What are China’s strategic goals in Europe?
Europeans are struggling to align on China. But hoes does China view Europeans? What are China’s strategic objectives when it comes to the EU?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera n...
29 Maj 4min
How cuts to humanitarian aid are worsening the Ebola outbreak
The Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus is spreading faster than ever before. The outbreak currently hitting the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being fueled by armed conflict — but also, and pe...
28 Maj 4min
Can Peter Magyar convince the EU Commission to release Hungary’s funds?
The new Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, hopes to seal a deal this week, to unfreeze 10 billion euros in EU funding.To achieve that, Magyar needs to present reforms that are acceptable to the EU. Is it p...
26 Maj 5min
Does the Western Balkans’ future lie in the EU?
In 2003, the EU promised the Western Balkans that they would one day become members. More than two decades have passed, and they are still out.Why are they still waiting? And will that day ever come?T...
26 Maj 5min
Can we, Europeans, actually reduce our gas consumption? Reupload
Briefed is taking a long weekend, so there’s no fresh episode. But I invite you to listen to the episode published on 26 March about the possibilities for the EU to reduce its gas consumption.Would it...
25 Maj 4min
Can the EU achieve pharmaceutical sovereignty?
European countries need to become more self-sufficient in medication production in troubled times, but is it possible at all? Six years after the Covid 19 pandemic, the EU will soon adopt its Critical...
22 Maj 5min
How the EU is preparing to crack down on irregular migrants
It will soon become easier to detain and deport irregular migrants. That is the spirit of the future European Return Regulation, which is being negotiated. How far is the EU willing to go to deport ir...
21 Maj 5min
Energy crisis - why is Giorgia Meloni asking for fiscal exemption?
Why should defence spending benefit from budget flexibility, but not energy crisis spending? That’s the question Giorgia Meloni is asking the European Commission. The Italian Prime Minister wants auth...
20 Maj 5min
