The Brussels Report Podcast

Philip Weiss is the founder of ZN, a digital agency working with companies, political institutions and organizations on how to use the Internet to integrate and transform business and communication. In 2012, he wrote the book ‘Hyperthinking’, defining the mindset needed to survive and thrive in the age of networks. Whilst studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, Philip Weiss launched two college magazines, started the first student radio station on a full FM licence in the UK, and received the Young Achievers Award from HM the Queen. He was chairman of IABC Europe (International Association of Business Communicators) in 2012 and organised Eurocomm, the regional conference of the organisation in Brussels. In 2009, Weiss helped co-found TEDxBrussels.

In this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor ⁠Pieter Cleppe⁠ discusses the following topics with him:

- How has lobbying and influencing at the EU policy level evolved over the past 25 years in Brussels?

- How does the ZN Consulting annual ranking of digital EU policy influencers work?

- What to think of the various social media platforms: Twitter/X, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram?

- Looking at debates like Brexit and TTIP, what can we learn about the importance of - digital - communication?

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During a panel debate at the Free Market Road Show in Brussels earlier this year, Dr. Barbara Kolm, Director of

The Free Market Road Show is a series of conferences dedicated to free market economics in 36 cities in Europe and the United States, which has been organized for more than 15 years. Its launch event was hosted in Brussels this year, by BrusselsReport.eu in cooperation with the Austrian Economics Center, the Tholos Foundation and the Property Rights Alliance.

Charles H. Dallara is an American banker and the former managing director of the Institute of International Finance, which is a group representing the global financial services industry.

He served as the managing director of the Institute of International Finance, Inc. from 1993 to 2013, leading it in its prominent role during the European sovereign debt crisis, including the private sector involvement (PSI) agreement reached between European countries and financial organisations on the one hand and the Greek government on the other, "the biggest sovereign restructuring in history."

Before that, he acted as managing director at J.P. Morgan & Co. from June 1991 to July 1993, and he also held various positions in the George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan administrations: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Policy Development and Senior Advisor for Policy to the Secretary of the Treasury (1988-1989); U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund

Currently, he is an Advisory Partner of Partners Group and Chairman of Partners Group Board of Directors, USA.

He is the author of a newly published book, titled "Euroshock. How the Largest Debt Restructuring in History Helped Save Greece and Preserve the Eurozone" (March 2024)

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-        Are there similarities between indebted Western democracies today and 1980s rate hikes, which also troubled Latin American countries at the time?

-        What are the chances of Argentina’s President Milei succeeding?

-        Does bitcoin have a future? 

Daniel Kral is a Senior Economist within the macroeconomics forecasting division of Oxford Economics. He joined Oxford Economics in April 2021 in London and leads the coverage of the Nordic region. Daniel holds a Master of Research from University College London where his thesis won the Frank Carter prize for the best post-graduate thesis in 2014. Before, he worked at IHS Markit, VEON, RS Consulting and at the Brussels office of British EU affairs think tank Open Europe.

On Twitter/X, he is one of the most prominent analysts monitoring the developments of European economies.

In this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor ⁠Pieter Cleppe⁠ discusses the following topics with him:

- Germany's deindustrialisation: how serious is it?

- The Eurozone: trouble on the horizon? Can higher

- What about Europe's growth poles. There is Poland, but are there others?

- The economic impact of Brexit, looking back

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Mohamed Magdy Farid (Arabic: محمد مجدي فريد, born 18 August 1982) is an Egyptian Classic Liberal politician. He has been a Senator since 2020. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial and management engineering from October 6 University, and a master's degree in Sustainable development Planning with a specialization in Economic Development from the Egyptian National Planning Institute. He was a founding member of the Free Egyptians Party but sits now as an independent.

In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor ⁠Pieter Cleppe⁠ discusses the following topics:

M'backé N'diaye holds a degree in law and political

In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor ⁠Pieter Cleppe⁠ discusses the following topics:

-        The background of the crisis and civil war in

-        Why do there seem to be double standards with

-        The importance of the Sahel region and Islamist

-        What can the EU and the United States do? What

-        What’s the role of Russia and China?

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Brad Lips is the

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Christopher Snowdon is the head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. His research focuses on lifestyle freedoms, prohibition and policy-based evidence. He is a regular contributor to the Spectator, Telegraph and Spiked and often appears on TV and radio discussing social and economic issues.

Snowdon’s work encompasses a diverse range of topics including ‘sin taxes’, state funding of charities, happiness economics, ‘public health’ regulation, gambling and the black market. Recent publications include

In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the Nanny State Index (NSI), which is authored by Snowdon, along with partners across Europe.

This is a league table of the worst places in Europe to eat, drink, smoke and vape. The initiative was launched in March 2016 and has been a media hit right across Europe.  

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Rod Richardson is a philanthropist who serves as the President of the Grace Richardson Fund (GRF), which is the leading private foundation pioneering free market climate policy. He is also co-founder/co-chair of the Climate & Freedom International Coalition Meeting, co-facilitated in collaboration with Americans for Tax Reform Foundation/Tholos Foundation. 

GRF pioneers new free market solutions to emerging 21st century challenges.  Their free market climate policy consists of a set of new proposals rooted in the

In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the following topics with him:

- Why taxing carbon and the punitive approach to deal with climate change is simply not working

- What could be an alternative, more functional approach?

- The role of the non-Western world in the context of climate policies

- Nuclear power and liberalisation of energy markets 

Martin Kinnunen is a Member of the Swedish Parliament (SD-ECR). He has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2014, elected for the Stockholm constituency since 2018. Before, he was elected for the Gothenburg constituency. He is a member of both the EU Committee and the Environment and Agriculture affairs Committee, and serves as the climate and environmental policy spokesperson for his party.

Kinnunen has been press secretary for the Sweden Democrats in 2010–2014 and also served as Chairman of Sweden Democratic Youth between 2005 and 2007. Kinnunen is a trained economist (PhD) and has completed a bachelor of philosophy degree in economics at Stockholm University.

In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the following topics with him:

- The EU's energy crisis: how did it came so far and are EU member states on the right path?

- The EU's green deal and ever more expensive climate policies: is the Swedish EU Council Presidency putting the brakes on?

- Is there a chance to put a stop to EU legislative plans to ban the combustion engine?

- The latest on the European Union's protectionist response to the American "Inflation Reduction Act"

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