On this bumper edition of EU Confidential, we take you inside the two-day European People Party's Congress in Bucharest.
Host Sarah Wheaton and POLITICO's Eddy Wax reveal what was happening as the center-right EPP sealed the deal on its campaign manifesto and anointed its lead candidate for the European Parliament election: Ursula von der Leyen.
They speak exclusively to delegates and key EPP figures including Roberta Metsola, Manfred Weber, Thanasis Bakolas, Leo Varadkar, Michel Barnier, Petteri Orpo, Mariya Gabriel, Peter Liese, Adina Ioana Vălean, Petri Sarvamaa, Dara Murphy and Lídia Pereira.
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Episode 59: Inside the House of European History
Episode 58: Labor market secrets — EU school rules — Summit entry fee
Episode 57: Johannes Hahn — Western Balkans — Trump-Juncker love-in
Episode 56: Phil Hogan — Amélie de Montchalin (En Marche) — Juncker and Trump stumble
Episode 55, presented by Raytheon: Inside the NATO summit
Episode 54: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg — Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki — EU Parliament expense shock
Episode 53, presented by Google: Wolfgang Schäuble — Danny McCoy — EU's Migration Troubles
Episode 52, presented by Martens Centre: Women Rule! - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - Rome's Roma rhetoric
Episode 51: Helle Thorning-Schmidt — European Parliament election — Migration debate
Episode 50, presented by Google: How NGOs lobby the EU — OSF's Patrick Gaspard — Leaders get younger
Episode 49, sponsored by Barilla Foundation: Nicola Sturgeon — Journalist's revival — Irish vote
Episode 48: Big tech’s brain hijack — Data protection D-Day — Zuckerberg’s Brussels moment
Episode 47: Combating anti-Semitism — Boosting the Balkans — Europe from afar
Episode 46, presented by Grow with Google: Curbing idealism - EESC chief Luca Jahier - Hot mic hell
Episode 45: Margrethe Vestager — EU budget battle — Whistleblower protection
Episode 44, presented by Grow with Google: EU's energy future – Spencer Dale – Macron & Trump
Episode 43, presented by Grow with Google: Cécile Kyenge — Harassment investigation — Winking Macron
Episode 42: The Orbán effect — Mr. Data Protection — Harassment at EU gender equality agency
Episode 41: Bill Gates — Judging junkets — Greek MEPs' special stopover
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