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Brussels Playbook Podcast

Ep 165: Golfgate and Hogan's resignation — Trump-era transatlantic relations

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4204 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan's resignation, the "golfgate" controversy surrounding his decision and what this means for the European Commission is the hot topic of this week's episode. POLITICO's Rym Momtaz, Matthew Karnitschnig and Christian Oliver walk us through the twists and turns and reveal the real driving forces behind Hogan's decision to bow out. Our featured guest is transatlantic expert Dan Hamilton, who sat down with Matthew Karnitschnig in Berlin to discuss the current state of U.S. relations with Germany and the EU, and what November's presidential election could mean for future relations with Europe and NATO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.1

I'm resigning in order to ensure that people understand that I've made mistakes.

1:20.5

I should have adhered better to guidelines.

1:22.9

I broke no law, but I feel that the distraction that this was going to cause and the hurt that it

1:28.6

caused, of course, to many families should be acknowledged.

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