EU Decoded

In a post-Brexit Europe, the idea is to reconnect European citizens with the decision-making process in Brussels and Strasbourg - to give the people their say in how the EU should function.

The plan is now in action with an EU digital portal being used where citizens can give their views online - the EU promises every single one will be read.

With the Conference on the Future of Europe getting into full swing on 9 May, we delve into a major discussion with EPP Group Chairman, Manfred Weber, and the head of the Group’s task force, Paulo Rangel MEP.

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With the new EU-UK trade accord getting the green light from the European Parliament, the road ahead can still be treacherous for people on both sides of the Channel and the Irish border. Still to work out: fishing rights, financial services, and preventing more unrest in Northern Ireland.

In the latest EPP Group podcast, MEPs Deirdre Clune and David McAllister give their take on how to deal with the latest tensions, and how the EU should work to keep the Brexit trade agreement from unravelling.

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Should the European Parliament ratify an Investment Accord with China when Beijing maintains its oppressive policies in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong? 

And after China blacklisted five Parliament Members in a tit-for-tat against EU sanctions?

Check out this EPP Group podcast with one of those blacklisted MEPs - Miriam Lexmann of Slovakia - along with Polish MEP and ex-Foreign Minister Radosław ''Radek'' Sikorski, plus Noah Barkin of the German Marshall Fund and the research provider Rhodium Group.

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We delve into the issues facing cancer screening programmes within the European Union with a rundown of the dedicated hearing within the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer and are joined by Irish MEP Deidre Clune.

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The recent assassinations of journalists in Malta and Slovakia are the most shocking ways to silence free media. So is hijacking justice to wage ''strategic lawsuits against public participation,'' or SLAPP cases against reporters. EPP Group Members in the European Parliament's Special Committee on Disinformation - Sandra Kalniete and Vlado Bilcik - join Michał Szułdrzyński, Deputy Editor of the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" in a podcast with host Chris Burns, to call for more EU action to defend Europe's media freedom.

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If Europe is to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with renewed competitive vigor, the potential of Artificial intelligence must be fully realised. But as with all new technologies, concerts linger about how and when it should be used. Clearly there is scope for good regulation to harness A.I. for the benefit of Europeans. Listen to our EPP Group Podcast episode featuring MEPs Axel VOSS, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU and Jorgen WARBORN what is their take on AI and Competitiveness. 

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What more can Europe do to provide childhood cancer patients with the best treatment and care available, and support for survivors? 

In this new episode of our EPP Group podcast, we approach these questions in relation to the fight against paediatric cancer, from the main challenges young patients face, to the encouraging opportunities that the recently launched European Beating Cancer Plan will bring to beat this disease. 

Hear from the Polish Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ewa Kopacz, a former Prime Minister, Minister of Health and paediatrician. She discusses the need for specialised treatments that are developed to suit the needs of children, the lack of research, the long-term effects that young patients face into adulthood and the existing inequalities among EU countries on survival rates. 

Much remains to be done as regards the last point, especially when being born in Eastern Europe still means a 20% lower chance of surviving paediatric cancer compared to the rest of Europe.

Furthermore, experts on childhood cancer, including Professor Jill Vassil, Board Member of the European Society of Paediatric Oncology; Dr Latimer, Managing Director of the Anti Cancer Fund and Professor Carmello Razzaghi, President-elect of the European Society of Paediatric Oncology, will give some clues about the steps that are necessary to improve the prospects for paediatric patients.

Join journalist Jack Parrock and find out the latest news from the Beating Cancer Committee in the European Parliament and from our campaign on how the “EU Can Beat Cancer”.

Social media platforms have become a breeding ground for disinformation, echo chambers that amplify alternative news and alternative facts, which hijack elections and politics as we saw in the US on 6 January. Twenty years ago we talked about the information highway, but it can also be a highway to hell. It can potentially be just as destructive as it can be constructive. Facebook and Twitter pulled the plug on Donald Trump after the storming of the Capitol.

We are talking about the impact of these events on Europe with MEPs Rasa Juknevičienė and Vladimír Bilčík, and co-founder of the Lincoln Project, Rick Wilson.

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In this episode, we discover how AI can revolutionise EU healthcare: from prevention and diagnosis, to emergencies and chronic conditions.

Loubna Bouarfa, founder and CEO of OKRA Technologies, enlightens us about the empowerment of life science professionals with AI-driven insights.  

Finally, we discuss the challenges of using AI in European healthcare with Axel Voss MEP, rapporteur of the AIDA Final Report and Eva Maydell MEP, Member of the AIDA and ITRE Committees.

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Coming to you from the European Parliament in Brussels, in this episode, we discuss how a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of cancer and outline the environmental factors.

We discuss cancer prevention with our guest MEP, a WHO expert and a hospital pharmacist.

Our main aim on this podcast is to keep you up to date with plans by the EPP Group and indeed the EU to deal with cancer head on – in particular we’re focussing on the work of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer which was set up here in Parliament just a few months ago. We want to make it all a little easier for all of you to understand.

We’re joined by our guest MEP from Portugal Lídia Pereira from the EPP Group, she’s also President of YEPP – The youth organisation of the EPP.

We speak to Joachim Schüz, Head of Environment and Radiation at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organisation. He gives us an overview of the main environmental causes of cancer.

Finally, we discuss the risks in the workplace and in particular cytotoxic exposure, which is affecting healthcare staff. We speak to Mirjam Crul, a hospital pharmacist based in Amsterdam.