European People’s Podcast

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European Commissioner for Budget and Administration and EPP Vice-President Johannes Hahn, is the sixth guest of our new podcast series that focuses on the members of our Presidency.

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EPP Vice-President Esther de Lange, is the fourth guest of our new podcast series that focuses on the members of our Presidency.

Today's guest on our Podcast is Antoine Ripoll, Director of the European Parliament in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Office We talk about the shifting of the strategic center of gravity of the world to Asia. The Indo-Pacific strategy of the European Union🇪🇺, and the work of Antoine Ripoll in Jakarta.

In this episode of our podcast we talk with Susan Danger, CEO of AmCham EU and newly re-elected Chair of the AmChams in Europe network. We discuss the essential importance of transatlantic values, the resilience of the transatlantic economy and the unprecedented transatlantic cooperation we have seen following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Our new podcast episode is a special one: Philippe Juvin is a former Member of the European Parliament and a doctor who just came back from Mariupol, Ukraine where he’s been to teach and help in providing first aid to the wounded. He has also put a lot of effort into raising money for Ukraine and helping Ukrainian refugees.

In this episode of our Podcast we are joined by Sir David Lidington, Chairman of the Conservative European Forum. Sir Lidington has been active in European politics for years as well as participating in politics and government of the United Kingdom. Together we talk about the terrible situation in Ukraine, the astonishing resistance and resilience of the Ukrainian people, and the aid the UK is sending to Ukraine. Next to this we discuss European cooperation after Brexit and preserving the Northern-Ireland Peace Process.

Today is International Women’s Day, and we interviewed Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth and Vice-President of the EPP and EPP Women

The official theme for International Women’s Day this year is Break the Bias and we discuss not only to visible biases woman have to deal with, but also the invisible ones, like algorithms and AI that unconsciously discriminates against women. We also discuss how to encourage women take education in STEM and we talk about Women TechEU, an initiative launched by Commissioner Gabriel last year on International Women's Day to encourage women led startups in tech.

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, to celebrate this we will already start today with an interview with President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola

This year’s theme of International Women’s Day is Break the Bias, and this is something Roberta Metsola has done many times in her career.

She is only the third female President of the European Parliament and the first woman to be elected President of the European Parliament in 20 years!