In our latest podcast, the Political WorldView team — Adam Quinn, Scott Lucas, and special Tim Haughton of the University of Birmingham — take on the task of saving liberal democracy in Europe.

We start with Tim’s expertise on Central Europe to look at elections in Slovenia, where there was a marked anti-immigration message but an inconclusive outcome.

That’s the platform to look across the continent — from Italy’s own uncertain elections and Government to a change of administration in Spain to right-wing challenges in Central and Eastern Europe — to ask if values and institutions can be preserved.

My own take-away from this: I am an even stronger backer of the European Union than when I entered the studio.