Jul 4

Boiling in Brussels: Climate fights and Orbán vs. Pride

Europe baked, the Atomium shut early — and Brussels finally unveiled its long-delayed climate target. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with POLITICO Climate Reporter Louise Guillot, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Nick Vinocur and EU Politics Reporter Max Griera about the EU’s new 2 ... Show More

39m 17s

Jun 27

Of Daddies and Queens — from Trump to von der Leyen — and who’s really in charge in Europe

This week’s episode of EU Confidential comes to you from the Europa building in Brussels. We’ve been covering not one but two high-stakes gatherings, starting with NATO’s June 24-25 summit in The Hague, where Donald Trump got the royal treatment. June 26 brought the EUCO summit i ... Show More

36m 2s

Jun 20

What’s really behind Europe’s 5% defense push

As NATO leaders prepare to endorse a dramatic defense spending hike, Europe faces a reckoning: Where will the money come from — and will new tanks mean cuts to pensions? Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with Michelle Haas, a defense analyst at Ghent University and an associate fellow at ... Show More

45m 53s

Oct 2024

Left field: a new force in German politics

Our correspondent interviews Sahra Wagenknecht, the popular leftist whose eponymous political party is now making the political weather in Germany. How Russia is trying to sabotage Moldova’s attempt to move towards Europe (10:40). And why Tiktok is changing how we speak (17:38). ... Show More

22m 10s

Feb 2025

German elections: Impact and implications for Europe

The final episode of Searching for Deutschland—a special crossover with the World in 30 Minutes—sees experts from Berlin, London, Paris and Warsaw break down the result of Germany’s federal election and discuss what comes next. Coalition negotiations are underway; Germany's shift ... Show More

38m 13s

Jan 2025

Former Danish PM on Trump’s Greenland Rhetoric

Today on the show, Fareed speaks with former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen about President-elect Trump’s ambitions to purchase Greenland and what European leaders are expecting from the next four years. Then, the Financial Times’ Edward Luce joins to discuss Elon M ... Show More

43 m

Jun 6

Trump and Xi break the ice

US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level trade talks, the European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter point and Europe is being flooded with steel diverted from the US because of high tariffs. Plus, the FT’s Aanu ... Show More

11m 48s

Sep 2020

Episode #51 - Alexander Mercouris and the Long Reach of Brexit

This week I sit down with the Editor-in-Chief of The Duran, Alexander Mercouris, to discuss how the latest twists in the Brexit saga are having far-ranging influences on not only American politics but most especially European politics. There is a fascinating parallel between the ... Show More

1h 14m

Jan 2025

Election countdown: New Germany, new Europe, new podcast

With just five weeks remaining until the German federal election, Friedrich Merz's CDU is leading in the polls. But significant shifts in geopolitics—and opinion—can occur in weeks and days: and this election will take place in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s inauguration and ami ... Show More

32m 36s

Sep 2024

France finally gets a new PM

President Emmanuel Macron has named the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s next prime minister. Plus, Europe’s sustainable investment funds double down on defence stocks, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy carries out his biggest wartime cabinet resh ... Show More

11m 55s

Jan 2025

Europe confronts Trump: the politics of transatlantic relations

Less than two weeks into his second term and President Donald Trump is already dominating global headlines. From reigniting trade war threats and doubling down on his ambitions to acquire Greenland, to withdrawing from multilateral agreements and demanding that NATO allies alloca ... Show More

33m 50s

Jun 1

How Giorgia Meloni became Europe’s political superstar

Giorgia Meloni has world leaders falling at her feet and the Trump administration in her thrall. But how did she reinvent herself from leader of a minor neo-fascist party to the new political queen of Europe?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The ... Show More

29m 20s

Jan 2025

What do Germany and France want from Syria?

Germany and France's foreign ministers visit Syria telling the new leadership that lifting sanctions will depend on how the country's political future develops. So what do both sides want from each other - and what divides them? In this Episode: Haid Haid, Syrian Columnist and ... Show More

24m 9s

The EU's new power pyramid and migration...