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The Eurointelligence Podcast
by Eurointelligence Team
Our weekly take on Europe and geopolitics, short version. eurointelligence.substack.com
Episodes
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France in a debt trap
In our latest podcast, our team debates whether France will have a debt crisis, and the difficulties the ECB will have to intervene, should it come to this. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Sanchez - Last of the Big Beasts of the left
In our latest podcast, the Eurointelligence team discusses the bold move by Pedro Sanchez to call a general election, despite being behind in the polls. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The unmentioned AI risk
In our latest podcast, our team discusses why Europe has such negative attitudes towards AI, and the economic consequences of being left behind in the single most consequential technological innovation this century. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
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Downstream and downhill
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the causes and consequences of the higher prices for oil and its derivatives, and whether this could trigger financial and political crises in the West. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Why the far-right succeeds
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the surge in support for the far-right in Germany, France and Italy, and what these parties have in common. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Three risk scenarios
In our latest podcast, our team discusses three looming risk scenarios for the global economy - Hormuz, global imbalances, and rising interest rates This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Oil wars
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the politics and economics of the latest closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Le Pen
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the political and economic consequences of Marine Le Pen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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The Great European Car Crash
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the reasons why the European car industry is declining, to which extent it is a macroeconomic phenomenon, how European politicians react to it, and how China will react to their reactions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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Geopolitics and AI
In this podcast, our team discusses the geopolitical consequences of AI. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Why Defence Cooperation does not work in Europe
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the collapse of the Future Combat Air System, a massive setback to European hopes for strategic autonomy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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An age of inflation
In our latest podcast our team discusses the cyclical and structural causes behind the rise in inflation, and why these causes are likely to persist. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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China Shock 2.0
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the implications of the China shock 2.0 for the European economy, and how to respond. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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The bigger question in British politics
In our latest podcast, our team discusses this week's failed coup against Keir Starmer amidst a total lack of alternative agendas. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Merz - the Downfall
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the fall and decline of Friedrich Merz, in his foreign and domestic policies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Opec's Brexit moment
In our latest episode, our team discusses the broader implications of the UEA's exit from Opec, and from what it says about the decline of international institutions. For the long version of this episode published every Wednesday please subscribe to eurointelligence.com. This is a public episode....
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Economic consequences of a long blockade
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the economic consequences of the Iran scenario we are now in - a long drawn-out diplomatic process with no obvious compromises. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The beginning of the end for the far right?
In our latest podcast, our team discusses why governments of the far-right are failing when they fail. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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A geopolitical singulatity
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the implications of Trump's retreat, for the future of the Middle East, supply chain security, the transatlantic alliance, and Ukraine. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Home alone in Nato
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the long-term consequences of Europe's decision to deny US requests for the use of joint bases and overflight rights for its war against Iran. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Curse of Italian referenda
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the curse of Italian referenda, and whether Meloni can extricate herself from the political mess she created. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Chokepoints
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on energy markets, supply chains and food security. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Strait through Hormuz
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz for Iran and the US in this war. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Getting dragged into a new war
In our latest podcast, our team discusses how European countries are being dragged into the Iran war. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Europe's new 30 years war
In our latest podcast, our team discusses what it would take for the Ukraine war would end, and why the preconditions are not in place - yet. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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After Lagarde
In our latest episode, our team discusses the next ECB president in the context of French politics and Europe's role in the global economy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Europe's car industry crash
In our latest podcast, our team discusses Europe's unfolding car industry disaster - a cautionary tale of hubris turning to nemisis. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Le Pen is back in the picture
In our latest podcast, our team discusses a decision by the French prosecutor not to seek a provisional ban for Marine Le Pen. This does not preclude a ruling, but raises Le Pen's chances to be able to run in 2027. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
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If Starmer stays
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the state of UK politics, and things may not look as bad for Starmer as the media coverage would suggest. For starters, productivity is starting to rise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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How to become independent
In our latest podcast, our team discusses what it would take for the EU to become truly independent of the US. Don't hold your breath. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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How to understand Trump's foreign policy
In our latest podcast, our team discusses how the rest of the world, and Europe especially, should deal with US foreign policy, and the de-multilateralisation of the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Annus Horribilis
In our last podcast of the year, our team looks back at 2025. It was an annus horribilis for the EU. Will 2026 be better? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Squeezed
This week's podcast is about why the EU keeps on folding when under pressure from the US and China. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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How not to sequester
Our latest podcast is about the difficulties the European asset sequestration scheme has run into, and on whether the Europeans will maintain their Russian gas ban after the war. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Deficits explode everywhere - even in Finland
Today's podcast is about Europe's exploding deficits. Growth is weak, fiscal positions are fragile, and we are spending a lot more money on defence and Ukraine, all funded through debt. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Why Europe Can't Reform
In our latest podcast, we discuss why all European governments are struggling with reform - whether they have systems of proportional representation of first-past-the-post. Something bigger is at play. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
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Confused about China
In our latest episode, our team discusses Europe's dependence on China, and the important role Germany plays in informing the EU/China trading relationship. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Death and Taxes - coming near you
In our latest podcast, our team discusses why Rachel Reeves' problems are much more common than you might think. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Europe's faltering strategy to support Ukraine
In our latest podcast, our team discusses Europe's faltering efforts to support Ukraine. Beyond virtue signalling, there was never a strategy to begin with. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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What to do about China's chokeholds
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the political and economic consequences of China's export controls of rare earths and rare earth magnets. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Only in France?
In our latest episode we are discussing the political chaos in France, what to make of it and whether it is unique or reflects a wider phenonemon This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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A sack of rice falls over in Europe
In our latest podcast, our team discusses China's industrial policy, Europe's growing innovation gap and why no industrial policy will fix this. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Is Italy a fiscal rolemodel?
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the fiscal mess in large European countries, and ask the question whether France and Germany can learn from Italy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Rising deficits, falling productivity, coming to a country near you
In our latest podcast, our team discusses a disturbing common theme in Europe's political economy - a rise in structural fiscal deficit combined with falling productivity growth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Prime Minister No. 5
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the political and economic consequences of Sébastien Lecornu. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Bayrou's gamble
In our latest podcast, our team discusses the forthcoming vote of confidence in Francois Bayrou's government - and what is at stake for France and Europe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Can Trump succeed?
In our latest podcast, the team discusses the Ukraine peace diplomacy, with a focus on the security guarantees, land swaps, and how to fund the post-war reconstruction. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Caving in to Trump
In our last podcast before the holidays, our team discusses the European response to Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. The Europeans are all over the place, with the Germans ready to accept any deal, and the French willing to respond with the most extreme policy instruments available to the EU....
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What to do about China
In our latest podcast our team discusses the EU's complicated, and deteriorating relationship with China. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eurointelligence.substack.com/subscribe
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Let's all borrow some money
In our latest, long, podcast, our team discusses the consequences of higher government debt in all of the west's large economies. We are not going to grow out of this. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Our weekly take on Europe and geopolitics, short version.
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