Omnibusted: The EU’s competitiveness conundrum ⊕
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European leaders have spent the week talking about how to make the EU more competitive — first with industry heavyweights in Antwerp, then behind closed doors at a leaders’ retreat in Belgium. On thi…
BONUS EPISODE: “Europe has to be saved from itself” — Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister ⊕⊕
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European leaders and defense ministers gathering at the Munich Security Conference are grappling with how to end the war in Ukraine as it approaches its fourth anniversary. But do they have any influ…
22 days ago
Can the EU decouple from Trump’s America? ⊕
Can the European Union really decouple from Donald Trump’s America — economically, politically, and strategically? In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton speaks with Mateusz Morawieck…
29 days ago
The Anxious Continent: Social media bans and boozy trade deals ○
Europe is testing how far it’s willing to go — at home and abroad. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton talks to Jonathan Haidt, author of the best-selling “The Anxious Generation.”…
36 days ago
What really happened after Trump blinked ⊖
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What a week! Tariff threats, Greenland brinkmanship and a dramatic Trump U-turn in Davos: EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit meant to pick up the pieces of the shattered transatl…
43 days ago
Trump bites. Europe grasps for an antidote. ○
“A little less conversation, a little more action.” That line from an old Elvis Presley song could double as a critique of Europe’s position right now — and as a prescription. On this episode of EU C…
6 months ago
EU’s sweaty summer — what you missed (and what matters) ○
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 POLITICO colleagues Jordyn Dahl, Gabriel Gavin and…
8 months ago
Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth ○
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Slaps were exchanged — some literal, some political — and suddenly Brussels isn’t just watching from the sidelines. This week on EU Confidential, we dive into a whirlwind of action across the contine…
10 months ago
Trump blinks on tariffs. Can Europe exhale? ○
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A tariff storm was brewing — and then, just like that, the forecast changed. Donald Trump shocked everyone by pausing his planned tariffs for 90 days (for all countries except China), throwing global…
Beautiful beef: Le Pen, Varoufakis and the horseshoe theory of politics ○
What do Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis and Donald Trump have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton breaks down the court decision that could end Le…