Good morning. It's Tuesday the 14th of April, and this is the Brussels Playbook podcast.

The vibe in Brussels today, cautiously optimistic. From the EU's point of view, at least,

it's finally seen off Hungary's Viktor Orban, thorn in its

side since 2010, and it thinks that this means it will make imposing sanctions on Russia

and sending money to Ukraine a whole lot easier. But is it really that straightforward?

And also on the podcast today, we talk about making the EU bigger, welcoming in new countries.

The Commission wants it, but many EU leaders are sceptical of even starting the debate

because they think voters might punish them.

And lastly, cheese.

Halumi.

There's been an outbreak of a highly contagious disease in Cyprus, and that's having a disastrous effect on production.

And you won't be surprised to learn that on a divided island it's fast becoming political

I'm Ian Wachat and with me today is our chief foreign correspondent Nick Vinikor. Hello Nick. Hi, good to be here and if I was Zoya I now ask you what your favorite European cheese is

because I think Hulumi is utterly disgusting.

Well, I'll say Feta and keep it apolitical.

I don't think there's any territorial dispute there.

Well, we'll talk about that later, about disgusting Hulumi.

First, this is the morning after the morning after, landslide in Hungary.

We talked a lot yesterday morning about what this means in Hungary.

But when the parties stop and the hangovers begin, the question starts.

So today let's examine what this means for the EU.

Already in Brussels, Nick, people think things were starting moving pretty fast, particularly

...