'Moldova is the best performer in my class': EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos
The EU has gone through seven waves of enlargement since 1973, but there has not been one since Croatia joined in 2013. Indeed, there are no...
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20 of 48 episodesClimate breakdown: Is the EU adapting to the new normal? Europe's summer of disasters
It has been called Europe's disaster year. 2026 has seen more than 30,000 excess deaths linked to heatwaves, along with mega wildfires, nucl...
We’re ideally placed to chair EU budget negotiations, says Irish Minister of State
Ireland is managing a jam-packed agenda as the current holder of the rotating presidency of the EU. We caught up with the country’s Minister...
Ursula von der Leyen’s sixth State of the Union speech: A grand sweep, but thin on details?
In this episode, we debrief one of the key annual events in the EU calendar: the State of the Union speech. It was Ursula von der Leyen’s si...
I'm extremely worried by extremists that win elections in Europe: Luxembourg's PM Luc Frieden
"European strategic autonomy" is a buzz phrase in Brussels and in EU capitals these days. What does it mean for space policy? That was one o...
French far-right leader polling ahead for 2027 election: should the EU be afraid?
In Brussels, opinion polls coming out of France have not escaped attention. Two polls see far right leader Marine Le Pen beating all her lik...
Strengthening Africa is an investment in Europe's future: EU Commissioner Jozef Sikela
Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to...
Struggling to make its voice heard: Can the EU forge a true foreign policy?
"Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?" The famous quote attributed to Henry Kissinger still resonates today. There is in fact a Mrs E...
Heat domes test Europe's climate resilience: Is the EU ready for a hotter future?
The European Parliament declared a climate emergency in 2019, yet the EU still appears to be caught off guard by increasingly severe heatwav...
Sustainable transport key to Europe's 'strategic independence', EU Commissioner Tzitzikostas
Our guest this week is Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the European Commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism. Cancellations, delays and un...
EU ‘tech sovereignty’: Uncoupling from the US and China?
The EU is trying to assert its strategic independence in an unstable world – a world of bullies, as some members of the EU Parliament descri...
'We hope the member states will recognise our effort' to join the EU: Moldova's President Maia Sandu
FRANCE 24’s Europe editor-in-chief Caroline de Camaret hosts Maia Sandu, the President of Moldova. This in the context of an EU-Moldova summ...
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...
EU-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...