Inside Europe

DW 722 - Is the European Commission a toxic golden cage?

The original European current affairs podcast from Germany’s international broadcaster. Bringing you expert analysis and on-the ground reporting from the European capitals and beyond. Join host Kate Laycock and DW’s network of seasoned correspondents for your weekly dose of euro-politics and culture. Published every Thursday.

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Inside Europe

Episodes

Is the European Commission a toxic golden cage?

Hungary's new president: reconciliation or revenge?

AfD: Anatomy of a takeover

Fire-clouds and terror attacks: how safe are Europe's cities?

Gen Z vs. the general

Could Europe's football union ditch FIFA?

Marine Le Pen: guilty but free to run

Extended Interview: Glyn Morgan on 'The Rise and Fall of American Europe'

Albania's Edi Rama on Inside Europe

Why the UK can't keep calm and carry on

Law or politics? Citizenship and Palestine Action

Immigration debate, Swiss-style

Cory Doctorow's digital jail-break

Turkish democracy – the endgame?

Who is Andy Burnham, the man with his eye on Britain's top job?

Euro(di)vision: where glamour meets geopolitics

The end of the two-party system in the UK?

Of Trump and Europe whisperers

Is Palantir unstoppable?

Hungary: Who is Peter Magyar and what does he want?

Hungary’s election: Could JD Vance save Viktor Orban?

How to "hack" women's underrepresentation in politics

Thwarted: What now for Meloni?

Extendend interview: Dr Roham Alvandi on Iran, Britain, and the futures that might have been

Iranian history and the future that might have been

Sirens on Cyprus: how war is reawakening the island's past traumas

Trump-Sanchez spat tests European unity

President Erdogan, let our colleague go!

More trouble for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer?

Why did 15 migrants die in Greece — again?

Epstein, the British lord and the Norwegian princess

Are Greenlanders watching Trump's ICE raids?

Trump’s U-turn: What happened in Davos?

Could EU membership help save Greenland?

Anatomy of a black-out: five days that rocked Berlin

Climate jokes and a world of transport

The magical world of fungi

How Gen Z toppled the Bulgarian government

European human rights under attack

Spain's radically different migration approach

Talk of peace, preparation for war

Ambitious climate targets, but what's the plan?

Three stories at the intersection between defense and climate security

One Young World Summit and the EU's Enlargement Report

Inside Europe 30 October 2025

Inside Europe 23 October 2025

Inside Europe 16 October 2025

Inside Europe 9 October 2025

Inside Europe 2 October 2025

Inside Europe 25 September 2025