The European rules on economic governance and fiscal discipline are an endless source of tension between populist leaders and Brussels. But is relaxing those rules a feasible response for the European institutions to manage populists' claims?

Presented by: Eugenia Brandimarte, Stefano Cabras and Giovanni Manzoni

Climate breakdown: why has it become such an important topic? We will first discuss the current climate crisis and the EU’s role in tackling it. We’ll then hear from MEP Molly Scott Cato about how the way we spend our money can have an impact on the state of the environment. She’ll be telling us about how the EU can make a difference in the transition towards a green economy. (15 May 2019)

Presented by: Susanna Garside and Sébastian Willemart

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What is populism? Is it a societal illness to eradicate? Or is it the solution to our current economic, cultural and political crisis? In this first episode of our mini-series on populism, we try to define populism with the former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the French political scientist Marc Lazar. (8 May 2019)

Presented by: Eugenia Brandimarte, Stefano Cabras and Giovanni Manzoni

In this episode we talk about gender mainstreaming – in other words, how the EU takes gender equality into account across policy areas. We hear from Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, and Dr Toni Haastrup, a researcher on EU external policies. We also speak to Jeanne Ponte, parliamentary assistant at the European Parliament and founder of the MeTooEP movement.

Presented and produced by: Zoe Ledwith and Giulio Gipsy Crespi

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On 12th September 2018, the European Commission presented a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. Next Wednesday, 17th April 2019, the European Parliament will express its opinion on the regulation. NGOs are worried about the impact of this legislation on the rights of internet users and on the potential abuse of pre-emptive censorship. We discuss the main criticisms to the Terrorist Content Regulation with Arthur Messaud from the advocacy group "la Quadrature du Net". (16 April 2019)

Presented by: Anne Malavaud and Juan Schinas Alvarogonzalez

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Today we introduce our mini-series on how the EU is influencing the use of the internet. In this episode we analyse the European regulation on data protection, the GDPR. With our guest Arthur Messaud, legal and political analyst at the French advocacy group "la Quadrature du Net", we explore the link between the GDPR and the GAFAM, the top 5 companies operating in the digital market. (11 April 2019)

Presented by: Anne Malavaud and Juan Schinas Alvarogonzalez

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Today we talk about European elections. In the first section, we focus on the role of the European Parliament and the Spitzenkandidat process in the selection of the next President of the Commission. Later, you will hear an extract of our interview with the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, produced in collaboration with the magazine La Voix du College. (27 December 2018)

Presented by: Alexandra Nouvel and Susy Garside

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For our first episode, we have been joined by Tony Connelly, Europe Editor at RTE, Ireland's national public broadcaster. On Tuesday 13 November 2018, Tony Connelly was the first journalist to report on the conclusion of a draft agreement between the EU and the UK. Throughout the episode we talk about Brexit, the Irish border and what it all really means. (15 November 2018)

Presented by: Erica Duffy

Music: "Hash Out" by Blue Dot Sessions (album "Sunday at Slims") freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot…Slims/Hash_Out