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.
Episodes
83 episodes
EU Chat Control: Surveillance Masquerading as Security
Register now for Europe’s most important conservative gathering: Battle for the Soul of Europe — 3–4 December in Brussels: https://soulofeurope.coThis week, Jacob Reynolds is joined by Ric...
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How COP and green ideology broke the Western World | Former EU Commission energy official
For 30 years, COP summits have promised salvation and delivered nothing but slogans, moral posturing and declining European industry. At COP30, the same ritual repeats: frightened rhetoric, impossible targets, and yet more pressure on ordinary ...
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The EU’s desperate search for cash for Ukraine | MCC Brussels Podcast
Register now for Europe’s most important conservative gathering: Battle for the Soul of Europe — 3–4 December in Brussels: https://soulofeurope.coEurope Runs Out of Money for Ukraine, V4 Regroups, and the Parliament Tries to Police Demo...
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From Fields to Fury: The EU’s War on Farmers
Register here for the definitive conservative intellectual event of the year:👉 https://soulofeurope.coHost John O’Brien is joined by Herman Kelly, President of the Irish Freedom Party, and Richard Schenk of MCC Brussels to discuss:<...
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Mamdani and the Islamo–Left Alliance
Register here for the definitive conservative intellectual event of the year: https://soulofeurope.coHost Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and António Tânger Corrêa, Vice-President of Portugal’s Chegaand MEP in the European Pa...
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Ireland is ready for a political earthquake
Host Jacob Reynolds is joined by sociologist and MCC Brussels Executive Director Frank Furedi, and Miguel Toledano, political adviser for Vox in the Patriots for Europe, to ask what happens when Europe’s leaders lose their sense of right and wr...
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Is peace in Ukraine even possible? | MCC Brussels Podcast
Jacob Reynolds is joined by executive director Frank Furedi and Brussels Signal’s Carl Deconinck to dissect a week where Europe’s self-image met reality – from a mooted Trump–Putin peace summit in Budapest to Britain’s two-tier policing and Bru...
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Europe's Grand Migration Delusion | MCC Brussels Podcast
Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and Daria Malec to unpick Europe’s latest delusions from the migration pact to the Omnibus farce. THE MIGRATION PACT DELUSIONThe EU has its plan to pretend it takes migration seriously...
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Czechia’s Voters Just Sent Brussels a Message
A big election victory for the patriotic candidate in Czechia sends a message to Brussels, Macron is looking more under threat than ever following another government collapse, and the EU Parliament just handed immunity to an Antifa activist acc...
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The EU’s “foreign interference” obsession
In this week’s MCC Brussels podcast Jacob Reynolds is joined by Frank Furedi and Richard Schenk to unpack how the EU censors and bullies its way through the continent.Moldova’s elections: Brussels hails a “pro-EU victory” — but on...
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Should Governments ban Antifa?
Would banning Antifa risk crushing free speech?How Macron rewards terrorists while chasing applause.Why Hamas thrives in the court of global opinion.The Brussels bubble’s favourite lie: “Trump imported polarisation”.This wee...
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Deep Dive - Charlie Kirk: when hate becomes deadly and polarisation fatal
In this urgent deep dive, John O'Brien sits down with Frank Furedi to discuss the rise of a hate-fuelled polarisation where politics is no longer about disagreement, but the desire to destroy. The appalling assassination of Kirk - ...
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After Kirk, free speech is truly on the line | Italy on the frontline of the migrant crisis
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we expose the hard reality of the free speech crisis; explore how the EU is directly attacking speech with the DSA; and look at why Italy’s migration emergency is the test case no one in European politic...
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Ursula Blames the World and Ignores Brussels’ Failures
This week: Ursula von der Leyen tries to tighten her grip on Brussels, Macron loses control of France, and Mario Draghi is crowned Europe’s next saviour.Jacob Reynolds, Head of Policy at MCC Brussels, is joined by Pieter Cleppe (Editor,...
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Why the EU should NEVER have an army | NATO, Patriotism & the hollow flag | Deep Dives
What happens when a union built on bureaucracy tries to talk tough? In this episode of Deep Dives, Professor Bill Durodié dismantles the fantasy at the heart of EU defence policy. His report, The Hollow Flag, exposes the widening gulf between s...
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How the EU Spent €650 Million to Define What You Can Say | MCC Brussels Deep Dive
In this episode of MCC Deep Dives, Dr Norman Lewis joins John O’Brien to discuss his new report Manufacturing Misinformation.The European Commission claims it is protecting “digital safety” and “media responsibility”. In truth, as Lewis...
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EU Censorship Exposed: MEPs Speak Out on the DSA
This week from MCC Brussels: censorship, surveillance, and speech control — straight from the heart of the EU machine.In this explosive episode, MCC Brussels pulls back the curtain on how Brussels elites are weaponising legislation to c...
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TEAR IT ALL DOWN: How the Tories Betrayed Britain
Has Britain’s Conservative Party signed its own death warrant?In this uncompromising panel from MCC Feszt, Dominic Cummings, Jacob Reynolds, and Mick Hume ask what went so catastrophically wrong with the British right and what must come nex...
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Brussels Crushed in EU–US Trade Deal
In this special episode recorded at MCC Feszt 2025, Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk (MCC Brussels) and Philip Pilkington (Hungarian Institute of International Affairs) to unpack some of the most urgent and uncomfortable truths about ...
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The Truth About Gender Ideology with Billboard Chris and Lois McLatchlie | Deep Dives
In this explosive episode of MCC Deep Dives, host John O’Brien sits down with Canadian street activist Billboard Chris and ADF International’s Lois McLatchie to expose the truth about gender ideology, medical transition in minors, and the globa...
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Trump’s New World Order
Recorded live at MCC Brussels on 14 May 2025Trump’s second presidency is well underway — but Europe is still clinging to old illusions.From NATO budgets to Ukraine, tariffs to technocrats, Trump is tearing up the script. The pos...
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Tariff Tantrum! Trump vs EU in trade war showdown
Welcome back to the MCC Brussels Podcast. The show that cuts through EU spin with clarity, candour and a firm grip on the national interest.This week, three big stories from the heart of the Brussels bubble.Trump’s Tariffs: Euro...
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The End of Open Borders
Is Schengen Dead? Poland Says Enough.Poland reinstates border checks with Germany and Lithuania, and it’s not alone. Eleven EU countries are quietly building barriers within the so-called borderless zone. Brussels insists all is fine. The f...
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