Roundtable

Despite being rather small in stature, Angela Merkel casts a long shadow and whoever takes over as leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats will have big shoes to fill. Who can do the job and what is “Mutti” Merkel’s legacy?

Matthew Qvortrup

Author of ‘Angela Merkel: Europe’s most influential leader’

Simon J Bulmer

Emeritus Professor of European Politics

Ulrich Kuhn

Foreign Policy Expert

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.

Has the EU caved in just once too often for its own good? Poland and Hungary were accused of condoning corruption and abandoning what’s been called The Rule of Law. Now, to get its massive budget approved by all 27 countries, has the EU effectively said that’s OK?

Guests:

Laurent Pech

Professor of European Law

Katalin Cseh

Hungarian MEP

Marek Tatala

Vice President of Civil Development Forum

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.

Can you be middle class and on the breadline? There’s a growing feeling that the pandemic’s causing those that once had plenty to now have to ask for help. Lost jobs, lack of food, nowhere to live any longer. For all of these reasons, and many more, aid agencies are having to help those that once easily looked after themselves.

Guests:

Jacques Vandenschrik

President at European Federation of Food Banks

Stephanie Slater

CEO of School Food Matters

Michele Raitano

Associate Professor of Economic Policy

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.

Show us your papers is a phrase with sinister connotations, but Covid passports are already on the horizon. No Vaccination, No Go. Is it the way forward in difficult times?

Guests:

Neri Zilber

Journalist

Alex Macheras

Aviation Analyst

Dr. Bharat Pankhania

University of Exeter Medical School

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.

Geographically of course, Europe is going nowhere, but where is it actually heading in the course of the next 12 months? The challenges for a continent with more than twice the population of the United States.

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Political Commentator

Denis Macshane

Former UK Minister for Europe

Susi Dennison

European Council on Foreign Relations

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.

In the end it wasn’t Brexit that caused chaos between Britain and Europe this Christmas but the new variant of Covid that brought cross-Channel traffic to a standstill. And now that there’s a trade deal and freight and people are moving as near to normal again in these extraordinary times, the question is this - will Brexit actually deliver the confusion many feared?

Guests:

Catherine McBride

Centre for Brexit Policy

Matt Withers

Journalist at The New European

Amelia Hadfield

Head of Politics at University of Surrey

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.

Can an East-West divide in Europe be seen as a New Iron Curtain? It’s a real danger according to some.

Guests:

Marcin Zaborowski

Editor-in-chief of Res Publica Foundation

Agnieszka Legucka

Polish Institute of International Affairs

Humphrey Hawksley

Author

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.

Two refugee camps in northern Syria where thousands of foreigners with links to Daesh have been stripped of their citizenship and live in appalling conditions. The question is, why do so many countries refuse to help?

Guests:

Yasmine Ahmed

UK Director at Human Rights Watch

Tanya Mehra

Researcher at International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

Marijke Van Buggenhout

Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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.

France is also moving to renewables, but more slowly than others. So does nuclear power still have a big future? This is RT

Guests:

Rauli Partanen

Science Writer

Professor Rob Gross

Director of UK Energy Research Centre

Mycle Schneider

International Nuclear 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.

Just when you may have thought it had reached the end of the road, the Brexit bandwagon rolls on. And still no one knows if there will be a deal between the EU and the UK. Since talks are continuing are they close to agreement, or playing to their public on both sides of The Channel?

Guests:

Jonathan Lis

Deputy Director of British Influence

Robert Oulds

Director of the Bruges Group

Alex de Ruyter

Professor at Birmingham City University

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.