Podcast Selection

EU Scream: The man bringing Beyond Growth to Brussels

Philippe Lamberts is advancing one of the most progressive agendas ever to reach the upper echelons of the EU power structure. This month the co-head of the Greens at the European Parliament will convene a conference that…

The first five years of the GDPR

Andrea Jelinek has been the first Chair of the European Data Protection Board since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation came to life. We discussed with her the first five years of GDPR enforcement, the…

China’s quest for AI supremacy

'the world's premier Artificial Intelligence Innovation centre' is now a national priority, with George Miller

Unwrapping the new pharmacetucial legislation

This week, EURACTIV’s health team dives into the proposal for a new pharmaceutical legislation and the complicated way ahead. For that, they talk with stakeholders working on health policy at the EU level about their…

Agrifood Podcast: Both sides of the import ban story

This week, EURACTIV’s Natasha Foote explores the fallout of the unilateral decision of frontline EU countries to ban agricultural imports from Ukraine with the help of Ukraine’s deputy agricultural minister, Markiyan Dmytrasevych, who explains the…

How the West should prepare for the Turkish elections

One Good Term Deserves Another: Biden Declares

He made the same announcement on the same day four years ago and went on to win. But this time, the President is older and less popular. Could he be elected again? The rollout of…

What’s changing for platform workers in the EU?

Evi Kiorri and Theo Bourgery-Gonse look at the #PlatformWorkDirective proposed by the Commission and discuss what are platform workers? Are they independent or fully employed? What does the platform work directive entail?

Agrifood podcast: Ukraine’s import ban, animal transport and a leak

Gerardo Fortuna and Paula Andrés speak on the key issues around Poland, Hungary & Slovakia's ban on the import of agricultural goods from Ukraine.

Macron and Europe: the French vision for strategic autonomy

Last week, France’s president Emmanuel Macron threw the EU bubble into turmoil by suggesting that Europe should not become the United States’ “vassal” over Taiwan. But is the controversy overshadowing the possibility that he could…

Agrifood podcast: What to watch in Strasbourg and Spanish water politics

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the main things to keep an eye on in the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, and EURACTIV’s Paula Andrés explores the water politics of the Spanish…

The computing power behind AI

Behind great Artificial Intelligence, there is great computing power. Computing capacity is a much under-discussed aspect of the AI race, on which Luca Bertuzzi tries to shed some light with Vili Lehdonvirta, professor at the…