VDL's texts — MEPs arrested — Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week, we unpack some of the transparency issues plaguing the EU's top institutions, and our special guest is Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe on Europe's economic outlook. Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO's European Parliament reporter Eddy Wax in Strasbourg, to discuss the ongoing Qatargate scandal — including the arrest in the past few days of two more MEPs in connection with the police probe. POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton in Brussels also weighs in on the proposal to create an EU-wide independent ethics body to address transparency concerns. Meanwhile, MEPs are resisting efforts to clean up the chamber, as Sarah reports in this recent article. The podcast crew also debates the news that the European Commission is being sued for failing to release text messages between its president Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla when the Commission was negotiating with the drug company on coronavirus vaccine procurement. And Suzanne sits down with Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe to discuss Europe's economic outlook, how the bloc is coping with high inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.6	Today, we'll be hearing from Pascal Dunahue, president of the Eurogroup.
1:25.8	That's the formal name for the group of finance ministers
1:28.5	from Eurozone countries, those members of the EU that use the euro currency and who meet
1:33.4	regularly here in Brussels. Given the current economic challenges, we wanted to hear from
1:38.7	Donahue about Europe's economic outlook and how the bloc is coping with high inflation, investment challenges and the
1:45.7	economic consequences of the war in Ukraine. If I look at the tone in the Eurogroup now versus when
1:52.7	I first joined it, which is over five and a half years ago, I have seen a very big shift in that
1:57.8	tone and a big shift in the political atmosphere, in appreciation that
2:02.9	solidarity is a strength and we have to work at it to maintain us and it's not always easy.
2:08.9	But first, issues of transparency continue to dominate the headlines in Brussels this week.
2:14.8	In just a moment, we'll explain what's behind the New York Times decision
2:18.4	to sue the European Commission over disclosure of text messages by Ursula von der Leyen,
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