MCC Brussels Podcast
Discussions, event recordings, and updates from the team at MCC Brussels – the home for genuine policy deliberation about the EU and an in-depth exploration of the key issues facing Europeans.
MCC Brussels Podcast
Latest Episodes
Hungary’s New Government Launches Its Anti-Orbán Purge I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode: is Péter Magyar restoring Hungarian democracy, or using constitutional power to remove his main rival? Does the export controls and shutdown of Anthropic’s Mythos model show how desperately far behind the EU is on cutting-edge ...
Europe’s Energy Delusion: Can Brussels Keep the Lights On? I MCC Brussels Deep Dive
In this MCC Brussels Deep Dive, John O’Brien speaks to Professor Samuele Furfari, one of Europe’s most experienced voices on energy policy.Furfari spent decades inside the European Commission working on energy and sustainable development...
Riots, Migration and Crime: Belgium’s Crisis Is a Warning to Europe I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode, is Belgium becoming a warning sign for the rest of Europe? Has the EU’s obsession with digital regulation made Europeans technologically weaker? And are American conservatives right to call out Europe’s migration crisis, or is ...
The End of the Western Alliance? I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode: Is Trump’s 4 July deadline a tariff threat, or a demand for reciprocity from Brussels? Can “remigration” be defined as lawful return policy without sliding into something more dangerous? And do the Paris riots after PSG’s Champ...
Can Belgium Be Fixed? I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode: is Bart de Wever’s Belgium a genuine model for reform, or a warning about how difficult reform has become? Has Europe really shifted right on migration, deportations and return hubs? And as Brussels demands more money for defen...