EU's sweaty summer — what you missed (and what matters)

EU Confidential

POLITICO

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 175 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Just when we thought we could get a break for the summer, geopolitics had other plans. This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by POLITICO colleagues Jordyn Dahl, Gabriel Gavin and Jan Cienski for a catch-up on what moved while the bubble was at the beach. From Alaska to the White House: Did anything real shift on Ukraine beyond choreography? We break down the EU-U.S. tariff framework and turn to Gaza — where Brussels is grasping for some sort of leverage — and how the politics split across capitals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	but the news certainly did not. If anything, I'm glad about the coming Rentre, because at least
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1:14.9	rather than trying to zoom in from the beach or get a signal from the top of a mountain.
1:24.9	Political leaders and journalists hoping to sneak away to a quiet retreat were surely disappointed.
1:31.3	The news leapfrogged from Alaska to Washington, a tear of truce was inked on a Scottish fairway, and Gaza's grief kept mounting while Europe argued over its voice.
1:42.9	So before we head back to school, here is a brisk refresher on the slow summer that wasn't.
1:50.2	After Trump's negotiations, what, if anything, shifted on the war in Ukraine?
1:55.8	Was there any substance or just choreography?
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