Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2023-11 to 2026-07.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
The European Union is a vital framework for geopolitical success, stability, and democratic sovereignty that nations should join or rejoin.
11 people · 10 episodes
Alastair Campbell advocates for the creation of new, permanent structural alliances in Europe to adapt to a world where the United States is less reliable.
“this is the moment where we need the generation that we had in 19 4546 where you really think okay this is the direction us is going this is the threat that Russia clearly poses to us this is where China's going and we're going to reimagine something”
The Rest Is Politics · Mar 2025 · 11 episodes · 1.8M views on this topicThe United Kingdom should eventually rejoin the European Union.
“I would give kudos to the United Kingdom and and continue to do what you do and please come back to the European Union at one stage.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 240K views on this topicThe European Union must urgently adopt a more honest and unified stance, including engaging with the UK, to navigate the current geopolitical crisis.
“now we have to get cracking and get things right”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 219K views on this topicPresident Vučić believes that integrating all Western Balkan countries into the EU single market is the most rational path forward for Serbia and the region.
“Everything else European countries will never agree upon. And this is the only rational and I believe the only possible way being a part of Europe which we want to be.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 214K views on this topicThe current referendum is not a final decision on joining the EU, but rather an opportunity to decide whether to reopen accession negotiations to see what an agreement would look like.
“It's a referendum on getting a deal. Like, do you want us to reopen talks, finish the negotiations, then once we have an agreement, we will have another referendum and you will say yes or no.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 203K views on this topicThe European Union acts as an undemocratic, unaccountable superstate that erodes national sovereignty, identity, and personal freedoms.
6 people · 5 episodes
The European Union has evolved into an undemocratic, supranational government that has stripped sovereign nations and their citizens of their self-determination.
“now we are at a point where um the peoples uh of Europe are no longer sovereign. democratic princip principles are being abolished pretty much across the board uh throughout every single western democracy. The real seat of power and the real decision-making authority rests with super national organi”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 549K views on this topicHe argues that the European Union is a socialist, unaccountable superstate that undermines British sovereignty and national identity.
“It didn't want to be part of an unaccountable European socialist protectionist superstate.”
Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2026 · 2 episodes · 3.2M views on this topicShe describes the European Union as an undemocratic, corrupt bureaucracy that imposes its will over the laws of sovereign nations.
“It's basically a bureaucracy that sits on top of another bureaucracy. Like, if you are a citizen of Europe, not only are you subject to your own country's laws, but then there's also another body that sits in Brussels that can tell your country what it can or cannot do.”
Candace Owens · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 2.1M views on this topicThe European Union has transitioned from a promising trade alliance into a centralized, disempowering super-organism that discards national sovereignty.
“The consequence was really the elimination of intermediary political structures and the creation of a super organism in Brussels.”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2025 · 2 episodes · 1.0M views on this topicHe believes the European Union's recent digital legislation acts as a vehicle to censor speech and limit freedom rather than just addressing illegal activity.
“It means that search engines and platforms with over 45 million active monthly users, they'll have to monitor for, now read you what's in this bill that you know, sounds good. Right. Sounds And then get to, oh wait, red flag. Dissemination of illegal content.”
StevenCrowder · Apr 2022 · 2 episodes · 833K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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