HeyJaredTalking Europe
Politicians, activists and researchers debate the issues facing the EU and a 'guest of the week' offers their insight in a long-format interview that gets to the heart of the matter. Saturday at 7:15pm.
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Strengthening Africa is an investment in Europe's future: EU Commissioner Jozef Sikela (opens the original)
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Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to Jozef Sikela. The EU Commissioner in charge of International Partnerships insists that traditional multilateralism is alive and well, especially in the EU's approach to Africa and to the Arctic. We sat down with him for an interview at the European Commission in Brussels. Sikela notes that after the "dismantling" of US development aid under the Trump adminis
Struggling to make its voice heard: Can the EU forge a true foreign policy? (opens the original)
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"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 Europe on the world stage: Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is actually the sixth high representative. But ever since that post was created, rivalries between different centres of power have diluted the EU's ability to speak with one voice. We saw that recently with tensions over who should represent the EU
Heat domes test Europe's climate resilience: Is the EU ready for a hotter future? (opens the original)
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The European Parliament declared a climate emergency in 2019, yet the EU still appears to be caught off guard by increasingly severe heatwaves and heat domes. With temperatures this summer set to break records and expose millions of Europeans to dangerous heat, we ask whether the bloc has neglected the short-term measures needed to protect people from extreme heat. Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Oihana Almandoz
Sustainable transport key to Europe's 'strategic independence', EU Commissioner Tzitzikostas (opens the original)
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Our guest this week is Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the European Commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism. Cancellations, delays and unventilated trains… Europe’s recent heatwave exposed some of the weaknesses of the bloc’s rail network. Despite ageing tracks and rolling stock, EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas insists the system is improving. He says the Commission has carried out an assessment to identify which parts of the network require further upgrades and which are alr
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