European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived the no-confidence vote in the European Parliament, but is her support seeping away, and will she survive the rest of her mandate?
Justin Stares talks with Danish MEP Anders Vistisen about the behind-the-scenes deals and asks why almost 170 MEPs didn’t turn up to vote.
Also covered in this episode is the decision by a German state to ban members of the Alternative for Germany party from becoming civil servants, and the violent outbursts by AI chatbot Grok.
Every week, veteran Brussels reporter Justin Stares and British journalist Alexandra Phillips (host of UK show That’s What She Said) tackle the EU and global affairs with irreverence and trademark British sarcasm. No jargon. No fake politeness. Just sharp takes and sharp tongues.
