EU Decoded

COP26 in Glasgow was two weeks of tough talks on how to cut emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe. Everybody is pretty much on the same page to do that. But will this COP26 actually be effective in slashing carbon emissions in time before we see a more than 1.5 degree rise in pre-industrial temperatures? 

In Glasgow, Chris Burns talked to EPP Group  MEPs Esther de Lange and Lidia Pereira to get their insight into what was going on.

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Despite the efforts made by professionals, discourse on mental health is to a certain degree still considered a stigma. But why? If we are so invested in our physical health, why aren’t we just as invested in our mental health?

Because of this stigma, we will continue bringing you conversations such as the one in this week’s podcast episode.

A few weeks ago, our host Jack Parrock brought together three amazing experts on this topic - Dr. Teresa D’Oliveira from King's College London, Jennifer Oroilidis from Mental Health Europe, and the EPP Group MEP Maria Walsh, a vocal advocate on mental health discourse.

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Even though the Polish Government says it doesn't want to see Poland leave the EU, its actions often tell a completely different story.

Courts packed with politically eligible individuals, blatant disrespect for the primacy of EU law, controversial legislation and tribunal rulings. All this has forced the people of Poland to take to the streets, and has also caused friction between the Polish Government and the EU Institutions.

During the last plenary session in Strasbourg, Prime Minister Morawiecki stood in front of the European Parliament and members of the Commission.

We have recorded a recap of the recent tensions between Brussels and Warsaw with MEPs Radosław Sikorski and Jeroen Lenaers.

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In this week’s episode, our host Georgina Wright is joined by Lidia Pereira, a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 and President of the Youth of the European People's Party; Monika Grzegorczyk, a researcher at the Brussels based think tank Bruegel; and Marc Steiert, a researcher at the European University Institute in Florence.

Throughout the discussion they raised some important points on youth unemployment, which has increased dramatically during the pandemic. According to a recent European Parliament report, 1,1 million young people aged 15 to 24 - and a further one million young people aged 25 to 29 - lost their jobs between the end of 2019 and the first quarter of 2021. 

So what could the EU do to help?

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In this week's episode we are discussing the impact of the Farm to Fork Strategy.

The European Commission proposed Farm to Fork and it is expected to set certain targets, including cutting pesticide use in half and reducing the use of mineral fertilisers by 20 percent. 

But - what will be the impact of these measures both on farmers and on consumers?

Our host Chris Burns looked for the answer to this question with a Finnish farmer, Susanna Suonio, Herbert Dorfmann MEP and Prof. Dr. Christian Henning, who has done an actual study on the impact of the Farm to Fork Strategy.

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In this week's episode, we are bringing you a talk about the future of EU-US relations. 

In light of the recent events in Afghanistan, but also in light of the AUKUS deal, the alliance between the USA, the UK and Australia, which involved a submarine deal worth billions that replaced a French deal on submarines, it's obvious that relations between Europe and the United States have taken a hit. 

Where might all this take us and what should we expect?

Our host Chris Burns and MEP Radosław Sikorski engaged in an interesting discussion on the subject. 

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What do spyware and disinformation have in common? They are both a part of malicious attacks on the EU from the outside world.

In this week’s episode, we are talking about these two threats. Are your phones in danger? Is that thing you read yesterday really true?

Our host Chris Burns sat down with Vlado Bilcik MEP, and Monika Richter, Head of Research and Analysis at Semantic Visions, to get some answers.

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Female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Over 355.000 women in the EU's 27 countries were estimated to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. It amounts to 13,3 percent of all cancer diagnoses. 

In this podcast, you're going to hear from three women who are each playing a different but important role in the fight against breast cancer. Dr. Isabel Rubio is the Head of Breast Surgical Oncology at Clinica Universidad de Navarra in Madrid, Spain. She has a real insight into what's going on in hospitals right now. 

Barbara Wilson is a highly experienced senior HR professional and herself a breast cancer survivor. She set up an organisation in the UK called Working With Cancer, which is all about helping employees and employers deal with the issues that cancer raises in the workplace, providing all sides with education and support. 

And Deirdre Clune, a prominent Irish Member of the European Parliament who sits with the EPP Group. She's a leading figure in the Parliament's Special Committee on Beating Cancer.

In this podcast, we're talking about screening and early detection, the effect COVID-19 has had on fighting cancer and what the EU's role is in all of it.

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The latest developments in Afghanistan have, once again, urged another global discussion on security and defence.

And while most will automatically think of NATO on this topic, we can't go on without asking - what about the EU? What about European defence?

In our latest podcast episode, Georgina Wright sat down for a talk with MEP Arnaud Danjean, and Claudia Major from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

The three of them raised several important questions during their discussion - where and how should Europe stand in matters of defence?

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Enlargement is often considered one of the EU's most powerful policy tools. But is it the right time for the EU to welcome new Member States? And what do citizens think about it? Are we ready? Especially given the fact that the EU is still recovering from several crises it has encountered over the past decade.

In the latest episode of the EPP Group's podcast series 'What's next for the EU?', Georgina Wright discusses these exact questions with Karlo Ressler MEP, a Croatian politician, former adviser and Member of the European Parliament since 2019, and Joanna Hosa, Deputy Director of the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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