Podcast Selection

The EU’s €13bn bite into Apple

The EU’s top court orders Apple to pay €13bn in back taxes, and the Federal Reserve halves its proposed capital requirement increase for the largest US banks. Plus, we talk to the FT’s Benjamin Parkin…

Can Europe rely on private capital to achieve its goals?

It’s no secret that Europe is facing some of the biggest challenges in its history, from the digital and green transition to climate adaptation and mitigation, along with the need to boost its security and…

Everything we know about the Draghi report

Europe’s economic future

Bruegel and the Financial Times partnered up to host a debate featuring lead candidates from major EU political parties on EU economic issues, namely growth, the single market, economic security and the EU budget. The…

A vision for the future: Adapting Europe’s single market

When Europe’s single market was first conceived in the 1980s, the number of member states was half of what it is today, the Soviet Union still existed, Germany was not yet reunified, and the Chinese…

What visions for Europe? Unpacking EU parties’ economic strategies

Bruegel and the Financial Times partnered up to host a debate featuring representatives from EU political parties on EU economic issues, specifically competitiveness and growth, economic security and green transition. Rebecca Christie sits down with…

The EU’s economic destiny, according to the Letta report

In today’s episode of Today in the EU, we decrypt the core messages of the 147-page long report by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta that all EU institutions have been waiting for. Letta’s analysis of the…

Summit with focus on Iran’s attack and EU’s competitiveness

In this episode of our ‘Today in the EU’ podcast, we’re looking into this week’s EU summit and the pressing topics on the agenda. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on 17-18 April for an…

Capital markets union – why now?

European Union leaders want to breathe new life into the Capital markets union, the decade-old project to reduce fragmentation and put finance to work for the single market. In this episode of the Sound of…

The EIB is looking into relaxing lending criteria for military investments

In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we’re diving into the EU’s lending arm’s intention to“stretch” its investment remit beyond financing dual-use goods that can be exploited for civilian and military…

Why inflation is sticking around

Strengthening EU competitivenss

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie sits down with Oya Celasun, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s European Department, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Director of Bruegel, to talk about EU competitiveness.…