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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Partygate fallout — Estonian PM Kaja Kallas — Cecilia Malmström on EU trade
Latvia's war worries — Neutrals for NATO? — Polish MEP Patryk Jaki
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola — Macron on EU — Merkel's next gig
Omicron tidal wave — Remembering David Sassoli — Russia standoff
Previewing 2022 — Russian brinkmanship — DOT Europe's Siada El Ramly
Key 2021 political moments — Hearing from listeners — Politics of Jesus
Germany's new government — Denglish debate — POLITICO 28
OMG it's Omicron — China's EU strategy — Amnesty's Agnès Callamard
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg — New German government — Luuk van Middelaar
COP26 climate drama — Top US foreign policy adviser Derek Chollet
4th wave — Whistleblower Frances Haugen — EU border blackmail
COP26 catch-up — Tech boss John Collison — EU gets (even) funnier
COP26 and G20 preview — Glasgow gears up — Lessons for liberalism
Hungary's would-be PM — Rule-of-law ripples — German coalition talks
EU energy prices — Curtains for Kurz — Poland courts controversy
Macron's US stance — Western Balkans summit — Dark EU lobbying
Who is Olaf Scholz? — German election aftermath — EU-US trade and tech push
Special edition: German election results
German election explained — French fury at Australian sub snub
State of the European Union — German election latest
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