The Netherlands as a bridge builder rather than a member of Frugal Four? Should more power go to the European Commission if more countries, like Ukraine, will join the EU? And what era are we living in? Annette and Mathieu talk to Sigrid Kaag, minister of finance, about all the major current European issues.
Recommendations from this episode:
- Join us at Café Europa Live in The Hague at Nieuwspoort on 5 July;
- Sigrid Kaag recommends Putin’s People by Catherine Belton;
- And the minister puts Alkibiades by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer on the reading pile;
- Mathieu recommends the European Review of Books Volume 3.
— disclaimer — the podcast Café Europa is only available in Dutch
Collaboration with Haagsch College
We make the podcast Café Europa together with our partner Haagsch College. Haagsch College is an initiative of Freek Ewals (former BNR Nieuwsradio) and Vincent Rietbergen (former NOS). They produce substantive productions such as theater tours with Rutger Bregman, Joris Luyendijk and Thomas Erdbrink. And in-depth live streams and podcasts about current events.
