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EP 149 - Gaza and Cuba
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - November 17, 2023 15:17 - 37 minutesThis week we continue to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza. We comment on the right to self-defence and whether Israel is entitled to claim it, the genocide convention and what can Ireland and other EU states do to end this massacre. We also talk about Cuba and the US blockade against ...
Spain's Pedro Sánchez to form new government as prime minister
EU Confidential - November 17, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutesEnding months of political paralysis, we bring you up to speed on the turmoil in Spain that has left Pedro Sánchez clinging to power. The Socialist leader secured another term as Spain's prime minister thanks to a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists, which saw thousands of people...
Spain's Pedro Sánchez to form new government as prime minister
EU Confidential - November 17, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsEnding months of political paralysis, we bring you up to speed on the turmoil in Spain that has left Pedro Sánchez clinging to power. The Socialist leader secured another term as Spain's prime minister thanks to a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists, which saw thousands of people...
EP 148 - The EU can never lecture anyone again
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - November 10, 2023 13:55 - 35 minutesIt's been over a month of unrelenting bombing, death and horror in the Gaza Strip. And it's been over 75 years of Israeli impunity and colonial violence. Every new death could have been avoided with yesterday's ceasefire. Shame on the EU for refusing to call for one: a ceasefire is not a radical...
The EU's report card: Ukraine, Moldova and other aspiring members
EU Confidential - November 10, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsThe EU made important steps this week toward bringing new members into the bloc — our POLITICO team explains in this episode of EU Confidential. Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO's Barbara Moens and Jakob Hanke Vela in Brussels, as well as Sam Greene from the Center for European Policy A...
The EU's report card: Ukraine, Moldova and other aspiring members
EU Confidential - November 10, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutesThe EU made important steps this week toward bringing new members into the bloc — our POLITICO team explains in this episode of EU Confidential. Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO's Barbara Moens and Jakob Hanke Vela in Brussels, as well as Sam Greene from the Center for European Policy A...
Rethinking the Race for Metals and Minerals
EU Scream - November 08, 2023 19:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsEU industrial policy for silicon chips to space technologies to electric vehicles too often seems to rely on Europeans prevailing in a global race to mine. The phrase "drill, baby, drill" applies as much to metals and minerals as oil and gas these days. But the EU's industry hawks are in denial....
A new peace process needed - FEPS Talks #140
FEPS Talks - November 08, 2023 12:56 - 20 minutesFEPS Talks invited Israeli political scientist and former minister Yossi Beilin to reflect on the tragic developments in Israel in the past month. Dr Beilin was an active participant of the Oslo peace process in the 1990s and, together with FEPS Secretary General László Andor, he elaborates on th...
The race to regulate AI before it's too late
EU Confidential - November 03, 2023 03:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsIt has been a big week for the world's key players in the race to regulate AI development and make it safe. In this episode of EU Confidential, we bring you a roundup of where things stand — after the AI Safety Summit, organized by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak; the publication of the G7 AI co...
The race to regulate AI before it's too late
EU Confidential - November 03, 2023 03:00 - 29 minutesIt has been a big week for the world's key players in the race to regulate AI development and make it safe. In this episode of EU Confidential, we bring you a roundup of where things stand — after the AI Safety Summit, organized by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak; the publication of the G7 AI co...
Close Guantánamo! - EP 4
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - November 01, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutesOn this final episode we hear from Andy Worthington, Investigative journalist and activist, who tells us about the plight of the 16 men who have been cleared for release but continue to be detained in Guantánamo. He urges EU governments to take action to end this deplorable situation. And our l...
Close Guantánamo! - EP 3
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 30, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutesOn this third episode we hear from two remarkable legal experts: Alka Pradhan, Human Rights Counsel at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, explains the US’s use of Guantánamo as a legal black hole. She also emphasises the urgent crisis in medical care affecting the men still in Guantánamo...
EP 147 - We demand a ceasefire
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 27, 2023 10:51 - 37 minutesWhile the European Council gathers in Brussels to assess the situation in the Middle East, Mick and Clare explain that calling for anything less than an immediate ceasefire is an abnegation of collective responsibility. Which EU values is the Commission representing? What will it take for the EU...
EU leaders meet amid Israel-Hamas war
EU Confidential - October 27, 2023 02:01 - 18 minutesComing to you directly from the European Council summit, our POLITICO team brings you the very latest on a range of difficult subjects facing EU leaders during their two-day meeting in Brussels. In a packed press centre, host Suzanne Lynch, along with Jacopo Barigazzi, Barbara Moens, Nicholas V...
EU leaders meet amid Israel-Hamas war
EU Confidential - October 27, 2023 02:01 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsComing to you directly from the European Council summit, our POLITICO team brings you the very latest on a range of difficult subjects facing EU leaders during their two-day meeting in Brussels. In a packed press centre, host Suzanne Lynch, along with Jacopo Barigazzi, Barbara Moens, Nicholas V...
