2025-05-28
25 分钟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 dollars 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?