Tankers & Cash

June 6 · 33 min · Season 1 · Episode 2

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A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe.

Serious politics, questionable hosts.

This week EUBS asks why…

The EU insists on a fleet of EVs that cannot make the trip between Brussels and Strasbourg in on a single charge; why Albanians are protesting a Kushner real estate development and why Hungary’s President is appealing to European institutions to help him stay in post.

Also…

Russia’s Shadow Tanker Fleet

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/the-shadow-fleet-is-undermining-the-maritime-order-more-brazenly-than-ever/

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-06-01/frances-macron-says-french-navy-boarded-russia-linked-oil-tanker

https://kyivindependent.com/eus-last-shipyard-servicing-russian-lng-fleet-may-repair-up-to-6-vessels-before-ban-report-says/

Europe’s Single Capital Market

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2025-0124_EN.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-29/eu-s-economic-powers-strike-deal-to-push-capital-markets-merger

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/asml-ceo-christophe-fouquet-no-one-is-coming-for-us/

Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:40 EUBS: EU's EV fleet, Hungary's President & Albania protests Kushners
00:10:54 Russia's Show Tanker Fleet
00:19:27 Baby Steps to joined up Capital Markets
00:30:38 Next week...
00:32:32 Credits

CREDITS

Editor Valter Nõmm
Animation & Design Roland Seer - Tartu Multifilm @rolandseer
Music by Paabel @paabeltheband (Estonian folk-fusion)
Executive Producer Fred Casella