The European Council convened at the end of last week to deliberate on a British request for a Brexit extension, and tackle a host of other issues that have been pushed aside by the Brexit frenzy. Joining Catherine Nicholson to discuss the latest events in the EU is Ska Keller, co-head of the European Greens’ group, and up until recently the only woman in the running to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission.

Joining Catherine Nicholson to discuss the latest events in the EU is Arnaud Danjean, a senior French MEP and former member of the French intelligence services. Last week, Brexit talks reached new highs or depths, depending on how you see things. There are also now just ten weeks to go before European Parliament elections that some say could markedly change the face of the bloc. Current predictions say voters are set to give their support to the more populist end of the political spectrum.

This week's debate concerns the biggest country in the world, the second-largest economy, and the European Union's second-biggest trading partner. It's also a country that's coming under suspicion over accusations of state-sponsored spying and the theft of trade secrets. We're talking, of course, about China. What kind of relationship should the EU and its member states have with China and Chinese companies? And how suspicious should they be?

Nasser Kamel is Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean. Set up a decade ago, it's now at the heart of some of Europe's biggest concerns, from security to migration. Kamel spoke to FRANCE 24's Catherine Nicholson about the ongoing protests in Algeria, as well as migration to Europe. He says migration is being used by some political factions in Europe for "electoral purposes", and invites them to work with the Union for the Mediterranean to deal with the "root causes" of migration.

On March 1, UNICEF sounded the alarm over a worldwide resurgence of measles. Cases of measles have spiked in several European countries recently, while over the last couple of weeks, a French family has been accused of "importing" the potentially deadly disease to Costa Rica. There's widespread concern about the falling take-up of vaccines in some parts of the EU, amid questions over how government policy, fake news and poverty come into the picture.

The countdown to Brexit continues. One of the biggest sticking points has been the future of the frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. And that uncertainty is raising concerns for farmers on both sides of the border.

The countdown to Brexit continues. One of the biggest sticking points has been the future of the frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. And that uncertainty is raising concerns for farmers on both sides of the border.

Her election at the end of 2018 marked a few firsts – she is the first woman in the job, and the first Georgian president to have started life as a French citizen. In our interview, we ask new president Salomé Zourabichvili about the hard-fought election campaign and the involvement of her billionaire backer Bidzina Ivanishvili; Georgia's European membership aspirations; and Georgia's relations with neighbouring Russia.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon weighed in on the current Brexit impasse, saying she believes it's "almost inevitable" that the process will be delayed. The SNP leader also insisted she had a "democratic mandate" for a second referendum on Scottish independence, saying she will soon reveal when she intends to call one.

There's currently new wind in the sails of the movement to enlarge the EU into the Western Balkans region (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). One major recent development has been a name deal for one of those six countries: "North Macedonia", as it's now set to be officially known. Neighbouring Greece had for years been opposed to the use of "Macedonia", the name of one of its own northern regions.