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Talking Europe

FRANCE 24 English

Politicians, activists and researchers debate the issues facing the EU and a "guest of the week" offers their insight in a long-format interview that gets to the heart of the matter. Saturday at 7:15pm.

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00:12:12

Clock ticking on EU Green Deal: Legislators aim to...

Talking Europe ·

2024/01/19

The EU is adopting an unprecedented package of climate, energy and environmental legislation. The Green Deal has been an essential component of the European Parliament's work over the last five years, and of the European Commission's agenda. EU member states have highlighted the importance of the energy transition in light of the war in Ukraine. But only a few months remain to close important policy bills before the EU elections. Meanwhile, environmental activists have talked of a "green fatigue" in

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00:11:55

'I call on member states to combat social dumping':...

Talking Europe ·

2024/01/12

Talking Europe interviews the EU commissioner in charge of jobs and social rights, Nicolas Schmit. He speaks to the importance of protecting workers, particularly the "gig" or "platform" workers, whose status is at the core of a dispute between the European Commission and several EU member states. He also addresses the issue of "social dumping" – people being paid below their level of skills – an issue of relevance not only to EU workers, but also to Ukrainian refugees that have been granted

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00:12:40

Orban versus the EU on Ukraine: How can other member...

Talking Europe ·

2024/01/12

Ukraine is seeking €50 billion in budget support from the European Union. If it doesn’t get it, it might have to raise taxes or even print money this spring, officials in Kyiv have suggested. At stake are not only Ukraine's finances, but the EU's whole commitment to Kyiv's membership of the European Union. Brussels has formally agreed to start accession talks with Ukraine. But it's going to be a long road, and the Hungarian prime minister has warned that there will be plenty of opportunities for him

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00:11:43

EU's response to disinformation online: Has...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/29

While wars are fought between armies or militant groups, conflicts have their keyboard warriors too. It is estimated that more than half of the world uses social media, and many people do not go to traditional media as a source of information at all. As social media use increases, unease has grown among EU decision-makers about the power of these platforms to potentially distort people's view of the world. The EU has tried to regulate on disinformation through the Digital Services Act (DSA), but how

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00:16:54

Fighting poverty in Europe: Meet the people who are...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/22

Poverty is set to be one of the key issues dominating the 2024 European elections. The EU is home to 95 million people who live below the poverty line – that is, who live on less than 60 percent of the median income for their country. In all, that's one in five Europeans who live at risk of social exclusion. The current European Commission has pledged to reduce the number of people living in poverty by 15 million by 2030 – but due to the global pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation and rising

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00:12:31

'The nationalisation of states is killing the...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/22

Talking Europe hosts Austrian author Robert Menasse, the winner of the 2023 European Union book prize. The award was set up in 2007 to foster a European spirit and promote understanding of the EU from a cultural perspective. The prize has previously been bestowed on such towering figures as Jonathan Coe, Philippe Sands and Tony Judt. Menasse is the only writer to have won the award twice. We discuss his prize-winning novel "The Enlargement", which takes places against the backdrop of the actual

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00:11:47

We've made 'huge progress' on Schengen membership:...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/15

Talking Europe sat down with the prime minister of Bulgaria, Nikolai Denkov, during a crucial EU summit that approved the start of EU accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova – but failed to find an agreement on budget support for Ukraine. We take the political temperature in the summit room with our guest, and discuss some regional and Bulgarian developments as well – notably Sofia's efforts to join the Schengen free travel area, which is currently under negotiation between Bulgaria, Romania,

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00:12:28

'We cannot recycle our way out of the plastics...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/15

Getting the European Green Deal finished is one of the EU Commission's top priorities in the last few months of the current legislative term. At stake is a major transformation of Europe's economies and societies, which could see the continent become climate neutral by 2050. But while we hear a lot about energy strategy, we hear less about another core element of the Green Deal: oceans and fisheries. Our guest is the European Commissioner in charge of Environment, Oceans and Fisheries,

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00:12:27

Ukraine is 'gold standard' for EU accession process:...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/08

As European leaders tussle over key decisions on Ukraine ahead of a crucial EU summit on December 14-15, Talking Europe hosts Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Olha Stefanishyna. She tells FRANCE 24 that it is "very important" that a decision to start Ukraine’s EU membership talks be taken, because Ukraine is a "gold standard" when it comes to the reforms that candidate countries need to make. She also acknowledges that this is a "turbulent period" in

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00:12:16

Sweden's accession will make 'a lot of improvements'...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/08

The war in Ukraine has forced a major rethink in European security, with both Sweden and Finland abandoning their long-standing policy of non-alignment and applying for NATO membership last year. But while Finland was admitted into NATO this April, delays have persisted on Sweden’s entry, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linking a serious of unrelated issues to Ankara’s ratification of Sweden's accession – the latest of which is a potential sale of US F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We

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00:12:30

EU's Green Deal achievements 'massive and...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/01

Talking Europe hosts Pascal Canfin, the chair of the environment committee at the European Parliament. He is a former French government minister and a former director of the French branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). We take a look at what is coming out of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, and at the state of the EU's green transition. Canfin maintains that 80 percent of the laws planned under the EU's Green Deal should be finished by the end of the current legislative term – something he

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00:11:44

Ten more years of glyphosate in the EU: Controversy...

Talking Europe ·

2023/12/01

A controversial chemical will be allowed in the EU for another 10 years. After member states failed to reach an agreement amongst themselves, the European Commission decided that glyphosate, an agrichemical used in farming, will be re-authorised for a further decade. Glyphosate kills weeds and is the most widely used herbicide in the world. An agency of the World Health Organization has concluded that glyphosate is probably carcinogenic to humans, but EU and US agencies have not established a link

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00:11:51

'We have a historic opportunity to get it right on...

Talking Europe ·

2023/11/24

Talking Europe hosts one of the EU Commission's vice-presidents, Margaritis Schinas, who is in charge of overseeing the promotion of the European Way of Life. That includes fighting anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination in various forms. Schinas also coordinates the Commission's work on the Migration and Asylum Pact, which is entering a critical period in negotiations between the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. Schinas tells Armen Georgian he is optimistic that the Pact will

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00:12:08

Can Europe protect its women? EU members at odds over...

Talking Europe ·

2023/11/24

The statistics are as damning as they are grim. In the EU, one in three women aged 15 or over has experienced physical or sexual violence – or both. More than half of all women in Europe have been sexually harassed. Only a fifth of women in the EU go to the police when an intimate partner assaults them. Meanwhile, EU member states have failed to agree on how to address the worst crimes against women. Several countries continue to resist calls by Brussels to define non-consensual sex as rape,

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00:12:52

Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili: ‘We are on...

Talking Europe ·

2023/11/17

Europe’s recommendation to grant Georgia candidate status for EU membership is “a very major step” that is goading the country’s political leaders to coalesce around a “new consensus” in favour of a European future, Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili told FRANCE 24. “Georgian political leaders have started again to talk a very pro-European language, which for some time they had subdued in some ways,” said the French-born Zourabichvili, who was elected to Georgia’s largely ceremonial presidency

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