458 Episodes

  1. Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth

    Published: 5/30/2025
  2. Leo Varadkar on Donald Trump, and the EU’s Israel dilemma

    Published: 5/23/2025
  3. The crown slips: How queen Ursula failed her transparency test

    Published: 5/16/2025
  4. Populist currents and fragile coalitions: Trump’s shadow over Europe

    Published: 5/9/2025
  5. How Trump transformed Europe in just 100 days

    Published: 5/2/2025
  6. A divorce and a birthday: Five years of Brexit, 10 years of POLITICO

    Published: 4/25/2025
  7. Holiday special: Driving toward a trade war with China

    Published: 4/18/2025
  8. Trump blinks on tariffs. Can Europe exhale?

    Published: 4/11/2025
  9. Beautiful beef: Le Pen, Varoufakis and the horseshoe theory of politics

    Published: 4/4/2025
  10. Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe's new best friend on security

    Published: 3/28/2025
  11. Dirty games in Brussels and war games in Europe

    Published: 3/21/2025
  12. Can EU leaders handle a world on fire?

    Published: 3/14/2025
  13. The US-EU breakup—what does it mean for Ukraine, and for peace?

    Published: 3/7/2025
  14. Can Germany’s next chancellor help Europe deal with Trump?

    Published: 2/28/2025
  15. Germany votes, Trump attacks, Europe reacts

    Published: 2/21/2025
  16. Europe’s future, brought to you by Putin and Trump

    Published: 2/14/2025
  17. How political is your pizza? The Mediterranean Diet and Europe's food battles

    Published: 2/7/2025
  18. Your guide to Trump’s Europe envoys

    Published: 1/31/2025
  19. In Trump's new era: does Europe still matter?

    Published: 1/24/2025
  20. Who’s in charge? What von der Leyen’s absence reveals about the EU

    Published: 1/17/2025

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EU Confidential is a weekly European news and politics podcast published every Friday by POLITICO Europe. Each 30-minute episode features POLITICO’s analysis of the top stories driving EU politics, as well as notable guests shaping European policy and deep-dive stories from around the Continent. It’s hosted by Sarah Wheaton, POLITICO’s chief policy correspondent, who is joined by reporters from around Europe. Discover our show notes for EU Confidential here: https://www.politico.eu/eu-confidential-podcast/