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Portuguese voters' anger and what it means for Europe
EU Confidential - March 15, 2024 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsPortugal's snap election has brought seismic change — the Socialists are now in opposition and the center-right Democratic Alliance, which narrowly won the vote, will try to form a minority government. But the biggest shock came when the far-right, ultra-nationalist, anti-immigrant Chega won mor...
Brexit: A cautionary tale with Catherine Barnard
FEPS Talks - March 11, 2024 13:14 - 26 minutesBrexit is not an issue of the past but the present, and it remains with us for the foreseeable future. FEPS Secretary General László Andor discusses its causes and consequences with Professor Catherine Barnard (University of Cambridge, Trinity College). They agree that in 2016 the pro-Brexit sid...
Ep.100: Frontex in Greece, Abortion in France
EU Scream - March 10, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsFrontex, the EU border and coast guard, is the bloc's best funded agency costing upwards of a billion euros a year. There are plans for a standing corps of 10,000 uniformed personnel this decade. But something is badly amiss. Migrants keep drowning in large numbers under Frontex's watch. That in...
EP 162 - Von der Leyen's appointment and a visit to Western Sahara
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - March 08, 2024 16:10 - 40 minutesThis week we're back in the studio in Brussels, where we discuss von der Leyen's appointment as EPP lead candidate, making her likely to renew her position as European Commission President. We also discuss our event with Palmed-France doctors returning from Gaza who recount the appalling health ...
Inside the European People's Party Congress 2024
EU Confidential - March 08, 2024 02:41 - 58 minutesOn this bumper edition of EU Confidential, we take you inside the two-day European People Party's Congress in Bucharest. Host Sarah Wheaton and POLITICO's Eddy Wax reveal what was happening as the center-right EPP sealed the deal on its campaign manifesto and anointed its lead candidate for the...
Inside the European People's Party Congress 2024
EU Confidential - March 08, 2024 02:41 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsOn this bumper edition of EU Confidential, we take you inside the two-day European People Party's Congress in Bucharest. Host Sarah Wheaton and POLITICO's Eddy Wax reveal what was happening as the center-right EPP sealed the deal on its campaign manifesto and anointed its lead candidate for the...
EP 161 - Ceasefire Calls, #CareRef, Assange, Navalny and the Nature Restoration Law's Grand Finale
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - March 02, 2024 20:06 - 37 minutesA bunch of important votes and debates in the EP plenary drew the attention of the Irish media this week. After nearly five years of ignoring the case of Julian Assange, MEPs finally agreed to allow a discussion of his case onto the agenda. So where does his case stand now? The hotly-debated Natu...
European Parliament election 2024 — state of play
EU Confidential - March 01, 2024 03:02 - 34 minutesWith less than 100 days until the European Parliament election, we bring you the state of play. Also, we hear from Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili about her country's ambitions to join the EU. Host Sarah Wheaton assembles a panel of astute election watchers to break down the key issues ...
European Parliament election 2024 — state of play
EU Confidential - March 01, 2024 03:02 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsWith less than 100 days until the European Parliament election, we bring you the state of play. Also, we hear from Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili about her country's ambitions to join the EU. Host Sarah Wheaton assembles a panel of astute election watchers to break down the key issues ...
EP 160 - Free Julian Assange!
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - February 23, 2024 14:52 - 31 minutesClare and Mick are back from London, where they attended Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Join us as we discuss the importance of Assange's truth-telling work and the urgent need to stop his wrongful persecution. Why does the EU praise Navalny as a courageous dissident but says nothing abou...
VDL 2.0 — How Europe and Ukraine have changed, two years into Russia's all-out war
EU Confidential - February 23, 2024 03:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsAs we mark two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we take stock of how the war has changed Europe's political landscape and identity — as well as life for Ukrainians under siege. Also, we look at Ursula von der Leyen's campaign to remain European Commission chief. Von der Leyen f...
VDL 2.0 — How Europe and Ukraine have changed, two years into Russia's all-out war
EU Confidential - February 23, 2024 03:00 - 39 minutesAs we mark two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we take stock of how the war has changed Europe's political landscape and identity — as well as life for Ukrainians under siege. Also, we look at Ursula von der Leyen's campaign to remain European Commission chief. Von der Leyen f...
Social Europe: Vision and Vigour with Björn Hacker
FEPS Talks - February 22, 2024 10:07 - 24 minutesProfessor Björn Hacker authored a book about Social Europe for the FEPS Primer Series. Secretary General László Andor interviews him about some key aspects of the book, and especially about the evolution of the paradigm. Key thinkers and political leaders like Willy Brandt, Jacques Delors and Mar...
Ep.99: Conflict Data, Navalny, Militias, Gaza, German Farmers
EU Scream - February 18, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThe world is growing more violent. Worst affected countries include Myanmar, Syria and Mexico as well as those experiencing more obvious crises like Gaza and Ukraine. That's according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project or ACLED. But there's also growing concern about more develo...
EP 159 - Rafah
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - February 16, 2024 14:23 - 36 minutesJoin us as we discuss Israel's looming military offensive on Rafah and its catastrophic humanitarian consequences at a time when UNRWA's work is on the line. Mick and Clare tell us about this week's debates in the Parliament with UNRWA representatives and stress the need for Ireland to step up i...
