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Italy could blow up Europe as we know it
FLORENCE, Italy — As Italy’s leading vote-getters work through the weekend to hammer out a coalition deal — about time, some might add, two months after the election — the EU and Brussels...
View ArticleJuncker attacks ‘part-time Europeans’ among EU governments
FLORENCE, Italy — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday attacked “part-time” Europeans among the governments of EU member countries and called for greater solidarity within the...
View ArticleFederica Mogherini: Iran nuclear deal will hold
FLORENCE, Italy — The Iran nuclear deal can survive without the United States’ support, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said Friday. Speaking at a State of the Union conference,...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential Episode 47: Combating anti-Semitism — Boosting the...
We dive right in with two interviews — the first with the EU’s coordinator for combatting anti-Semitism, Katharina von Schnurbein. Then we speak to Martina Larkin, who is heading up a World Economic...
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Europeans love the EU (and populists too)
For the first time since 2007, more Europeans than not believe “my voice counts in the EU,” according to a survey of over 27,000 people across the Continent. Yet the same poll — released Wednesday to...
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4 biggest risks to Europe’s 2019 election
A majority of Europeans believe the EU is heading in the wrong direction, but Brussels hopes to convert that dissatisfaction into democratic zeal rather than more political apathy. With a year to go...
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GDPR power matrix: Who will define Europe’s privacy regime?
Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett for POLITICO When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation enters into force this week, the political calculus around it shifts. The authors and...
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5 VIPs who have stake in Ireland’s vote — and don’t know it
The results of Friday’s vote in Ireland on whether to repeal a near-complete constitutional ban on abortion will send tremors far beyond the Irish border. Everyone from U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 48: Big tech’s brain hijack — GDPR slip-ups...
Another week, another set of upheavals: they ranged from a canceled peace summit with North Korea to an CV-inflating professor getting Italy’s top job and onto major American websites blocking...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 49, sponsored by Barilla Foundation: Nicola...
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon talks to host Ryan Heath in an interview recorded in front of an audience at POLITICO’s Brussels HQ. Sturgeon shares her views on Brexit, the chances of...
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Europe’s youth wave
In 2018 European politics it’s hip to be young, male and railing against the establishment. While many expected the Continent’s economic crisis to upend the political order, the backlash took longer to...
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Spanish minister not quitting EU role raises conflict of interest fears
Spain’s new Socialist government faces its first ethical dilemma: Should Nadia Calviño, the economy and enterprise minister, be forced to resign from her job as a top European Union official in...
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Helle rides into Brussels
The EU’s de facto capital is preparing to change sets and turn over its top roles to a new cast of characters in 2019. While many expect the changeover to be a coronation for the chosen candidates of...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 51: Helle Thorning-Schmidt — European...
Helle Thorning Schmidt, the former Danish PM who’s now head of Save the Children International, is our main guest. Host Ryan Heath asks her about tackling populism and who should lead Europe. Ryan...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 50, presented by Google: Juncker’s Quebec...
Our podcast panel discusses the new generation of heads of state and government who’ve brought the average age of EU leaders under 50 for the first time. But after 15 current and former heads of...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 52, presented by Martens Centre: Women Rule! —...
This week’s theme is Women Rule! Our feature interview is with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of U.N. Women, who’s got passionate views about violence, #MeToo and more. Mlambo-Ngcuka spoke...
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EU competition’s women problem
The European Commission’s all-powerful Competition department admits it has a problem promoting women right to the top. That may seem odd when, at the political level, women do hold the very top...
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Viktor Orbán cements place in Europe’s new center right
Some European center-right politicians have grown so fed up with Viktor Orbán, the godfather of “illiberal democracy,” that they want to kick him out of their club. They’re stuck with him. Moderates in...
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Jyrki Katainen won’t run for Commission president
Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said Wednesday that he will not run for European Commission president next year, clearing the way for another former Finnish prime minister, Alexander Stubb, to...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 53, presented by Google: Wolfgang Schäuble — Danny...
It’s summit week: crammed with migration and Trump and eurozone and Brexit and will-Merkel-stay-or-go drama. One man who could benefit greatly from Merkel going is Wolfgang Schäuble, her long-time...
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