Close Guantánamo! - EP 2
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 25, 2023 11:53 - 30 minutesThis second episode of the series welcomes human rights attorney Beth Jacob. Beth has represented Guantánamo detainees since 2005. She helps us understand what this facility is and why so many men are still stuck there despite having long been cleared for release. Most importantly, she gives us ...
Close Guantánamo! - EP 1
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 24, 2023 09:45 - 35 minutesWe’re finally releasing the “Close Guanánamo!” series, a podcast adaptation of an event we recently hosted: the most significant gathering ever assembled on Guantánamo in the European Parliament. This series is a unique opportunity to learn about the horror and lawlessness of this detention fac...
EP 146 - Long live Gaza!
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 20, 2023 07:50 - 31 minutesAfter over a week of horror in Gaza, enabled by the EU’s continuous support for Israel and its shameful failure to call out Israeli war crimes and push for a ceasefire, we’re back to discuss what’s happening in Palestine. In addition, we talk about Clare’s recent trip to Bulgaria, the growing po...
Welcome back, Donald: Seismic shift in Poland after general election
EU Confidential - October 20, 2023 02:01 - 27 minutesIn this episode, we analyze what Poland's recent election means for its political future and EU relations — in conversation with journalist and historian Anne Applebaum. We also shed light on a troubling terrorist attack this week in Brussels. With a record turnout of over 74 percent, Polish vo...
Welcome back, Donald: Seismic shift in Poland after general election
EU Confidential - October 20, 2023 02:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsIn this episode, we analyze what Poland's recent election means for its political future and EU relations — in conversation with journalist and historian Anne Applebaum. We also shed light on a troubling terrorist attack this week in Brussels. With a record turnout of over 74 percent, Polish vo...
How to Take On Elon Musk
EU Scream - October 17, 2023 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThe problem of X as a source of hate and a threat to democracy is back at the top of the policy agenda. Elon Musk's social media platform circulated a large amount of false information as well as images of extreme violence during the recent terror attack in Israel. A European Commissioner, Thier...
Deadly attacks on Israel and a bitter Polish election
EU Confidential - October 13, 2023 02:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsIn this episode of EU Confidential, POLITICO's Barbara Moens joins us to discuss the EU’s muddled response to the heinous attack on Israel in which Hamas killed over a thousand civilians and took dozens of people hostage, sparking outrage and disbelief. Then we turn our focus to Poland. Host Su...
Deadly attacks on Israel and a bitter Polish election
EU Confidential - October 13, 2023 02:01 - 31 minutesIn this episode of EU Confidential, POLITICO's Barbara Moens joins us to discuss the EU’s muddled response to the heinous attack on Israel in which Hamas killed over a thousand civilians and took dozens of people hostage, sparking outrage and disbelief. Then we turn our focus to Poland. Host Su...
EP 145 - The situation in Gaza
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 12, 2023 14:32 - 18 minutesAs the world looks on in horror at the situation in Gaza, we take a moment to discuss the need to contextualise recent events and point to the real root of violence: Israel's apartheid against Palestinians. In declaring unconditional support for an extreme right-wing government employing genocid...
EP 144 - Hypocrisy on steroids
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - October 06, 2023 14:40 - 30 minutesWe're back in Strasbourg for another plenary week after having organised some very successful events in the past few days, which we're very happy to share with you. We also talk about the tragic developments in Nagorno-Karabakh, where over 100,000 Armenians have been forced to flee; the Media Fr...
Donald Trump 2.0 — is Europe ready?
EU Confidential - October 06, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode of the EU Confidential, we entertain the idea of Donald Trump returning to the White House in 2024 and what that would mean: for the EU, for the war in Ukraine and for transatlantic relations. The U.S. presidential election is more than a year away and Trump has yet to secure th...
Donald Trump 2.0 — is Europe ready?
EU Confidential - October 06, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 78 ratingsIn this episode of the EU Confidential, we entertain the idea of Donald Trump returning to the White House in 2024 and what that would mean: for the EU, for the war in Ukraine and for transatlantic relations. The U.S. presidential election is more than a year away and Trump has yet to secure th...
Eurowhiteness and a Far-Right EU
EU Scream - October 04, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWe need to talk about a Far Right EU. Nativists and ultraconservatives are being actively courted by the European mainstream including at the level of the EU. There's the advent of prime minister Giorgia Meloni, with her party's roots in Italian fascism, and then there's the popularity in France...
How Eurowhiteness Shapes the EU
EU Scream - September 30, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsEuropeans are comfortable talking about whiteness in the American context. But when it comes to their own continent, not so much. That serves to shut down an important conversation about police brutality, decolonisation and migration. The resistance to discussing whiteness is starkly apparent at...
EP 143 - Georgian Voices
I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace - September 29, 2023 13:57 - 43 minutesMick and Clare are joined by two very special guests this week: Ilia Lobzhanidze and Beka Natsvlishvili, who tell us about their country and help us better understand Georgian geopolitics and the concerns of ordinary Georgian citizens.
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