What the EU election is actually about

EU Confidential

POLITICO

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4.4 • 175 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As voting gets underway throughout the EU, we check in on the polls and learn which stories are dominating the headlines in capitals around Europe. Host Sarah Wheaton discusses the latest polling numbers with our data reporter Hanne Cokelaere. Be sure to check out POLITICO's Poll of Polls for the latest insights. We also hear from colleagues around Europe who explain which stories are uppermost in voters' minds as they head to the ballot box. Aitor Hernández-Morales gives us a snapshot from Spain, where the vote is seen as a referendum on the government, and where a surprise diplomatic spat between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Argentina's President Javier Milei could sway some voters. Charlie Duxbury in Sweden explains how a focus on migration is working for the far-right Sweden Democrats. Clea Caulcutt in France says it's all about President Emmanuel Macron and far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella. And Hans von der Burchard tells us how the war in Ukraine is polarizing Germany's governing coalition, and predicts how big a factor the recent killing of a German police officer could be for rival parties. Further reading: All politics is local: What the EU election is actually about in each country, by POLITICO Putin’s a bigger deal than EU election in Europe’s frontline states, by Charlie Duxbury and Bartosz Brzeziński Programming alert! We'll be doing a special video livestream taping of EU Confidential on Sunday from 8:30-9:15 p.m. Sign up to watch us on election night as the preliminary results are released, and then check your EU Confidential podcast feed on Monday morning for highlights of our election night analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.4	So, Politico's print edition has a cover story with a striking headline. Europe's Trump moment has arrived.
0:40.2	This idea that a new right-wing wave could crash through the sleepy, consensual complacency
0:45.7	of the Brussels bubble has been a consuming storyline in the months and weeks ahead of the
0:50.3	European election.
0:52.3	Now the vote is happening.
0:54.0	And behind this meta-narrative are still,
0:56.9	you've heard us say this before,
0:59.1	27 different stories.
1:03.7	So as the polls open, in fact, voting is already done
1:06.6	in the Netherlands, we're asking ourselves,
1:09.6	what's top of mind for people casting their ballots?
1:12.5	Is it migration, the war in Ukraine, EU enlargement,
1:16.6	maybe enthusiasm for the Spitzing candidates?
1:19.5	Yeah, just kidding.
1:20.7	Is it inflation or climate policy?
1:23.6	Do the people we send to Brussels
1:25.0	have anything to do with what's actually happening in Brussels?
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