Podcast Selection

What do the UK elections mean for the EU?

UK citizens head to the polls today for a general election widely expected to end the 14 years of Conservative rule and return the Labour Party to power, prompting questions about what it will mean…

How will France’s far-right National Rally impact Brussels? | Radio Schuman

In this episode of Radio Schuman, we discusse the National Rally's approach to the upcoming European Parliament. We hear from Virginie Joron, NR MEP, about the party's commitment to using "good sense" in legislative matters.…

Are EU countries at risk of missing EU climate targets?

French far-fight defeats Macron’s centrists

The French headed to the polls on Sunday (30 June) to decide on their next government after President Emmanuel Macron announced a snap election in response to  strong performance for France’s far-right in the European…

What do EU capitals think about the French elections?

Hungary’s plan to ‘make Europe great again’ begins

“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” is a saying that feels particularly relevant in Brussels as Hungary prepares to take over the presidency of the European Council—one of the EU’s most crucial brokering…

EU Leadership and Political Power Plays

Will a new far-right group emerge at the European Parliament for its fresh legislative mandate? Negotiations are ongoing to constitute old and potentially new political far-right groups at the European Parliament, including the meeting today…

Critical Raw Materials: Geopolitical chess or tug-of-war for development?

Critical raw materials are vital for the EU's green transition and offer African countries a path to green industrialisation. However, both face policy dilemmas: Africa must efficiently use resources within, and share them between, countries,…

Everything we know about the Draghi report

US Presidential Election 2024: Money, trade and the transatlantic economy

What could a second Trump presidency mean for international security and economics? How does the strength of the US-dollar help to maintain America’s global dominance? Laura von Daniels and Mark Copelovitch discuss the challenges of…

From political woes to economic ones: The first roaring week of France’s election campaign

France’s budget has breached EU fiscal rules, according to the European Commission’s latest report. In response, the Elysée has until September to present a plan to quell Brussels’s fears over its growing budget deficit and…

EU-UK relations: Brexit, Scotland, Ireland

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie sits down with Tony Connelly, Europe editor of Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ, and David Gow, who chairs the Royal Society of Edinburgh's EU-Scotland initiative.…