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What a week - Blocks on Tariffs, Catalan and Budapest Pride

Dave and Julien discuss the messy US Tariff court rulings, the Council blocking Spanish regional languages, Orban's Budapest pride ban, and Von der Leyen's Aachen speech

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Today I sat down with friend of the publication,

from to discuss the big stories of the past few weeks, including:

  • The on-off-on again US Tariff court rulings

  • The European Council blocking Spanish regional languages and giving Pedro Sanchez a political headache

  • Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban's Budapest pride ban, and the pathetically weak response from the Commission

  • And Ursula von der Leyen's Aachen speech on European geopolitics

A big thank you to

, , and many others for tuning into the live discussion, and remember to let us know what you think about the episode by commenting below.

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