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Trade tariffs can't become the 'new normal': French minister-delegate Haddad

We sit down with France's minister-delegate for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, to take stock of diplomacy around Ukraine and the US-EU standoff over trade tariffs. Haddad lived in the US and worked for top think tanks there, including the Atlantic Council and the Hudson Institute. He wrote a book entitle…

Behind the ’12-Day War’

Operations “The Rising Lion” and “Midnight Hammer” were massive demonstrations of force. They lasted no more than 12 days in total. Their results are unknown, but much has been learned about those who planned them. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which relied on AI software rather than the …

Is Russia's War in Ukraine Any Closer to Ending?

After Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the White House with European leaders, it's still not clear if Moscow's war in Ukraine is any closer to ending. Now European and world leaders are assessing the aftermath of the high-stakes meeting. Benjamin Haddad is France's Minister for European Affairs…

Benjamin Haddad on Submarine Contracts and French Anger

France is mad. More specifically, France is mad about Australia reneging on a deal for French submarines and opting to go instead with an American contract. It's all part of AUKUS, a new trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that was announced two week…

Munich Security Conference special: Is Europe awake yet?

US senator Lisa Murkowski, Kosovo’s prime minister Albin Kurti and French minister delegate for European affairs Benjamin Haddad discuss whether Europe is ready to become a global leader as the transatlantic relationship frays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 18th European Space Conference: Dreaming of European boots on the Moon

Humanity is going back to the Moon, and Europe is already playing a critical role in making it happen. This week, Planetary Radio brings you voices straight from the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels, Belgium, where more than 2,000 of the world’s top space leaders gathered to shape the fut…

Diplomacy is Poker, Not Chess (with Benjamin Haddad)

In this third episode of The Art of Diplomacy, co-host Florence Gaub travels to Paris to talk to Benjamin Haddad, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs. Haddad is one of the key figures shaping France’s role in Europe at a moment of geopolitical upheaval. He describes a role that sits at th…

Dave and Julien LIVE from GLOBSEC Forum 2026

I had the great pleasure to head to Prague this week to take part in the 2026 GLOBSEC Forum, and had the chance to catch up with a friend of the Dispatch, Dave Keating from Gulf Stream Blues, for a live video recorded on the sidelines. As you’ll hear in this video, Thursday set the tone for the who…

A Conversation with Benjamin Haddad, France’s Minister Delegate for Europe

Benjamin Haddad is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and HEC School of Management. He was first National Secretary of the UMP party from 2011 to 2014. In 2017, he represented the La République en Marche party in Washington, DC. He was elected to the National Assem…

The Wrong Obstacle

On Friday, on a stage in Birmingham, Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella signed a document. Reform UK has published it, and it is worth reading yourself, because it is printed in two columns — English on the left, French on the right — and the columns do not say the same thing. The clause that matters…