New Kid On The Blockade, Tisza Trailer

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Trump's blockade strategy and the future of the EU following recent elections in Hungary.

Trump blockades a blockade. The world holds its breath: will the Iranians blockade the blockade of the blockade? Are we destined for battleship Tetris piling up in the Gulf? Or is this just one more instance of the real war being the PR one? Then, with his Fidesz party reduced to a rump, what happens when the lynchpin of anti-Brussels energy falls out? The EU threw everything at Orbán, and it has paid off handsomely. Ursula von der Leyen clearly had her speech about moving to qualified majority voting written before the polls closed. Beyond a cost of living election in a landlocked medium-sized country, this is a story about the future of the EU. Apres Viktor, le deluge… IMPORTANT A Note on Substack You might already know that we have a Substack, and we’re growing it. ( multipolaritypod.substack.com ) We’ve run into a small issue, in that lately, a few people have been signing up on Substack, with the intent of getting the premium episodes of the podcast - which have so far been exclusive to Patreon. So we’ve decided to take the premium podcast to Substack, and bundle it with a new range of articles we’re in the process of producing. The deal is this - The Substack will be $12 a…

People in this episode

Host: Multipolarity

Topics covered

• Trump
• blockade
• EU politics
• Hungary
• energy policy
• public relations
• Fidesz

Keywords

• Trump
• blockade
• EU
• Fidesz
• Orbán
• Brussels
• energy policy
• public relations
• Hungary
• cost of living

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fidesz, EU

Places: Brussels, Gulf, Hungary

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