The Rise of Europe’s Patriots | MCC Brussels Podcast

The Patriots for Europe, the European Parliament’s third-largest voting bloc, gathered in Madrid under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again”—a bold endorsement of Donald Trump’s return. As Brussels clings to its failing agenda, patriotic forces are rising, demanding a Europe that puts its people first.

Meanwhile in Europe the Green Deal seems to be coming apart. Facing backlash, Brussels is floating proposals to include industry in its grand environmental vision—but is that really a shift, or just another illusion? While businesses demand growth and energy security, the EU clings to its ideological commitments, prioritising bureaucratic control over economic survival.

And now, America is pulling ahead in AI innovation while the EU strangles its own tech sector. At the Paris AI Summit, JD Vance warned that the US will continue shaping global AI governance for its own benefit—unless the EU scraps its suffocating regulations. While Washington backs progress, Brussels is blocking the future.

Jacob Reynolds is joined by Pieter Cleppe, Editor-in-Chief of BrusselsReport.EU, and Tamás Orbán from The European Conservative.Com to break down the EU's attempt to re-brand the Green Deal, AI overregulation, and the growing nationalist resistance against Brussels’ control.