The European Commission will present its policy priorities today in its much anticipated working program, with a preference for simplification and intent to integrate security "by design" in EU legislation. The agenda includes simplification measures for agricultural legislation, a Clean Industrial Deal to support the Green Deal's implementation, increased support for the private sector, greater defence funding, and the introduction of key legislations such as the Critical Medicines Act and new ...
Feb 11, 2025•12 min•Season 2Ep. 110
Will the US start a trade war with the EU? What does Trump’s crackdown on the federal government mean? And how should we interpret the funding freeze and dismantling of USAID—a key agency supporting life-saving programs with partners across Europe? Euronews’ Shona Murray spoke with David Salvo and Rachael Dean Wilson of the German Marshall Fund to unpack the global ramifications of Trump’s first weeks back in power. For months, Brussels and the EU have been bracing for the impact of Donald Trump...
Feb 10, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 109
Today Radio Schuman speaks about opposition protests in Slovakia with vice-president of the European Parliament, the Slovak liberal Martin Hojsik. Mass protests are expected in towns and cities across Slovakia today, sparked by outrage over Prime Minister Robert Fico’s handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a December visit to Moscow. Since reclaiming power in 2023, Fico's eurosceptic agenda has raised alarm in Brussels over his stance on Ukraine and potential challenges to EU sa...
Feb 06, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 108
Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond. Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 06, 2025•11 min•Season 2Ep. 107
Is the European Union ready to set up return hubs outside its territory? According to a document seen by Euronews, the European Commission and several Schengen member states are ready to propose so-called 'return hubs' in upcoming EU legislation. Such 'return hubs' are centres outside the EU where rejected asylum seekers would be located before being returned to their country of origin. The measure is considered controversial by many civil society organisations and NGOs citing negative impact on...
Feb 05, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 106
Has Friedrich Merz unlocked what a senior socialist MP called “the gates of hell” by accepting AfD support on two key immigration votes? With less than three weeks until the German elections, the CDU leader and likely future chancellor insists he won’t govern with the far right—but who will he partner with? What’s his real strategy? And has the AfD gained a boost from Elon Musk’s backing? Today Radio Schuman answers these questions with Euronews' Berlin correspondent Liv Stoud. Merz and his Chri...
Feb 04, 2025•15 min•Season 2Ep. 105
Today EU leaders will meet in Brussels for an informal retreat to discuss how to strengthen EU’s defence capabilities. Radio Schuman gives you a preview of the event, with an analysis with Euronews reporter Alice Tidey. The urgency was sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and intensified by Donald Trump’s call for NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defence—double the current target. This demand raises concerns among European governments already facing budget deficits. In an interview with Eur...
Feb 03, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Many Greenlanders feel that the world around them is more worried about Greenland than they are, Euronews' Shona Murray tells Radio Schuman today from Greenland’s capital Nuuk. Shona has been on the ground in Greenland gauging reaction to US President Donald Trump's bid to acquire the territory for the US. Trump's interest in Greenland has unsettled European leaders, despite their efforts to remain silent. Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, sought support from three European capitals a...
Jan 31, 2025•13 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Today Radio Schuman features Euronews' Shona Murray's interview with José Manuel Albares, Spain's foreign affairs minister. He told Euronews about his intention to engage with the Islamic militia group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, now ruling in Syria after decades of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship. Meanwhile, the EU is assessing how to re-establish relations with the new government, despite the situation remaining volatile. On Monday, the bloc decided in principle to gradually lift sanctions against t...
Jan 30, 2025•15 min•Season 2Ep. 102
Today Radio Schuman digs in to the long-awaited so-called 'Competitiveness Compass' with Euronews' reporter Peggy Corlin. The Compass report outlines strategies to improve the EU's economic performance by simplifying regulation, increasing investment, and supporting competitiveness. A key focus is reducing bureaucratic red tape, particularly targeting the EU’s flagship Green Deal, to ensure the transition to a decarbonised economy aligns with economic competitiveness. This plan includes deregula...
