Ep 154: Commission's €750B recovery plan — Battles ahead — Making 'Parlement' funny

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.4 • 205 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The European Commission this week unveiled a sweeping €750 billion proposal to get the EU's economies back on track. POLITICO's budget guru Lili Bayer, along with Andrew Gray, Matthew Karnitschnig and Rym Momtaz break down the plan and preview the battles ahead. We assess the mood in Commission HQ and around the Continent, and ask whether Ursula von der Leyen and her team have emerged strengthened from the skirmishes so far. Noé Debré, the creator of "Parlement," a TV comedy set in the European Parliament, is our special guest. POLITICO's Cristina Gonzalez and Maïa de La Baume get the behind-the-scenes scoop on how the show came about, how it's been received inside the Parliament and what makes EU lawmaking funny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.3	Welcome to EU Confidential. I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU editor. And it was a big week here
1:25.8	in Brussels with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
1:29.5	unveiling a 750 billion euro economic recovery plan. The new recovery fund would be financed by
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