Treating energy crisis with fossil fuels is like giving a diabetic sugar: EU Commissioner Jorgensen
EU leaders have cautiously welcomed Donald Trump's signing of an interim agreement with Iran, after nearly four months of war in the Middle...
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20 of 36 episodesEU-UK relations, 10 years after the referendum: Brexit or Regrexit?
It has been a decade since British voters made the momentous decision to leave the European Union. The EU referendum result on June 24, 2016...
'We need more clean, homegrown, cheap European energy': EU Climate Commissioner
With Europeans sizzling in a record-breaking heatwave in May, and lands and rivers facing severe drought conditions in April, the effects of...
EU reaches provisional deal on migrant returns: An effective and fair system?
The EU Parliament and EU Council have provisionally agreed to simplify and speed up the return of migrants staying in the bloc unlawfully. B...
EU should not miss an opportunity on Ukraine diplomacy: Bulgarian FM Velislava Petrova
Bulgaria has become notorious for holding elections. In 5 years, voters went to the polls 8 times. But this debilitating crisis finally ende...
Negotiations on air passenger rights hit turbulence: EU Parliament takes on airlines
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have been trying to reach an agreement on the rights of air passengers travell...
Europe’s fight to stay in the AI race
This week’s special edition of Talking Europe asks whether the EU is ready for the disruption that comes with Artificial Intelligence. It is...
Europe's population reckoning: How can the EU avoid falling off a demographic cliff?
It has been called Europe’s demographic time bomb: Older people are living longer, while younger people are having fewer children. Last year...
Energy crisis heightens risk of poverty and social exclusion: EU Commissioner Minzatu
Our guest has an important role in promoting social policies in the European Union, at a time when much of the political oxygen is being suc...
Hantavirus and the lessons of Covid: Screening the EU's public health response
In this episode we explore how the EU deals with outbreaks of disease. The latest scare for Europeans has been the hantavirus, detected on c...
EU facing 'second big wake-up call' on energy, Irish Minister Darragh O'Brien says
Our guest this week is Darragh O'Brien, Ireland's Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment and Minister for Transport. In his positi...
Is Europe getting its act together on defence? Multiple threats prompt EU rearmament
The European Union is aiming to boost its defence capacities as part of a plan first called ReArmEU, when it was presented just over a year...
'We need a decisive European pillar inside NATO': Parliamentary Assembly President Perestrello
Over the past year, NATO has been dealing with an unprecedented split between the US and other members of the alliance. Our guest is Marcos...
EU enlargement: New horizons, from East to West
Nine countries are currently in the process of acceding to the European Union: North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegov...
'We should be able to open up negotiations' with Ukraine, Sweden's EU minister says
During her recent visit to France, we caught up with Sweden's minister for EU affairs, Jessica Rosencrantz. We discuss the energy crunch and...
Hungary and Bulgaria elections: EU's new ally and new adversary?
In this week's Talking Europe, we take a moment to check the pulse of the European Parliament following a spate of European elections, to se...
'Totally unfair' that EU countries making money on energy crunch: Former EU commissioner Breton
Our guest in this show is known for crossing swords with the Trump administration on the regulation of big tech and, more recently, for actu...
EU moves to tighten rules on harmful pollutants: The invisible danger of 'forever chemicals'
They are known as "forever chemicals": synthetic compounds that resist breakdown in the human body and the environment. Also known as PFAS,...
'We need to double down' on energy autonomy: EIB chief Nadia Calviño
Europe must speed up its push for energy independence and break free from "excessive dependence on fossil fuels" as the continent grapples w...
Trump administration sidelines, threatens Europe in Iran war: EU flounders in new world order
After Greenland and trade tariffs, US President Donald Trump is threatening European countries once again. If they fail to help reopen the S...