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Brussels Playbook Podcast — 90 episodes

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AI fears grow as von der Leyen takes the stage

2

Can less paperwork get EU workers moving?

3

The EU’s plan for ‘weaponized’ migration

4

Is Europe winning the ‘fight’? Von der Leyen’s SOTEU, one year on

5

Behind Trump's push to break the International Criminal Court

6

The EU’s Israel dilemma

7

Kaja Kallas takes another hit

8

Germany's far-right bombshell

9

What do Spain's migrant crisis and Germany's knife-edge election mean for Europe?

10

Dublin tests Europe's budget red lines

11

The plan to shut out Europe's far right

12

Europe gears up for its China counterpunch

13

What Iceland's 'no' means for the EU

14

Could Orbán lead Hungary again?

15

Can Canada teach Europe how to stand up to Trump?

16

France and Germany collide over Europe’s industrial future

17

Costa tours the capitals — while Merz rallies the penny-pinchers

18

What Ukraine needs to survive another winter

19

Week Ender archives: Is China the ‘abusive’ partner the EU just can’t quit?

20

Week Ender archives: Can Europe quit American Big Tech?

21

Week Ender: Verhofstadt on "Trumpism", plus summer must-reads

22

Why are Commission staffers so miserable?

23

Europe's Palantir problem

24

Can Europe contain the Ceuta fallout?

25

Ceuta triggers two days of EU emergency talks

26

Week Ender — Searing Contradiction: Wildfires and climate politics

27

The race to save von der Leyen’s big speech

28

The spectacular split in Poland’s right

29

Can Europe fight fires this big?

30

Trump reopens the tariff fight

31

Will Europe warm to Britain's new Prime Minister?

32

Brussels is coming for Google — and the bill could be huge

33

The EU’s Russia sanctions crunch

34

Zoya and the crew answer your questions

35

Week Ender: Did Europe dodge a summer travel crisis?

36

Parliament takes a break. The plotting begins.

37

The border that vanished overnight

38

A 'Super Tuesday' for a bigger EU

39

Why Europe still can’t agree on Israel

40

Week Ender: Why Europe can’t avoid Erdogan

41

Brussels gives cows a promotion

42

NATO’s boss says Trump was right

43

The verdict that could shake up French politics

44

The man behind the EU's Kremlin outreach

45

Bonus episode: Ernstfall — What if Russia attacks NATO?

46

Can NATO allies avoid a clash with Trump in Ankara?

47

Has Ukraine found Russia’s weak spot?

48

Nobody touch the farm budget — our 100th episode, live from Brussels

49

Europe’s awkward embrace of Turkey

50

Europe’s foreign policy turf war

51

Can Europe help repair the invisible scars of war?

52

Rebuilding Ukraine under the shadow of a presidential row

53

Can Europe’s big five get their act together in Berlin?

54

The Visegrád Four is back from the dead

55

Why tensions are high between Poland and Ukraine

56

Who should negotiate with Putin?

57

Europe’s budget war starts now

58

Von der Leyen won't run for a third term. Or will she?

59

The end of Brussels’ most important dinner party

60

Bardella warns Brussels he won’t moderate

61

Are voters hopelessly divided or universally angry?

62

The US embassy's divisive birthday bash

63

When K-pop diplomacy hits Brussels

64

Can Ireland defend its trade with Russia?

65

Albania's 'flamingo revolution' comes to Brussels

66

Can Europe quit American Big Tech?

67

Is Italy's Giorgia Meloni in trouble?

68

The jobs squeeze facing Europe

69

Who keeps the Russian shadow fleet afloat?

70

Europe’s toughest migration plan yet

71

China: the 'abusive' partner the EU just can’t quit?

72

The ban threat facing Europe's far right

73

Kallas, von der Leyen and the rivalry over EU intelligence

74

Should Europe talk to Putin?

75

From the Baltic to the Balkans: Putin is testing European leaders

76

Why are drones suddenly terrifying Europe?

77

Brussels wanted less red tape. It hasn't proved as easy as that.

78

Budapest and Kyiv break the ice

79

Why Brussels is getting tougher on China

80

Two transatlantic power brokers on why Europe should step up on Iran and double down on Ukraine

81

The Commission’s next big overhaul?

82

Could influencers crash future EU summits?

83

French cinema is spooked by the far right

84

Who’s “European” — and who’s not?

85

Field trip to Russia, anyone?

86

Why the EU is freaked out about a new AI model

87

The Parliament’s misspent €1.5 million

88

Putin’s ‘window of opportunity’ to test NATO

89

Why the ECB is in a tricky spot

90

The Hungary reset: Magyar in Brussels chasing EU funds