Episode 37, presented by DowDupont: Marianne Thyssen — Lulwah Al Khater — Selmayr vs the world
Ryan Heath talks to Marianne Thyssen, the European Commissioner for employment, about how she wants to overhaul EU policies on jobs, education and training to face up to globalization. She also talks ...
8 Mar 201848min
Ep. 36 : Tony Blair interview — Food bank furor — MEP of the week
Tony Blair came to Brussels this week with a clear message, delivered in this week's interview: I’m trying to stop Brexit, and there’s only one shot left — European immigration controls. If that idea ...
1 Mar 201837min
Episode 35, presented by Raytheon: Ben Hodges — Munich Security Conference — Brexit blockbusters
This week's episode features a review of the Munich Security Conference and an interview with Ben Hodges, who recently retired as commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe. Also on the podcast: ou...
22 Feb 201837min
Episode 34: Alexander Stubb — Spitzenkandidat — MEP of the Week
This week's special guest is Alexander Stubb, the former Finnish prime minister and ex-MEP who is now vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB). Stubb talks about how the bank will handle B...
15 Feb 201835min
Episode 33: Nick Clegg — Western Balkans tough love — Lambert van Nistelrooij
EU politics this week was all about shrinkage and enlargement. The shrinkage of course is Brexit, with the U.K. government again failing to set out its negotiating position and Michel Barnier sweeping...
8 Feb 201832min
Episode 32: Czech politics — Slovenian PM Cerar — German car industry experiments
It's a bumper episode this week. We hear from POLITICO's man in Prague, Siegfried Mortkowitz, about the good cop-bad cop Euroskeptic routine coming out of the Czech capital, and we catch up with a pri...
1 Feb 201837min
Episode 31: Direct from Davos — Dutch PM Mark Rutte — Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki
We've got the lowdown from Davos in another special edition from the World Economic Forum. The podcast features interviews with two prime ministers — the Netherlands' Mark Rutte and Poland's Mateusz M...
25 Jan 201837min
Davos Confidential 4: Theresa Time — Werner Hoyer — Trump’s warm-up act
Ryan Heath and Matthew Kaminski look ahead to Theresa May’s appearance in Davos, hot on the heels of speeches by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. Also in the daily podcast, they discuss U.S. officia...
24 Jan 201817min
