Is the EU well on track to reach defence readiness by 2030?
Europeans have set ambitious goals for the defence capacities that they want to achieve in the next few years. They have increased their defence spending by 79%!Bill that be enough? Hosted on Acast. S...
4 Sep 4min
Do EU regions benefit equally from trade deals?
Mercosur, CETA, TTIP, the EU’s trade policy can sometimes feel very far away from the people who are actually affected by its decisions. In EU jargon, trade policy is an exclusive EU competence. This ...
3 Sep 4min
Could the EU get the same commitments from Meta as the US?
In the United States, a group of 29 states has achieved what Congress has so far failed to do: secure real commitments from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to limit the addictive n...
2 Sep 4min
How real is the Russian military threat to the EU?
At this stage, there is no evidence to suggest that Russia is preparing to attack a European country in the coming years. This assessment, shared by European intelligence services, is not unanimously ...
1 Sep 4min
Data centres in Europe: can local opposition stop them?
Thirty billion euros. That’s how much the EU wants to mobilise to build data centres. But this ambition might run up against an obstacle. In recent years, protests against data centres have been emerg...
31 Aug 5min
How can European countries accelerate the greening of their electricity production?
In this episode of Europe Talks Back, we look at the share of renewable energy production in the EU and how it could be expanded, with insights from Flore Belin, Energy Policy Coordinator at Climate A...
29 Aug 22min
Could Iceland join the EU?
On Saturday 29th August,, Icelanders will go to the polls to answer this question: Should Iceland restart the EU accession process?The country could match the EU criteria quite quickly, but is it will...
28 Aug 4min
Will Armenia be the next EU candidate?
Armenia could soon take another step towards closer ties with the European Union. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday, August 24th, that his country could soon submit its official applicatio...
27 Aug 4min
