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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Belarusian 'hijack' — Brussels food fight — Art of diplomacy
Ep 201, presented by Equinor: Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Laschet's foreign foray — Javier Solana
Ep 200, presented by Shell: Vaccine patent waivers — Macron gets mad — Facebook's Nick Clegg
Ep 199, presented by SQM: Media freedom — European travel — Social summit
Ep 198, presented by Equinor: Recovery recipes — Presidential problems — Scottish election
Ep 197: Germany's candidates — Super League shambles — data breach battles
Ep 196: Ukraine tension — Merkel succession battle — Marine litter
Ep 195: Sofagate — Central and Eastern Europe's COVID struggles — Ivan Krastev
Special Edition: Stephen Brown — An audio appreciation
Ep 194: EU faces Beijing backlash — European astronauts in conversation
Ep 193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scandals — Syria conflict
Ep 192: AstraZeneca limbo — Vaccine export bans — COVID disinformation
Ep 191: German election journey — EESC in spotlight
Ep 190: EU solidarity jabbed — Vaccine passports — China relations
Ep 189: Message to Moscow — Frontier fracas — Euro English
Ep 188: Mario Draghi's return — Italian influence — Is the EU funny?
Ep 187, presented by Equinor: Borrell Russia rumpus — Macron's rivals — Lithuania's foreign minister
Ep 186, presented by Equinor: Vaccine export fiasco — Von der Leyen's line — Belgian virologist
Ep 185, presented by BP: Europe's vaccine blame game — Brussels bubble struggles
Ep 184: Europe reacts to Biden's inauguration — Merkel succession
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