Podcast Selection

What to expect from the provisional application of the EU–Mercosur agreement

The EU-Mercosur trade deal has faded from the headlines. Yet, a major milestone is on the horizon: after 25 years of negotiations, the agreement is set to enter into force in the coming weeks. But…

Is the alliance between right and far-right parties the new norm in Europe?

The right has once again joined forces with the far right in the European Parliament to push through a major text on migration. Since the 2024 elections, this pattern has been repeating itself over and…

Caught between wars

Europe is no longer watching the conflict in the Middle East from a distance — it’s directly entangled. Iranian missiles flying over Cyprus. EU leaders divided over messaging. Von der Leyen and Kallas on parallel…

Are we serious about regulating AI?

AI can be tricked into saying almost anything. That’s what a BBC journalist recently discovered. He found an easy way to make AI say whatever he wanted. Are authorities doing enough to regulate AI? At…

After Trump’s climate rollback, how solid are the EU’s green rules?

US president Donald Trump has just announced that his administration no longer recognises that a range of greenhouse gases poses a threat to public health and the environment. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU, considered…

How big a deal is the EU-India trade agreement? With Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki and Ajay Srivastava

The EU-India trade deal was partly a geopolitical statement, directed towards Trump. But what’s actually in it? What were the toughest bits to agree, who gave up concessions, and what will the deal mean for…

L’Allemagne leader de l’Europe : une ambition contrariée

Comment l'Allemagne de Friedrich Merz pilote-t-elle sa politique européenne ? Dans ce 48e épisode du podcast « Le monde selon l'Ifri », Marc Hecker, directeur exécutif de l'Ifri, reçoit Jeanette Süß, chercheuse au Comité d'études…

Listen: Trump’s threats deepen differences between Macron and Merz

Germany and France have been trying to maintain a friendship since the 1960s — a friendship that is supposed to guide the rest of the continent. However, this doesn’t really work anymore. Why do they…

Is Ubuntu the secret to unlocking African tech sovereignty?

In this episode of Europolis, digital rights advocate and social entrepreneur 'Gbenga Sesan joins ECDPM's Sabine Muscat to explore the intersection of digital sovereignty, innovation, and human dignity. He argues that for Africa to truly thrive,…

CER Podcast: unpacking Europe: the EU in 2025

In our latest Centre for European Reform podcast, Kate Mullineux speaks to six of our researchers. They reflect on the EU's past year in different areas, including, the green deal, the global impact of Trump's…

Minerais critiques : quand la Chine durcit le ton

John Seaman, chercheur au Centre Asie de l'Ifri, analyse la mainmise chinoise sur les matières premières stratégiques et ses implications géopolitiques. De la transition énergétique aux technologies de défense, Pékin contrôle les points névralgiques d'une…

Belgium objects to the Russian assets loan as the EU prepares to table its plan

Belgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever, has thrown quite a spanner into the EU’s plans to use frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine. The Commission wants to turn those assets, around €210bn frozen since…