EU Now

Host Kasper Zeuthen discusses with EU Ambassador David O’Sullivan the latest on the Iran Nuclear Deal.

EU Delegation’s Martin Caudron interviews Elizabeth Zitrin, President of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and Harold Wilson, a death row exoneree and cofounder of Witness to Innocence, a non-profit serving to empower exonerated death row survivors.  Learn the facts behind the controversial capital punishment, how the EU has played a leadership role in abdicating the death penalty, and hear a chilling, first-hand account from a man who woke up every day on death row for more than 16 years.

Svante Tidholm is a project manager of FATTA MAN, a Swedish group whose name translates to, "GET IT, MAN."  Their mission is to change the societal and cultural norms that create an oppressive masculinity. In this interview, Svante shares how he became involved in this project, what the state of affairs is currently, how Sweden's "brave" laws have helped shape a better future, and how he has gathered momentum for this mission by involving rap musicians, creating short films, discussion materials and more, all around the theme, "It Starts with Me."  

The EU Delegation's Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen catches up with the Head of Economic and Financial Affairs, Valerie Rouxel-Laxton for a check-up on the EU's economy.  Get an inside look on the successes and challenges as we face an increasingly interconnected global economy.

Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU's Chief for Health and Food Safety, a heart surgeon and historian who started his life in a Soviet Gulag, addresses issues such as food shortages and safety in a personal and unique manner.  Perhaps a humanist above all else, hear him explain why the way forward is “...a global approach; we need global solutions to stop health threats.”

At the EU's 6th annual Common Security and Defense Policy Symposium in D.C., EU Delegation Spokesperson James Barbour catches up with Manuel Navarrete, head of Europol's European Counter Terrorism Centre, to discuss European security and counterterrorism efforts in the EU, as well as the status of EU-U.S. cooperation on the strategic challenges ahead.  

Kicking off the EU Now podcast series, EU Ambassador to the U.S., David O'Sullivan, discusses on Europe Day the 60th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration and 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, founding milestones of the European Union.  

The EU Delegation to the US' Isabelle Tilghman sits down with Professor Tammy Proctor, Department Head and Professor of History at Utah State University to discuss a large-scale yet little known humanitarian effort led by Americans in Belgium during the First World War.