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EU Confidential
EU Confidential
POLITICO

EU Confidential is a weekly European news and politics podcast published every Friday by POLITICO Europe. Each 30-minute episode features POLITICO’s analysis... more

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Episodes

The crown slips: How queen Ursula failed her transparency test

Those text messages Ursula von der Leyen didn’t want to share? The EU’s top court says that’s not OK. In a... more

16 May 2025 · 30 minutes
Populist currents and fragile coalitions: Trump’s shadow over Europe

Europe’s political center is wobbling. Again. In Germany, a dramatic Bundestag vote leaves new Chancellor Friedrich Merz bruised before he’s even... more

09 May 2025 · 31 minutes
How Trump transformed Europe in just 100 days

After 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s shock and awe, is the EU still stuck in stunned paralysis — or... more

02 May 2025 · 39 minutes
A divorce and a birthday: Five years of Brexit, 10 years of POLITICO

With POLITICO turning 10 and Brexit hitting 5 earlier this year, this episode of EU Confidential takes stock of two... more

25 Apr 2025 · 44 minutes
Holiday special: Driving toward a trade war with China

​This week, EU Confidential is on a spring break — but with trade tensions between the U.S. and the rest... more

18 Apr 2025 · 31 minutes
Trump blinks on tariffs. Can Europe exhale?

A tariff storm was brewing — and then, just like that, the forecast changed. Donald Trump shocked everyone by pausing... more

11 Apr 2025 · 30 minutes
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... more

04 Apr 2025 · 42 minutes
Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe's new best friend on security

Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what... more

28 Mar 2025 · 36 minutes
Dirty games in Brussels and war games in Europe

A lobbying frenzy, secret perks, and now police raids. Huawei’s cozy ties in Brussels have exploded into a full-blown corruption... more

21 Mar 2025 · 33 minutes
Can EU leaders handle a world on fire?

100 days in, Europe’s top leaders are facing a reality check.  Ursula von der Leyen talks about a new sense of... more

14 Mar 2025 · 39 minutes
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After 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s shock and awe, is the EU still stuck in stunned paralysis — or does it... more