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Letter from Brussels

Sean O'Curneen

Letter from Brussels is a podcast by the Renew Europe Group in the European Committee of the Regions, written for the members of the Liberal Mayors Network, and any other interested listener...

Episodes

18 episodes

Clean energy = energy security = happy people

Energy has become one of Europe's defining challenges. As geopolitical tensions reshape global energy markets, how can Europe strengthen its...

20:52Aug 4, 2026

How drones save lives in European skies

Drones have been featuring a lot as killing machines in the news recently, but as with every technology, it's how humans choose to use it th...

20:32Apr 23, 2026

European unity through culture: transforming cities from the Arctic to Brussels - Jan 2026

Join us on a journey to Oulu in the Finnish Arctic, and to Molenbeek in Brussels to discover the transformative power of European Capital of...

21:40Jan 22, 2026

The Art of Deterrence

New format, new voices! We're relaunching the Letter from Brussels podcast, brought to you by the Renew Europe group in the European Committ...

16:05Sep 23, 2025

Serving the city- april2024 Letter from Brussels 14

Why the increasing cost of housing is becoming a European problem; why the people of Saint-Omer in France were grateful to see the flags of...

20:28Apr 29, 2024

The Tower and the Union - jan2024 Letter from Brussels 13

In this Letter: what the climb up to a medieval tower in the Flemish city of Mechelen reveals; what Jacques Delors said when the HQ of the E...

15:34Jan 14, 2024

The Puppets and the Scandal - may2023 Letter from Brussels 12

The Theatre of the indigenous Sami people in the Arctic city of Kiruna, and what it stands for in this area of vital economic interests for...

14:17May 21, 2023

The attack on the 20th convoy - feb2023 Letter from Brussels 11

The extraordinary scenes of President Zelenskyy's visit to the European Parliament. How the city of Timisoara is going digital. How EU regio...

14:51Feb 28, 2023

The year that changed the future - December 2022 Letter from Brussels 10

A special edition of Letter from Brussels, episode 10 brings you a few predictions for 2023 in key policy areas, including an analysis of th...

14:24Dec 20, 2022

The car that almost changed history - july2022 Letter from Brussels 9

The 9th Letter from Brussels takes you west to the middle of the Atlantic with the new President of the European Committee of the Regions; s...

15:25Jul 6, 2022

Ukrainian reconstruction and the Aleksandrov ship - may2022 Letter from Brussels 8

The 8th Letter from Brussels takes us to Odessa, Ukraine, to hear the story of the Borys Aleksandrov ship and its unusual naming ceremony. T...

15:15May 17, 2022

The rocket and the rock - February 2022 Letter from Brussels 7

The extraordinary precision of Europe's spaceport launching the James Webb telescope; the Royal Belgian Observatory's connection with Webb a...

16:21Feb 2, 2022

The hero and the roof - Dec2021 Letter from Brussels 6

"The hero and the roof" features French President Emmanuel Macron at the plenary of the European Committee of the Regions and his 3 objectiv...

15:07Dec 7, 2021

The crime & the lone crusader - October 2021 Letter from Brussels 5

"The Crime & the Lone Crusader" carries highlights of a highly tense debate in the October plenary of the CoR, led by Fianna Fáil's Kate Fee...

16:20Oct 19, 2021

The skeletons, the musicians, & two great cities - Sept2021 Letter from Brussels 4

A special extended edition on the occasion of the 2021 World Mayor Awards, profiling two winning mayors, François Decoster of Saint-Omer and...

26:28Sep 14, 2021

The Marchioness & the League - July2021 Letter from Brussels 3

Third Letter from Brussels telling the story of a pioneering Belgian woman who was well ahead of her time in the protection of biodiversity,...

15:59Jul 6, 2021

Robert Schuman & Nat Neujean - May2021 Letter from Brussels 2

Second Letter from Brussels revealing the little known story of the artist who sculpted Robert Schuman's bust, a tribute to Hans van Baalen,...

16:07May 11, 2021

Einstein and the priest - March2021 Letter from Brussels 1

Highlights of the debates with EU leaders on the future of Europe, integration of migrants, preventing violent extremism, defending the righ...

15:29Mar 23, 2021