Jan 29, 2025•10 min•Season 2Ep. 101
US President Donald Trump should realise that the EU is a big market and could retaliate in a tariff war, harming US exporters, Pascal Lamy told Euronews' Shona Murray in an exclusive interview Radio Schuman features today. The former European Commissioner for Trade and twice Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), downplayed the importance of Trump’s “show” on tariffs, which the American president uses as a “Swiss knife that will allow him to do anything he wants to do". Radio S...
Jan 28, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Today Radio Schuman looks at how US President Donald Trump policies on climate could impact on the EU with Euronews reporter Robert Hodgson. Last week, Trump’s stance on climate and energy had ripple effects in Europe, particularly among the far-right Patriots for Europe and the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. Jordan Bardella of the Rassemblement National called for the EU's Green Deal to be suspended, claiming it harms farming, the car industry, and energy...
Jan 26, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 99
How should the EU deal with the impact of Donald Trump's migration policy? Today Radio Schuman answers the question together with Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a Spanish socialist MEP with experience on EU migration policies. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development has said there will be a surge of migrants from South America to Spain as a result of Trump's policies. But though Aguilar thinks Trump's policy is “utterly wrong” he also thinks a surge of central or South American m...
Jan 24, 2025•11 min•Season 2Ep. 98
Donald Trump’s immigration policies will likely influence the migration policy debate in Europe, the director of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Michael Spindelegger told Euronews in an interview featured for Radio Schuman today. During his inauguration speech, US President Donald Trump announced a large-scale nationwide deportation campaign. On Tuesday, his administration began deporting undocumented immigrants from the country. However, several NGOs and intern...
Jan 23, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 97
Today Radio Schuman speaks with Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament’s Trade Committee, who noted that Europe still has room to respond to Trump’s policies. In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump provided little detail regarding his earlier threats to impose tariffs on the European Union. His previously stated demand that Europe face tariffs unless it increased purchases of US oil and gas was already well-known, with many European politicians asserting they are prepared to respond ...
Jan 22, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 96
Today Radio Schuman digs into current relations between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the newly re-elected US president Donald Trump with Gabor Tanacz, Euronews correspondent in Budapest. Orbán was been an early supporter of Trump, and the two leaders met last month at Mar-a-Lago. Although Trump once mistakenly confused Orbán with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he has described Orbán as “one of the strongest leaders anywhere in the world.” Many officials in Brussels anticipa...
Jan 21, 2025•13 min•Season 2Ep. 95
Which EU politicians will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States today and why are the European Conservatives and Reformists so tight with the Republicans? Questions Radio Schuman answers today. Although foreign heads of state and government are generally not invited to US presidential inauguration ceremonies, numerous European politicians will attend Donald Trump’s swearing-in event. Among them are prominent right-wing leaders such as Italian Prime Minister Gi...
Jan 20, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 94
The EU's notion to lift sanctions against Syria has to be considered a good start, Middle East expert Maria LuisaFantappiè tells Euronews Radio Schuman today. Fantappiè, from Italian think tank Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), says the proposal to lift sanctions would be a start but that more is needed to create the conditions for engaging with the current forces in power. The EU plans to remove sanctions on Syrian Arab Airlines and on export of oil and gas technology. It also plans to reop...
Jan 17, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 93
The EU played no role in the Israeli-Hamas negotiations, but could play an important one in implementing the deal, Hugh Lovatt, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told Euronews in an interview we feature on today's Radio Schuman. Today's podcast explores with Lovatt the details of a deal, whether it represents a watershed moment for the region, and the role played by the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. We also discus...
Jan 16, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 92
The state of hybrid warfare with Russia has to be considered the new normal, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Euronews in an exclusive interview featured on Radio Schuman today. Stubb told Euronews' Shona Murray that he "sleeps quite well at night" knowing Finland's state of defence is well-prepared, but endorsed the need for more spending on defence, speaking after the Baltic Sea summit in Helsinki. Yesterday, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte pledged to send drones, frigates and aircraft...
