years ago to the solitary man by the Seine. At the same time, ex-German Chancellor …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How not to fall: Behind von der Leyen’s fightback and Macron’s meltdown
Episode 434
While the French government collapses in Paris, Ursula von der Leyen stands unshaken in Strasbourg.
It’s been a week of political tremors — some perf…
5 months ago
Humiliating Europe: Trump’s culture war and the EU’s response
Episode 433
What do Donald Trump’s culture war, Moldova’s EU ambitions, and Czechia’s upcoming parliamentary election have in common? They all reveal how Europe …
5 months, 1 week ago
Escalating trouble – Trump takes on the UN and Europe
Episode 432
Trump says Ukraine can win — but should Europe believe him?
At a hectic U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S. President Donald Trump stunned world …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Jourová’s secrets and Putin’s drone tests
Episode 431
From rule of law battles to inside stories, Věra Jourová looks back on a decade in the Berlaymont. The former European Commission vice president reca…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ursula’s Fight Song — who’s singing along?
Episode 430
“Europe is in a fight.”
With those words, Ursula von der Leyen set the tone for her State of the European Union speech — framing this as Europe’s “In…
6 months ago
Tyrants are forever: Has Europe missed its moment?
Episode 429
Under the jackhammers on Schuman, Brussels is filling back up for the rentrée — and the fault lines are showing.
Host Sarah Wheaton is joined by coll…
6 months, 1 week ago
Limping through the Trump era: Can Europe lead again?
Episode 428
From a picturesque mountain resort in Austria, at the European Forum Alpbach, host Sarah Wheaton unpacks fresh threats by the U.S. to hit countries w…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
EU's sweaty summer — what you missed (and what matters)
Episode 427
Just when we thought we could get a break for the summer, geopolitics had other plans.
This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by …
6 months, 3 weeks ago