S2 E5 - Die mit dem State of the European Union

Achtung: Folge auf Englisch für meine, zumindest statistisch
betrachtet, internationale Hörerschaft. Alle anderen dürfen wie
immer freiwillig mitlaufen.


“The State of the European Union” is one of the English-language
episodes I promised my international listeners—a brief look at
how Europe currently thinks, feels, and occasionally loses its
collective nerve when it comes to sustainability. This episode of
"Irgendwas mit Nachhaltigkeit?" takes you through the strange
emotional landscape of Europe in 2025.
A continent that once invented the Renaissance – and now invests
an impressive amount of energy reinventing reporting templates,
political turbulence and self-inflicted mood swings.


We explore the backlash against the Green Deal, Germany’s
nostalgic detour into “tech neutrality”, the price shocks, the
crisis exhaustion, and the widespread confusion around costs,
responsibility and expectations.
And then we zoom out.


Because even in turmoil, Europe still shapes global markets,
standards and narratives... sometimes by accident, sometimes by
design.


If you want an unfiltered status update from inside the EU brain,
this is the one.