Ep 164: Belarus crisis — Germany's environment minister — Iran sanctions

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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4.4 • 204 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The EU's approach to the Belarus crisis and a new transatlantic battle over sanctions on Iran are up for debate in this week's episode, while Germany's Environment Minister Svenja Schulze sets out her plans to steer EU climate policy. Security forces in Belarus have cracked down violently on protesters who took to the streets after strongman Alexander Lukashenko claimed reelection as president in a vote widely condemned as fraudulent. POLITICO's Andrew Gray in Brussels and Matthew Karnitschnig in Berlin are joined by Jan Cienski in Warsaw to analyze the EU's handling of the crisis, as it seeks to show solidarity with the protesters but avoid a confrontation with Russia. We also get a firsthand report from Belarus from POLITICO contributor Sergei Kuznetsov. The panel also examines U.S. plans to put Europe in a tight spot by triggering a U.N. process to re-impose sanctions on Tehran. On the climate front, POLITICO's Kalina Oroschakoff talks us through her recent interview with Svenja Schulze, who's trying to get EU members to agree more ambitious emissions targets while Germany holds the bloc's rotating presidency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	In the weight of these elections, Belarusians have taken to the streets with mass protests and
1:10.2	strats. The violence against these peaceful protesters were have taken to the streets with mass protests and strards,
1:17.9	the violence against these peaceful protesters was shocking and unacceptable.
1:23.7	Welcome back to EU Confidential, the number one European politics podcast.
1:27.4	I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU editor in Brussels. Nice to be back. Hope you managed to get at least a brief break too.
1:32.5	And that you enjoyed the first episode of our new pop-up series on the US elections, which landed on Tuesday.
1:39.6	In this episode, we'll talk Belarus. You heard at the start of the show from European Council President
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