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EU Scream
Politics podcast from Brussels
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Ep.120: Hungary’s Deepening Dependency on Russian Oil
Three years ago, as part of efforts to weaken Putin's war chest, the EU banned imports of Russian crude oil. But those countries with a high dependenc...
Ep.119: Post-Truth Nation
There is an expanding landscape of lies, distortions, and half-truths shaping global politics. The latest instance is the immediate blame heaped on th...
Ep.118: Putting Guardrails On Playing God
The recent European heatwave killed some 2,300 people with more than half of deaths attributable to human-caused climate change. But what if temperatu...
Ep.117: Countdown to Budapest Pride
Millions of people in more than a hundred countries march at Pride festivities each year. Attendees come mostly to express support for lesbian, gay, b...
Ep.116: Gaza, Staatsräson, and von der Leyen
An initial wave of support for Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages has been eclipsed by 20...
Ep.115: A Real Nuclear Option for Orbán's Hungary
Call it the real nuclear option for bringing Viktor Orbán's Hungary to heel — but also call it a risky thought experiment. Tom Theuns of Leiden Univer...
Ep.114: High Noon for the Digital Services Act
Musk, Zuckerberg and Vance have stomped into the EU's canteen, overturned the tables, smashed the glasses, and drawn their pistols. They are scanning...
Ep.113: Germany, Gramsci, and the Rise of the AfD
Following the horrors of Nazism, the post-war far right needed to proceed strategically, and patiently, if it was ever to stage a comeback. Some far-r...
Ep.112: Resisting Nazi-era Narratives at the European Parliament
There are many more politicians and policymakers from the far right on our TVs, in our social media feeds, and in our legislatures. They have a new sw...
Ep.111: Trump, The Tech Coup, and the EU
Big Tech bosses. Their immensely profitable corporations. And the fabulously wealthy venture capitalists who fund them. They are gaining power over th...
Ep.110: Philosophy and Future Generations
Close your eyes. Imagine a young person you know and care about. Picture them at age 90. And then think about the kind of world you want to leave them...
Ep.109: Ministry for the Future IRL
There's a lot of talk right now about future generations. Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission says she'll create a portfolio with responsi...
Ep.108: Accountability in the Von Der Leyen Era, Greece, Pfizer, Iran
Border violence. Hostage diplomacy. Vaccine purchases. Just some of the areas where opaqueness in EU decision-making can erode public trust and ultima...
Ep.107: Shame, Falsification, Normalisation of Radical Right, EU Vote, The Lonely Olive
How did politics long deemed unacceptable go mainstream so quickly? Pundits have blamed disinformation, social media and growing distrust of elites. B...
Ep.106: Palestinian State, Ireland, Tony Connelly, James Joyce
Ireland and Spain are to grant formal recognition to a Palestine state as soon as this month. The move puts Dublin and Madrid at odds with most other...
Ep.105: Abortion Politics, EU Elections, Austria, Papayas, Slovenia
Abortion is a deal breaker for some voters. That's the case in the US where Joe Biden is making Donald Trump pay a political price for his role in ove...
Ep.104: Free speech, National Conservatives, Cordon sanitaire, CPAC
What's the best approach to fighting the hard right? Suppressing toxic views? Or contesting them publicly? The answer lies in the middle of course — a...
Ep.103: Politics and Eurovision, Sweden v France, Ukraine v Russia, Israel
Some people love Eurovision. Others don't get it. But beyond the camp and kitsch of the annual song contest there's much to observe about the politics...
Ep.102: European Parliament and Race, Aya Nakamura, Diversity and Policing
Opposition to French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura performing at the Paris Olympics is whipped up by the "fachosphère" in France. The former head of the...
Ep.101: Greenland Trump, WW3 Denmark, Rwanda Model, War Council
Donald Trump wanted to buy it; Mette Frederiksen said it wasn't for sale. Greenland and its ownership is for Greenlanders to decide, the Danish prime...
Ep.100: Frontex in Greece, Abortion in France
Frontex, the EU border and coast guard, is the bloc's best funded agency costing upwards of a billion euros a year. There are plans for a standing cor...
Ep.99: Conflict Data, Navalny, Militias, Gaza, German Farmers
The world is growing more violent. Worst affected countries include Myanmar, Syria and Mexico as well as those experiencing more obvious crises like G...
Ep.98: Orbán rattled, Fortifying Germany against the AfD, Farmer rampage
Markus Becker of Der Spiegel describes a developing situation in Germany where the popularity of the far-right AfD party has surged over the past year...
Ep.97: Terry Reintke, Looking to Ban ID, Article 2, AfD, Le Pen
Terry Reintke unhesitatingly describes some EU lawmakers with anti-European and far-right views as fascists. Her directness stands in sharp contrast t...
Ep.96: NATO, Post-Trump Stress Disorder, Breton, Rutte vs Kallas
The prospect of a wider conflict with Russia under a scenario where Donald Trump is back in the White House has spooked Europe. Thierry Breton, a Euro...
Ep.95: Draghi, Michel, Acca Laurentia, Meloni and Putin
Mario Draghi is the obvious candidate to be the next president of the European Council. The job involves leading the meetings of EU heads of state and...
Sleepwalking Into 2024
Jacques Delors passed away this week. He was the longest serving president of the European Commission. But what made Delors such a towering figure was...
Big Meat’s Big Win in Europe
Big Meat had a good year in Europe. Plans to set emission limits for large-scale cattle farms were scrapped. Rules requiring landowners to restore wet...
Rethinking the Race for Metals and Minerals
EU industrial policy for silicon chips to space technologies to electric vehicles too often seems to rely on Europeans prevailing in a global race to...
How to Take On Elon Musk
The problem of X as a source of hate and a threat to democracy is back at the top of the policy agenda. Elon Musk's social media platform circulated a...
Eurowhiteness and a Far-Right EU
We need to talk about a Far Right EU. Nativists and ultraconservatives are being actively courted by the European mainstream including at the level of...
How Eurowhiteness Shapes the EU
Europeans are comfortable talking about whiteness in the American context. But when it comes to their own continent, not so much. That serves to shut...
When Conservatives Endanger Democracy — Revisited
News from Spain where a far-right political party called Vox lost seats in the recent general election. Vox are culture warriors in the mould of the U...
Polish State Media Gone Rogue
Polish state media still is treated as a legitimate public service by European authorities. Yet many Poles refer to it as a factory of hate. They say...
The Man Bringing Beyond Growth to Brussels
Philippe Lamberts is advancing one of the most progressive agendas ever to reach the upper echelons of the EU power structure. This month the co-head...
The Assault on NGOs
Conveniently at the heart of the EU Qatargate corruption scandal is a rogue NGO. Conveniently, that is, for EU officials and lawmakers who dislike non...
Corruption in the Family
Families can go wrong. And unless you've been under a rock these last weeks, you'll know that a number of members of the Socialist family at the Europ...
Mars Returns
Putin's barbarism is somehow felt by us all even though it can be hard to get to grips with the magnitude of what's at stake. One reason may be what w...
Ethics After Qatargate
The European Parliament is reeling from corruption allegations involving the Gulf state of Qatar. Members' offices have been sealed. Raids have been c...
Bad Karma
The European Union wants India as a strategic ally. And India loves the positive attention it's getting from Europe. Both sides are trying to speed up...