In this episode of EU Confidential, we discuss the EU’s muddled response to the heinous attack on Israel in which Hamas killed over a thousand civilians and took dozens of people hostage, sparking outrage and disbelief.
Then we turn our focus to Poland. Host Suzanne Lynch brings us up to date on the crucial general election this Sunday and its potential impact on the EU and Poland’s relationship with Brussels. We hear from POLITICO’s Jan Cienski in Warsaw, who reports on the final stages of a bitter and brutal election campaign, and from Polish members of the European Parliament representing opposition parties in Poland – Róża Thun and Radoslaw Sikorski, outspoken critics of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. We invited PiS to join the conversation, but they declined.
Also in the episode, our producer Dionis Sturis speaks to pro-opposition demonstrators at a Polish anti-government protest in Brussels.
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Ukraine grain strain — Von der Leyen 2.0 — EU diplomacy in review
Finland joins NATO — Ukraine foreign minister in Brussels — EU's China visit
France & Germany on strike – Commission Legal Chief, Daniel Calleja Crespo
Economic jitters, French upheaval, arms for Ukraine — what’s occupying EU leaders
Das Auto debate — Activist Bill Browder on Russia's political prisoners
Viktor Orbán's political director — Sponsored flight flap — VDL meets Biden
New EU-UK chapter — VDL meets the king — Decoding Brussels-speak
Russia's war in Ukraine, one year on: How Europe has changed
VDL's texts — MEPs arrested — Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe
Zelenskyy in Brussels: the worst-kept secret in town — EU leaders on migration
EU-Ukraine summit — Fighter jets? — Moldovan President Maia Sandu
Scholz's tanks for your assistance — EU finance chief Mairead McGuinness: Crypto is like 'a religion'
From Davos: Tanks to Ukraine — Irish PM Leo Varadkar — EU-US trade fight
Director Oliver Stone talks nuclear power — EU economy chief Paolo Gentiloni
EU-US subsidy spat — Senator Joe Manchin — Diane von Furstenberg on Equality
Pessimistic CEOs — WEF after Klaus Schwab — Crypto trust deficit
POLITICO's World Economic Forum guide — Richard Edelman on trust
From Stockholm: Sweden shifts right on crime and migration — EU Council captaincy
2023 crystal ball — Qatargate update — Slovenian PM Robert Golob
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