Episode 32: Czech politics — Slovenian PM Cerar — German car industry experiments

<p>It's a bumper episode this week. We hear from POLITICO's man in Prague, Siegfried Mortkowitz, about the good cop-bad cop Euroskeptic routine coming out of the Czech capital, and we catch up with a prime minister, a bank chief and an MEP that Ryan Heath spoke to at the World Economic Forum in Davos.</p> <p>Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar tells us why he wants his country to be a home for progressive innovation. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development chief Suma Chakrabarti pitched the EBRD as &quot;the most extreme pro-private sector business model there is&quot; among public banks, and one that is able to cut through the EU's political baggage because it is independent from the Union.</p> <p>Marietje Schaake, MEP and a WEF Young Global Leader, wowed those who wanted to learn if &quot;Europe is back,&quot; via a series of dinners, panels and reports. Schaake advocated &quot;showing by doing&quot; as a way to transfer that diversity to the broader Davos delegates list, which is 80 percent men. The best part of the WEF, in her opinion: The world's A-list is &quot;very approachable.&quot;</p> <p>Czechs seeking asylum in New Zealand, monkeys and more on our podcast panel: Just what was the German auto industry thinking with its gas experiments on animals and humans? Why was a Czech family granted asylum in New Zealand? And where in the world is Pervenche Berès, our very first &quot;MEP of the Week?&quot;</p> <p>You can contact the podcast team at podcast@politico.eu.</p>