As the sound of jingle bells draws ever nearer, Victor and Alex take you on a rollercoaster ride of the EU’s highs and lows of the past 12 months. Untangle with us a year of consequential elections, trade headaches, an increased focus on security and deregulation, a major new multi-annual budget for the EU and two failed attempts to oust the European Commission’s president. Tune in for the year untangled – the quick and dirty recap you didn’t know you needed to cheer goodbye to 2025.
Hosts and producers: Victor Aguilar & Alexander Roth
Research and communication support: Martina Domladovac
Further reading
- Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area (European Commission)
- Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid (BBC)
- Munich Security Conferences 2025: Speech by JD Vance and Selected Reactions (MSC)
- Competitiveness compass (European Commission)
- Ursula von der Leyen wins no-confidence votes as opposition struggles for support (Politico)
- The 2028-2034 EU budget for a stronger Europe (European Commission)
- 2025 elections in the European Union (Wikipedia)
- Acting on defence to protect Europeans (European Commission)
- New Common European System for Returns (European Commission)
- EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America (BBC)
- EU to freeze €210bn in Russian assets indefinitely (The Guardian)
- Simplification [on the Commission’s omnibuses] (European Commission)
Listen
… to other EU Untangled episodes from 2025:
- From outsider to insider: how to enter the EU?
- Can Europe cash in on the digital euro?
- Tastes like Europe: how the EU protects its most famous products?
- Can the EU regulate AI intelligently?
- Explaining the EU: one meme at a time (with DG MEME)
- Can the EU have an army?
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