The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
And I'm Rosie Bloor.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Poland's upcoming runoff presidential election is yet another European nail-biter of populist versus centrist.
The outcome matters far beyond Poland's borders, though,
because the country now has the status of continental heavyweight.
And I don't know how you feel about wine tasting,
but I've never had much patience with all that sniffing, swilling and spitting.
Our correspondent went to a different kind of drink sampling.
Do you fancy a bottle of finest vintage?
Well, you'd better listen to find out what.
First up, though.
Imagine if the snazzy university you wanted to go to had $2.7 billion of its funding withheld,
and then $100 million more.
If there was a risk that it might not even be able to enroll you legally.
If the country it was in stopped even making student visa appointments,
threatening a deep dive into your social media accounts looking for wrong-think,
you'd just go elsewhere, wouldn't you?