Today in the EU

Why the German election is still not over

Yesterday, fifty-nine million voters cast their ballots in what is considered a defining election for Europe’s future. It was a big night for the Christian Democrats, which came out on top. This is a good…

What the EU can expect from NATO talks

NATO members are meeting in Brussels today for the first time since Trump took office to discuss defence spending pledges, GDP targets, and weapons delivery to Kyiv. The bloc is feeling the pressure. Trump infamously…

Making sense of Trump’s tariffs, what should the EU expect?

After Canada, Mexico, and China, the EU could be the next in the firing line. Donald Trump says EU tariff could be levied on the continent anytime soon. If he follows through, is Brussels ready…

After California, DeepSeek makes the EU nervous

The new Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1 is making waves worldwide as the start up behind it says it runs at a fraction of the cost of all existing models on the market. That seems…

Commission VP Ribera on political tensions in the way of the Clean Industrial Deal

Less than a month before the publication of the Clean Industrial Deal, Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera speaks to host Giada Santana and energy, environment and transport editor Donagh Cagney about competitiveness, environmental NGOs lobbying,…

What the uprising toppling Serbia’s PM means for the country’s future

Not many could have guessed that the 2024 railway accident in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-largest city, would spark some of the largest protests in the country’s post-Soviet history, ultimately leading to Prime Minister Miloš Vučević's…

Von der Leyen’s Competitiveness Compass explained

European Commission's President von der Leyen unveils today her 'North Star' of economic strategy: the Competitiveness Compass. Beyond the motto of simplifying and unifying, the document has drawn praise from businesses and raised alarms among…

What the EU stands to lose from Trump 2.0

For his first full day in office as 47th president, Donald Trump is expected to sign as many as 100 executive orders on climate, tariffs and national security. Meanwhile, the European Union remains without clear…

Why Brussels is excluded from the Israel-Hamas peace talks

Despite months of brokering by Qatar, Egypt, and the US, Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks have made little progress. The EU, which has contributed over €500 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians over the past 25 years…

Unpacking the Polish EU presidency with diplomat Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

For the next six months, Poland will chair the Presidency of the Council of the EU and coordinate the 27 member states under the motto ‘Security, Europe!’. But even just convincing countries to agree on what security…

Everything we know about cable-cutting incidents in the Baltic Sea

Leaders meet today to coordinate on how to better defend the Baltic Sea after the latest incident saw the cutting of four internet and one power transmission cable on Christmas day. EU officials suspect Russia…

Top10. How Musk’s White House appointment could test the EU

In this episode, we revisit a significant development in the transatlantic tech landscape: Elon Musk’s controversial appointment as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its potential impact on EU-US relations. Host…