Spain, Greece and Germany seal migrant swap deal
Spain, Greece and Germany struck a trilateral migration deal of “reciprocal cooperation” in addition to a wider EU migration deal reached at an EU summit Friday, the Spanish and Greek governments...
View ArticleItaly’s Salvini promises new Euroskeptic bloc in 2019
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and leader of the right-wing League, promised Sunday to expand the League’s Italian success into a new EU-wide nationalist bloc for the 2019 European...
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Merkel migration deals not in the bag
In the battle over migration between German conservatives, Angela Merkel may have scored an own goal. Her conservative party claims the chancellor has negotiated with 16 other EU countries on...
View ArticlePolish PM to decry Brussels ‘populism’ in European Parliament address
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will stand firm behind his country’s controversial judiciary reforms when he addresses the European Parliament on Wednesday, and even attempt to label Brussels’...
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8 NATO countries to hit defense spending target
Jens Stoltenberg has a present for Donald Trump ahead of the NATO summit next week. The secretary-general of the military alliance said three additional NATO members will in 2018 meet a pledge to spend...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 54: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg — Polish PM —...
We’ve got a bumper episode for you featuring NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg who’s got a present for Donald Trump ahead of next week’s NATO summit in Brussels. There’s also Polish Prime...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 55: The messiest summit — NATO and nuclear — Surreal...
A special defense-themed episode of EU Confidential takes you inside the tense NATO summit — where United States President Donald Trump came in like a wrecking ball, and Jean-Claude Juncker left...
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How to play Donald Trump, in 9 acts
How do you solve a problem like Donald? U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to conform to diplomatic norms presents a challenge for leaders who have to stand next to him. On Monday, Russian President...
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Macron and Salvini face off over Continent’s future
When it comes to their politics, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini couldn’t be further apart. Macron is a former investment banker who styles himself as a...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 56: Phil Hogan — Amélie de Montchalin — Juncker &...
Amélie de Montchalin, a French member of Parliament with Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party explains why its undemocratic to finalise the EU’s next seven-year budget ahead of the 2019 EU election....
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Beware Chinese Trojan horses in the Balkans, EU warns
The EU has sounded the alarm about China’s role in the Western Balkans, warning that Beijing could turn countries in the region into Trojan horses that would one day be European Union members. European...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 57: European Commissioner Johannes Hahn — Juncker...
In this episode, Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for enlargement negotiations and neighborhood policy, talks us through the Western Balkans. It’s a region whose countries desperately want into...
View ArticleBritish EU diplomats to be recalled to Brussels in 2019
The European Commission and European External Action Service will recall all British diplomats working in EU embassies around the world no later than September 2019, according to a letter obtained by...
View ArticleBelgium criticized for charging journalists to attend EU summits
A Belgian decision to charge journalists €100 per year to attend summits of EU leaders was criticized by unions and the European Commission. Journalists were informed this week by the European Council...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 58: LinkedIn’s Sue Duke — EU school rules — Summit...
In this week’s main interview, we hear from Sue Duke, the global head of public policy for LinkedIn. She explains what policymakers are learning about labor markets from the masses of data generated...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 59: Inside the House of European History
It’s all heatwave and no political crisis so far this August, which gives us a chance step back and look at Europe’s history in this week’s podcast episode. The House of European History in Brussels...
View ArticleGuy Verhofstadt: Post-Brexit EU citizens plan worthy of ‘budget airline’
European Parliament legislators are “deeply concerned” at reports the U.K. may seek to process EU citizens applying for post-Brexit settled status in alphabetical order, with the assembly’s Brexit...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 60: Summer stories — Tattoo blues to potato news —...
This week, we mix the format up: not one guest, but many. POLITICO reporters talk us through the stand-out stories they’ve worked on this summer. Ginger Hervey and Jillian Deutsch talk about the EU...
View ArticleWe’ve reached peak Barnier
Michel Barnier has had an incredible run as the EU’s Brexit negotiator. But starting now, his luck and limelight are running out. We may be about to hit peak Barnier. When Jean-Claude Juncker in 2016...
View ArticleEU Confidential Episode 61: Brexit scenarios unpacked — Headscarf-free holidays
This week we hit peak Barnier — the height of the EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier’s influence. From now until the finish of Brexit negotiations, politicians will frequently muscle into his...
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