The European Republic

In this episode of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz speaks with Ulyana Bakhtsizina, the newly elected Co-President of Volt Polska and organizer of We Are Europe in Poland. Ulyana shares her unusual path from physics into politics, and how her Polish-Belarusian background and proximity to Russian imperialism shaped her commitment to European federalism and democracy. Together they e...

In this episode of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Pietro, Operations and Finance Lead of Astra Europa, the new pan-European federalist movement they both co-founded. Pietro grew up between Italy, France and Ukraine, studied in the Netherlands and Switzerland, and works as a machine learning engineer. Together they discuss what actually makes Europe Europe, why the era...

What does it actually mean to be European — beyond the common market and the institutions? In the 13th Episode of the European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Timi Celcer, a Slovenian entrepreneur and pan-European activist exploring that question through two very different ventures. With Via Nova, Timi wants to spark a new European renaissance by reviving Latin — not as a dead class...

For Episode 11 of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Giacomo Leombruni — winner of the 2025 Charlemagne Youth Prize with Forum Europaeum and founder and president of Last Call Europe , a platform built by and for young Europeans who want to shape the continent through debate. Giacomo argues that more Europe doesn’t mean less Italy. Giacomo makes the case that a stronger, m...

Nathan Doude van Troostwijk | Paneuropa and the Real Threat to Europe | The European Republic #10 What does it take to actually unite Europe — and who's standing in the way? In this episode our host Nikodem Skrobisz is joined by Nathan Doude van Troostwijk, a paneuropean activist who has fundraised for Volt France, organised with JEF, and now coordinates Paneuropa Union in Belgium. Coming from a D...

Do we want Europe to be a player — or a playground for other powers? In the 9th episode of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz speaks with political scientist Anton Shekhovtsov, Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Vienna and visiting professor at the Central European University, one of the world's leading experts on political warfare and the weaponization of the Europea...

For episode 8 of The European Republic Podcast, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Ivo IJssennagger , the Policy and Program Lead of Astra Europa. They discuss Ivos background as an economist and his past as a professional poker player, as much as his involvement in drafting the manifesto of Astra Europa. Learn more about Astra Europa EU: https://astraeuropa.eu/ Join Astra Europa Netherlands: ht...

For episode 7 of The European Republic Podcast, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Rolf Strijdhorst, the Vice Chairman of Astra Europa. They discuss Rolfs background as a software developer, liberalism and the vision and roadmap of Astra Europa especially in the Netherlands. As always, you can also watch this episode on Spotify: Learn more about Astra Europa EU: https://astraeuropa.eu/ Join Astr...

Carlos Zapata-Carratalá | A Spanish Mathematical Researcher heading to Ukraine | Mathematical Research, Democratic Discourse and the War in Ukraine | The European Republic #6 For episode 6 of The European Republic Podcast, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with the Physicist and Mathematical Research Carlos Zapata-Carratalá, who is currently preparing to move to Kyiv very soon. The discussion covers...

In this second episode of the Ramblings Vlog, I, Nikodem Skrobisz, talk about the European Federalist Metagame. The Ramblings are bonus episodes of The European Republic Podcast, where I will vlog about my thoughts behind the scenes, ramble about personal topics and reflect on ideas for paneuropean politics. Get full access to Nikodem at nikodemskrobisz.substack.com/subscribe

In this first episode of the Ramblings Vlog, I, Nikodem Skrobisz, talk about my other public persona on the more german speaking corner of the internet, namley as a writer ans reflect on the relationship between politics and literature. The Ramblings are bonus episodes of The European Republic Podcast, where I will vlog about my thoughts behind the scenes, ramble about personal topics and reflect...

Dániel Kovács | Forum Europaeum, Hungary after Orban and European Media For episode 5 of The European Republic Podcast, our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with hungarian mediamaker and journalist Dániel Kovács. Dániel Kovács has founded and leads the Forum Europaeum, a paneuropean media project, that tries to built a european media space and was awarded with the Youth Charlemagne Price. They talk abo...

For episode 4 of The European Republic, our host Nikodem Skrobisz met with Arthur Krön in Vienna. Arthur is an Oxford Clarendon Scholar, NZZ Contributing Writer, Austrian Army Reservist and the founder of The Future is Yourope, an Initiative that wants to give Europeans a voice. We talked about building an European discourse, paths to European unification and the future of his project. Thank you t...

In this episode of The Europeans our host Nikodem Skrobisz talks with Tatiana Shpyleva from the non-partisan, Brussels-based organisation The Europeans. We talked about how The Europeans aims to foster a new political consciousness across Europe and move discourse to the paneuropean level, the war in Ukraine and need for Europe to take defence and sovereignty more serious again. Learn more about T...

In this episode of The European Republic our Host Nikodem Skrobisz interviews Andrea Moraeu, better known on X and Instagram as Omne.eu . Andi is a eurofederalist activist, known for his aesthetics and his commentary on culture and news from the Mediterranean and all of Europe in English and Interlingua / Neolatin. We spoke about Latin, Culture, Civilisation, Liberal Democracy and his vision for a...

n this episode of The European Republic our host Nikodem Skrobisz interviews the Eurofederalist YouTuber the Polish Dane, who is also one of the co-founders of the eurofederalist meta-movement The First Domino. We spook about his YouTube Account, producing videos for fun, his personal views on morality and nihilism, space colonisation and of course eurofederalism and the new movement The First Dom...