Europe responds to Donald Trump
EU Confidential - February 16, 2024 03:01 - 29 minutesDonald Trump has again sent shockwaves across Europe with comments suggesting that he would encourage Russia to invade NATO countries that do not spend enough on defense. In this episode, we discuss reactions in European capitals. Host Sarah Wheaton and her colleagues — senior Paris corresponde...
Europe responds to Donald Trump
EU Confidential - February 16, 2024 03:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsDonald Trump has again sent shockwaves across Europe with comments suggesting that he would encourage Russia to invade NATO countries that do not spend enough on defense. In this episode, we discuss reactions in European capitals. Host Sarah Wheaton and her colleagues — senior Paris corresponde...
EP 158 - Censorship in the European Parliament
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - February 09, 2024 16:31 - 35 minutesWe're back in Strasbourg for another plenary week, where Mick and Clare have been silenced multiple times for speaking about Gaza. Join us as we dissect the Parliament's attitude towards the genocide and this new era of McCarthyism, as well as funds for Ukraine, the issue of sanctions and the Ir...
Can the EU defend Ukraine (and itself)?
EU Confidential - February 09, 2024 03:01 - 29 minutesEurope is waking up to the urgent need to strengthen its own defenses — especially as Donald Trump seems poised to capture the Republican nomination and possibly even the White House in November presidential elections. In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Florence Gaub, director of ...
Can the EU defend Ukraine (and itself)?
EU Confidential - February 09, 2024 03:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsEurope is waking up to the urgent need to strengthen its own defenses — especially as Donald Trump seems poised to capture the Republican nomination and possibly even the White House in November presidential elections. In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Florence Gaub, director of ...
EP 157 - The housing crisis
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - February 05, 2024 14:06 - 43 minutesThis week we discuss the latest farmer protests in Europe, the cruel suspension of UNRWA funding when it's most needed, the disastrous housing crisis in Ireland and the misuse of labels.
Ep.98: Orbán rattled, Fortifying Germany against the AfD, Farmer rampage
EU Scream - February 04, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMarkus Becker of Der Spiegel describes a developing situation in Germany where the popularity of the far-right AfD party has surged over the past year. Revelations that members of the AfD discussed deportations of non-assimilated people and of those with non-German backgrounds has prompted a hug...
The social economy and the Polanyian perspective - FEPS Talk #143
FEPS Talks - February 02, 2024 14:08 - 40 minutesIn this episode of FEPS Talks, Professor Emerita Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University) shares some lessons from her long-term engagement with the development of the social economy in Quebec, but also her contribution to related discussions in Europe and various international organisations. ...
Europe's angry farmers and EU funds for Ukraine (finally)
EU Confidential - February 02, 2024 03:01 - 31 minutesAs farmer protests continue around Europe, we unpack their various concerns and analyze their impact on the European election. We also take you to an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders in Brussels where crucial cash for Ukraine hung in the balance. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks to POLITICO's Parli...
Europe's angry farmers and EU funds for Ukraine (finally)
EU Confidential - February 02, 2024 03:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsAs farmer protests continue around Europe, we unpack their various concerns and analyze their impact on the European election. We also take you to an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders in Brussels where crucial cash for Ukraine hung in the balance. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks to POLITICO's Parli...
Ep.97: Terry Reintke, Looking to Ban ID, Article 2, AfD, Le Pen
EU Scream - January 28, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTerry Reintke unhesitatingly describes some EU lawmakers with anti-European and far-right views as fascists. Her directness stands in sharp contrast to bland circumlocutions more common to Brussels. Now Terry, a German who co-heads the Greens in the European Parliament, wants the chamber to laun...
EP 156 - International law has spoken
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - January 26, 2024 15:18 - 40 minutesJoin us as we discuss today's historic ICJ ruling, an astounding defeat for Israel, as well as the Parliament's celebration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the EU's unproductive role in the Sahel, the Triple Lock mechanism and more!
'Rent is too damn high!' Europe’s growing housing crisis
EU Confidential - January 26, 2024 03:01 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsIn this episode we look at a crisis that is affecting many Europeans in most EU countries: skyrocketing rents and house prices, a shortage of flats, long waiting lists for social or affordable housing — commonplace problems from Greece to Luxembourg to Portugal. Host Sarah Wheaton talks to POL...
'Rent is too damn high!' Europe’s growing housing crisis
EU Confidential - January 26, 2024 03:01 - 37 minutesIn this episode we look at a crisis that is affecting many Europeans in most EU countries: skyrocketing rents and house prices, a shortage of flats, long waiting lists for social or affordable housing — commonplace problems from Greece to Luxembourg to Portugal. Host Sarah Wheaton talks to POL...
Interview with Minister Teresa Ribera, FEPS Progressive Person of the Year - FEPS Talks #142
FEPS Talks - January 24, 2024 13:13 - 28 minutesTeresa Ribera, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, receives the Progressive Person of the Year award from the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) this Wednesday, January 24th, 2024. Ribera is an outst...
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