Jan 15, 2025•12 min•Season 2Ep. 91
Why did the European Commission choose not to disclose Ursula von der Leyen’s hospitalisation for pneumonia? Why did von der Leyen not delegate authority to her deputy, Spanish commissioner Teresa Ribeira, when she was ill? Does it denote a culture of secrecy at the commission or suggest von der Leyen’s unwillingness to delegate power? Today Radio Schuman answer these questions with Euronews reporter Gerardo Fortuna. Last week, the European Commission confirmed a report by the German press agenc...
Jan 14, 2025•12 min•Season 2Ep. 90
Do Ukrainians still trust their president, Volodymyr Zelensky? How to explain dipping trust levels? Is he as popular abroad as he is in his own country? Today Radio Schuman discusses this issue with Sasha Vakulina, Euronews’s Ukraine expert. According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), trust in Zelensky has declined, with 77% of Ukrainians saying they trusted him in 2023, compared to 52% a year later, though his leadership in Ukraine appears to remain strong. We also look a...
Jan 13, 2025•16 min•Season 2Ep. 89
What are the consequences for EU countries of interrupted gas flow through the pipeline passing via Ukraine? Was the decision to interrupt the gas flow the right one? Today Radio Schuman answers these questions with Szymon Kardas, senior policy fellow on energy at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow supplied nearly 40% of the EU’s natural gas via pipelines. Following the war, Russia significantly reduced its supply through key pipelines. In resp...
Jan 10, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 88
How far can the European Commission handle Elon Musk if his companies violate EU laws? How could his social media X, formerly Twitter, affect upcoming elections in Germany? Today Radio Schuman answers these questions with Euronews reporter Cynthia Kroet. X owner Elon Musk will livestream an interview on X with Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Musk is also set to play a key role in the upcoming Donald Trump administration. The interview takes place ahead ...
Jan 09, 2025•12 min•Season 2Ep. 87
What implications would Herbert Kickl's rise to Austria's chancellorship, as the leader of the Eurosceptic, anti-immigration, and pro-Russian Freedom Party, have for Brussels and the European Union? Today Radio Schuman answers this question with centre-right European People's Party (EPP) MEP Reinhold Lopatka. After the resignation of Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and the collapse of centrist coalition talks, President Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right...
Jan 08, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 86
The Baltic states, Poland, and Sweden are among the better-prepared EU countries in countering disinformation, while Italy, Germany, and Romania appear to be among the most vulnerable, stated Mattia Caniglia, Senior Intelligence and Policy Analyst at the Global Disinformation Index, according to an interview with Euronews. In the interview featured for Radio Schuman, Caniglia exmplain why some countries are more prepared than others and what are the major method and tools used throughout 2024 to...
Jan 07, 2025•19 min•Season 2Ep. 85
The first Radio Schuman episode of the new year follows significant uncertainties left behind by 2024 that Europe will have to handle. The continent is set to experience significant political and policy shifts, with Ursula von der Leyen's influence growing, the balance of power in the EU potentially changing due to elections in Germany, and global uncertainties like Trump's re-election affecting relations with Russia and China. Key policy discussions will include the upcoming EU Multiannual Fina...
Jan 06, 2025•18 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond. Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 83
As EU leaders gather in Brussels today for a one-day summit, Radio Schuman previews expectations for leaders' discussions with Euronews journalist Jorge Liboreiro. Key topics on the agenda include the current state of EU support for Ukraine, the anticipated return of Donald Trump to the White House in January, and the EU's next steps in addressing Syria's fragile political landscape following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Today is also the António Costa’s inaugural summit as European...
Dec 19, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Today Radio Schuman talks all things Syria with Adam Coogle, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch. What should the EU's approach be to the new regime in Syria? Should the EU lift sanctions in the country and start a dialogue with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which is defined as a terrorist organisation by the EU? Radio Schuman also examines the next steps in the European Commission's investigation into TikTok, and a European Court of Auditor...
Dec 18, 2024•16 min•Season 2Ep. 81
