🌍 Europe’s digital currency moment

The digital euro could give the #EU:
💶 More global weight for the #euro
🧭 New tools for monetary policy
🔒 Stronger #autonomy from the #dollar

Cyril Monnet (@unibe.ch): “We shouldn’t be shy with the design.”

Episode 👉 www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-c...

🤔 Digital euro—what's in it for citizens?

The digital euro aims to boost Europe’s autonomy and competitiveness—but what about citizens? Cyril Monnet (@unibe.ch) argues that the current design brings few direct benefits for individuals.

🎧 Full episode 👉 www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-c...

💶 Can Europe cash in on the digital euro?

The ECB is designing a new kind of money — a digital euro. Cyril Monnet @unibe.ch argues that “the digital euro has the potential to change the monetary system, and we have to seize this opportunity.”

🎧 Listen 👉 www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-c...

🌍 What links Champagne 🥂, Roquefort 🧀, and Parma Ham 🐷? They’re protected by EU geographical indications (GIs)! 🏷️✨

@anzapp.bsky.social, at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, explains that GIs safeguard traditions, support rural communities, and ensure quality.

What’s YOUR favorite GI product? 😋

🍾 Why can't sparkling wine from California be called "Champagne"?
Because in the EU 🇪🇺, names aren't just words - they're heritage, tradition & know-how.✨

@anzapp.bsky.social of the @universityofleeds.bsky.social helps us untangle Geographical Indications - the EU's most flavorful rules.

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@anzapp.bsky.social, Associate Professor at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social, helps us untangle the EU’s most flavorful rules: Geographical Indications (GI).

But how exactly do GIs work? Who decides what makes the cut?

www.untangled-podcast.eu/tastes-like-...

Why doesn’t the EU have big digital companies?

“We missed digitalization. We missed the internet boom, the big data wave, and now, we’re missing the AI revolution”, says Nicolas Moës.

More on this topic in our last episode 👇

www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-r...

“It is not in the interest of American providers to allow small EU startups to actually develop the technology - the incentives are just not aligned”, claims Nicholas Moës.

More on this in our last episode 👇

www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-r...

🚨 Episode Alert 🚨

❓ Why is the EU stepping in to regulate AI and is the AI act enough?
❓ Is Europe’s regulation holding back innovation - or could smart rules actually drive it?

With @nicolasmoes.bsky.social, Executive Director of The Future Society.

🔗 www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-r...

🔔 New episode alert 🔔

Think EU politics is just boring and complicated? 🥱 In this episode of EU Untangled, we sit down with Fabio Mauri, the mastermind behind @dg-meme.eu . Tune in to find out how he makes EU politics both entertaining and approachable - one meme at a time! 😂

Links below 👇

🇪🇺🎙️Can the #EU Have an #Army?

With tumbling EU-US relations high on the agenda at the #MSC2025, is an EU army realistic—or just talk? Ionela Ciolan (Wilfried Martens Centre) breaks down the EU’s defense gaps, industry challenges & what’s next for European security.

🎧 Listen now:

⏰ New episode alert

The European Union, despite its origins as a post-war peace project, lacks its own army and proper defence policies. Why is that? Ionela Ciolan sits down with us to untangle the complexities of the European defence.

👉 Listen here: https://buff.ly/4g81KkE

And if you want to know more about the European Parliament, listen to our episode in which we explain why the European Parliament actually has only one official seat, but three working places.

In our latest episode, fitting to the upcoming European elections, we discussed the European "Spitzenkandidat".
Where does the name come from, is the process working as intended (or not), and what's really behind it?
Tune in to find out!

👋 Hi, the podcast "EU Untangled" is also now on Bluesky!
As the name says, we untangle EU politics and policies and make sense of them - at least we try 😉.
Check out our website, where you find all our past episodes!