There will be EU elections in five months. The personnel carousel in Brussels started very abruptly because the President of the Council, Charles Michel, announced his early retirement. This episode's guest is EU expert Michael Laczynski. It's about the EU's work until June, the unrest in Brussels, the future of Ursula von der Leyen and why Brussels is now afraid of a Council President called Viktor Orbán
Guest: Michael Laczynski, Head of the EU Department, “Die Presse”
Host: Ana Wallner
Cut: Audiofunnel/Dominik Lanterdinger
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“Presse Play – What becomes important” is the news podcast of the Austrian daily newspaper “Die Presse”. It appears four times a week, from Tuesday to Friday, every morning at five o'clock.
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