Ep 141: Europe's coronavirus response — Carnival & anti-Semitism — Valdis Dombrovskis interview

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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4.4 • 205 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This episode of EU Confidential explores how Europe is responding to the coronavirus, with POLITICO's senior health reporter, Sarah Wheaton. We also take you to the Belgian city of Aalst, whose carnival celebrations have been widely condemned for anti-Semitism. POLITICO's Eddy Wax gets local reaction. And if you've ever wondered what superpower the European Commission's Valdis Dombrovskis would like to help him bolster "an economy that works for people," POLITICO's Bjarke Smith-Meyer asked him about that — and many other things, including how to square climate ambitions with economic growth. Annabelle Dickson sheds light on the battle between Boris Johnson's top adviser and “the blob.” Rym Momtaz examines why there isn't more Western outrage and political action over attacks on the Syrian province of Idlib. And Matthew Karnitschnig gets us up to speed on the three candidates vying to become the next leader of Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.4	We are going to do our utmost to support member states to address the situation.
1:07.5	We need to take this situation, of course, very seriously, but we must not give in to panic and even more importantly to disinformation.
1:18.6	Welcome to EU Confidential, the number one European politics podcast. I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's
1:25.0	EU editor in Brussels, and you just heard Stella Kiriakidis, the European Health Commissioner, talking about the coronavirus.
1:32.2	We'll get a health check on Europe's response to the virus later in the podcast.
1:36.6	We'll also take you to the Belgian city of Alst, where the local carnival has doubled down in the face of allegations of anti-Semitism,
1:44.8	and we'll hear from the EU's Economic Policy Supremo Valdez Dombrovskis.
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