Roundtable

The most recent worry for some EU countries is a Hungarian law on sex education in schools. For his part Victor Orban wants to limit the powers of the European Parliament. He wants national assemblies to be able to veto EU laws.

If you're in a club and insult that club, should you be expelled? There are calls for Hungary to be kicked out of the EU, as the country’s leader denounced what he called “The Sovietization” of the bloc.

The UK is planning new laws to police the world wide web. Concerns are being voiced that the new powers could lead to censorship - that the government will be able to overrule the country’s communications watchdog and give politicians too much control.

GUESTS:

Inma Martinez

AI Pioneer

Antony Walker

Deputy Chief Executive of Tech UK

Julia Hornle

Professor of Internet Law

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

His name is Xavier Bertrand and both Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have reasons to be worried as he pulled off a surprise victory in a regional election that could see him as a serious candidate next April.

GUESTS:

Joseph Downing

Analyst on French Nationalism and Security

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Political Commentator

Philippe Marliere

Professor of French and European Politics

As the Delta variant spreads across Europe. We are off to Portugal, Russia, France and back here to the UK - to see who has got it right or wrong in fighting the coronavirus.

Muhammad Munir

Virologist at Lancaster University

Vasily Vlassov

Professor of Health at Higher School of Economics

Antoine Flahault

Director of the Institute of Global Health

Ricardo Leite

Member of the Portuguese Parliament

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

How strong are the forces of corruption in the European Union’s poorest nation Bulgaria? People there will vote this weekend and have the chance to put the country on a cleaner, more prosperous path.

Guests:

Genoveva Petrova

Executive Director of Alpha Research

Spasimir Domaradzki

Visegrad Insight Fellow

Veronica Anghel

Political Scientist at the European University Institute

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Russia has threatened military retaliation claiming that a British warship got too close to the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea. There’s a massive Nato exercise there too right now.

So why is The West seemingly willing to consistently poke the Russian Bear in an area where it has troops and where there’s been international condemnation of its annexation of the Crimea peninsula?

Guests:

Alina Frolova

Former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

Peter Roberts

Director of Military Sciences at Rusi

Robert Fox

Defence Editor at Evening Standard  

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

To receive Covid Recovery money from the European Union, a country has to show it will spend more than one third of that money on Green Investment. There’ve been promises, but there are now concerns that the EU may be turning a blind eye to those nations that aren’t keeping their word.

Guests:

Felix Heilmann

Researcher at E3G

Olivier Vardakoulias

Lead Economist at WWF Greece

Juraj Melichar

Campaigner at Bankwatch

Joe Biden’s desire to distance China is not apparently echoed in Europe’s capitals - The EU is now Beijing’s biggest trading partner and it will be a difficult job to keep both sides happy. Allegations of human rights abuses in China were notable at the recent G7 meeting for their absence - apparently to the US’s annoyance and because of pressure from Europe. So, while the EU has imposed sanctions on China, what kind of long game is it planning?

GUESTS:

Winnie King

Policy Analyst

Timothy Heath

Senior International Defense Researcher at RAND Corporation

Theresa Fallon

Founder of Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies

Spain’s decision to pardon nine pro-independence Catalan leaders may be a sign that Madrid wants to take the heat out of talk of separatism for that area of the country’s north east. But it’s been described as “show-boating that fools no one” by the man who is leading the push for independence from exile. And with protests on Spanish streets against the pardons, is the move likely to increase tensions rather than the opposite?

GUESTS:

Andrew Dowling

Reader in Hispanic Studies

Mar Aguilera

Professor of Constitutional Law

Pieter Cleppe

EU Policy Analyst

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Think of Spain and you may imagine sand, sea and sangria. But it’s a country becoming drier by the day with predictions that 20,000 people a year could die because of rising temperatures. And so Spain says it’s aiming to be a circular economy within 30 years to fight climate change - everything that’s used - is used again. No waste. Is it possible

Karl Williams           

Director of Centre for Waste Management at UCLAN 

Matthew Agarwala

Economist at University of Cambridge 

Robin Osterley

CEO of Charity Retail Association

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.