Podcast Selection

Why does Poland want to ban the migration pact?

Last week, EU member states finally reached a consensus on the New Pact on Asylum and Migration, which seeks to streamline the management of incoming asylum seekers and distribute responsibility for hosting newcomers more evenly across the…

Martin Wolf on saving democratic capitalism: resisting autocracy

In this third episode of Martin Wolf’s series, the renowned FT columnist and economist speaks to the journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, who has written extensively about the history of communism and the development of…

Democracy in the age of polycrisis with Adam Tooze

Can a global treaty stop plastic pollution?

Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Lead at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder of Searious business, a company that aims to prevent plastic pollution, join Natasha Foote  in conversation to discuss what has been done…

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent.

Polish Commissioner, Parliament protests & getting ‘grounded’

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the controversies at a recent meeting of EU agriculture ministers, including how the EU’s agriculture Commissioner is increasingly prioritising Polish issues, and discusses the pushback to the…

From Moldova: The European Political Community is back

EU Confidential - From Moldova: The European Political Community is back. Suzanne Lynch from the EPC summit on prospects for countries like Moldova and Ukraine to join the EU.

Why is Europe becoming more conservative?

On this week’s episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, EURACTIV looks at the reasons behind the growing trust in conservative and right-wing parties by citizens across Europe and beyond. According to experts, there has…

The need to phase out tobacco farming

Tobacco is responsible for 8 million deaths a year, yet governments across the world spend millions supporting tobacco farms, according to WHO Director-General  Tedros Ghebreyesus.  As 31 May marks World No Tobacco Day, EURACTIV’s health team talks with Rudiger Krech, WHO Director of…

Agrifood Podcast: Parliament battles over votes & CAP environmental exemptions

Europe’s quest for a sovereign cloud

Putting European data outside the reach of foreign jurisdictions has been a recurring theme for EU policymakers, with some initiatives criticised for protectionism.  Luca Bertuzzi discusses what Europe’s strive for digital sovereignty means for the cloud…

EU’s ‘Defence of Democracy’ debate on combatting foreign influence

EU's 'Defence of Democracy' debate on combatting foreign influence. Suzanne Lynch speaks to the European Commission's special adviser on foreign interference, Ivana Karaskova, a Czech academic and expert on Chinese influence