EU Confidential episode 108: Brussels lobbying godfather Paul Adamson — The...
In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the life of a lobbyist, the latest in the Brussels hustle, and the recent transatlantic twitterstorm. This week’s feature interview is with Paul Adamson, the...
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Don’t underestimate Ursula
She was elected Commission president with a wafer-thin majority — the lowest margin in the office’s history. She’s in political trouble back home, where the German parliament is investigating...
View ArticleEU Confidential episode 109, presented by BP: Public affairs supremo Mette...
Mette Grolleman, general manager of public affairs consultancy FleishmanHillard’s Brussels office, joins us for this week’s feature interview. Mette has been on both sides of the political street —...
View ArticleEU Confidential podcast episode 110: Brussels noir with author Peter May —...
In our brand new podcast episode, best-selling author Peter May talks about his political thriller set in Brussels, The Man With No Face, just republished four decades after he wrote it. Forget the...
View ArticleEU Confidential episode 111: Inside UK parliament’s groping, harassment,...
This week we return to a familiar EU Confidential topic: toxic parliamentary environments. As Boris Johnson begins his term as U.K. prime minister on a fast and furious Brexit course, Annabelle...
View ArticleEU Confidential Goes Green episode 112, presented by Bayer: Electrification...
This week we’re going green again: Ryan Heath talks to Kristian Ruby, who runs Eurelectric and the Electrification Alliance, a group of more than 50 organizations promoting a shift to electricity...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 113, presented by Citi: European Commission...
In our just-released episode of the EU Confidential podcast, host Ryan Heath talks to European Commission veteran Megan Richards. A Canadian who rose to hold senior positions in the EU executive,...
View ArticlePOLITICO EU Confidential episode 114, presented by Shell: POLITICO’s Ryan Heath
Listen to EU Confidential now on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Spotify In this episode the POLITICO team turns the tables on Ryan Heath, who finishes as host of EU...
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The Brussels coffee guide
In Brussels, coffee and politics are two sides of the same coin. Lots of meetings, dreary office buildings and gray skies mean regular caffeine hits are essential in Europe’s de facto capital. However,...
View ArticleUS envoy takes aim at EU’s next trade chief
The United States has fired the first warning shots at the EU’s next trade commissioner before he’s even taken office. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, branded comments about Donald...
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Meet the most powerful woman in Washington not named Nancy
WASHINGTON — Get used to pronouncing Kristalina Georgieva’s name (it’s Gor-ghee-ava). She’s the most powerful woman in Washington not named Nancy. Her new job atop the International Monetary Fund — the...
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Hong Kong activists urge UK to give ex-colony’s residents ‘real citizenship’
HALIFAX, Canada — A delegation of Hong Kong democracy activists has accused Britain’s prime ministerial contenders of abandoning millions of people who grew up in the territory when it was a British...
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From impeachment to death sentences: How other countries punish wayward leaders
U.S. President Donald Trump thinks he’s suffered more injustice than the alleged witches of Salem, but it could be worse. Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharaff faced possible impeachment in...
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Foreign diplomats brace for 4 more years of Trump
It’s the best of times and the worst of times to be a diplomat in the United States. Under Donald Trump’s presidency, the predictability craved by ambassadors is gone. But that also means diplomatic...
View ArticleDavos elite talk climate and Australian fires, without Australia
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is freaking out about climate change, but the world’s latest climate villain — the Australian government — is outside the room. Australia’s bush fires have decimated an...
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Trump roars, and Davos shrugs
DAVOS, Switzerland — Two years ago U.S. President Donald Trump flew here and took the gathering of elites at the World Economic Forum by storm. Every conversation seemed to revolve around the American...
View ArticleSoros accuses Facebook of helping re-elect Trump
DAVOS, Switzerland — George Soros accused Facebook of working to re-elect Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. election campaign in exchange for protection. “Facebook will work to re-elect Trump and Trump...
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Huawei decision shows the limits of US power — and Britain’s
For the United States, Boris Johnson’s embrace of Huawei is a potential tipping point in Washington’s faltering struggle with Beijing for global technological and economic dominance. For the United...
View ArticleSay hello to invisible Brexit
BRUSSELS — Britain is leaving the European Union this weekend with a whimper. It took one referendum, two national elections, three prime ministers and four years of continentwide political anguish for...
View ArticleNew British ambassador parachutes into a diplomatic firestorm
Britain has appointed veteran diplomat Karen Pierce as its new ambassador to the United States. Pierce will replace Kim Darroch, who was forced to quit the post in 2019 after a damaging leak of...
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