Euranet Plus Panorama Podcast: Recent Episodes
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'Euranet Plus is a network of 13 European radio stations from 13 EU countries. Whether national or local, public or private, large or small, their views on European news offer a rich tapestry of perspectives. Whether in our Panorama podcast, a weekly review of European news, or in our 'network stories', where journalists tell how citizens in their own countries experience the EU's common challenges, our radio stations are an eye-opener on what mobilises, interests or worries EU citizens.'
An EU-Western Balkans summit took place in Tirana this week. Surprisingly, this is the first time the summit has been held in the Western Balkan region itself. We take a trip to Albania to judge what, if anything, has changed.
Three years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this week’s Panorama will focus on public health as the European Commission presents its new global health strategy.
This week, our radio stations take us for a whistle-stop tour of the European Parliament’s 70th anniversary plenary in Strasbourg. We’ll drop in on a host of debates, on topics as wide-ranging as terrorism, football, migration and money.
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In the words of UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, speaking as COP27 got underway last week, the world is on the “highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator”. So does anything look different after Sharm el-Sheikh?
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With EU asylum applications recently hitting their highest point since the refugee crisis of 2015/2016, national asylum systems are straining at the seams.
This week, Euranet Plus member stations along the various migration routes report on their respective countries’ approaches to the increased pressure.
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European leaders and experts are already working to rebuild Ukraine, an exercise that remains daunting as war continues to destroy the country.
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Having secured gas stocks for this winter, the EU is seeking greater unity to agree new long-term measures to meet even greater supply challenges next year and accelerate the bloc's energy independence.
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This week, our radio members look at the debates surrounding the enlargement of the free movement area to Romania and Bulgaria, and the new wave of migration on the Western Balkan route.
Currently, 26 European countries are members of the Schengen area, of which 22 are EU members. Romania and Bulgaria are among the four states - together with Croatia and Cyprus - that are legally bound to join the area in the future. While in practice the two countries have met all the EU's border management criteria for more than a decade, they are still waiting at the door.
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The latest developments in Russia's war against Ukraine, particularly the annexation of four of its territories and the sabotage of two Baltic Sea pipelines, suggest that Moscow is moving into a new phase of the war. This sparks a new stage of concern for the EU, our member stations report.
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In this week’s Panorama, our Baltic stations fill us in on the electricity crisis they are facing. We also take a look at the new package of Russian sanctions on the table and gather reactions to the outcome of Italy’s general election.
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This week, our colleagues from across the bloc are reporting on concrete measures being taken in their member states and local communities to tackle the energy crisis by reducing energy consumption.
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The president of the European Commission delivered her annual State of the Union speech to Parliament in Strasbourg this week. Unsurprisingly, the war in Ukraine and energy prices featured prominently.
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As energy prices hit unprecedented levels across the world, what tools are available to the EU and its member states to support citizens and businesses and control the spiralling costs? A new episode produced with the radios stations of our EU-wide network...
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How is the EU’s fishing industry managed? To what extent does the bloc’s Common Fisheries Policy achieve its goals and where does it fall short? What are the obstacles to sustainability in this sphere? In this episode, we follow French member station euradio’s investigation on the ground – or rather, in the water.
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Brussels’ acclaimed ‘Save Gas for a Safe Winter’ package sets the stage for a European gas strategy this winter.Read and listen to the whole #newsAudioStory ateuranetplus-inside.eu/winter-gas-plans-underway/Photo © Koldunov on Shutterstock.com
In the last week, Sofia and Skopje have brokered an agreement that looks like it may finally bring the EU enlargement impasse to an end. And further West, many member states have been battling an unprecedented heatwave.
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In light of the risk of Russia ceasing gas deliveries to the EU – particularly given Gazprom’s current, supposedly temporary, shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline – energy security remains high on the agenda for several of our member stations. Listen to the news of the week in Europe as seen by our European radio network.
The Czech presidency got off the ground this week, with the inaugural speech to plenary in Strasbourg. As ever, there are a lot of meaty issues on the to-do list.
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Almost a year after the European Commission presented its 'Fit for 55' climate package, the other institutions are just on the point of getting down to negotiations. Identifying a common position among member states proved painful in places...
EU membership gets closer for some, but the outlook is hazier for others: the much-discussed question of whether to grant Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status is at the top of many radio stations' agendas this week… and is there light at the end of the tunnel for the Western Balkans?
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This week, we ask journalists from around the Euranet Plus network how they think the seismic events Europe has had to contend with over the past two years have changed the EU or its citizens' perceptions of it.
If one thing is for certain, it is that the EU's role in these crises has not left its citizens indifferent.
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There has been plenty of climate-related drama in Strasbourg this week, with a massive disagreement stalling the expansion of the emissions trading scheme, but the total ban on polluting vehicles by 2035 coming to pass. Listen to our radio stations' reports in this new Panorama magazine.
Following further wrangling and compromise at a special meeting of the European Council earlier this week, EU leaders finally gave a thumbs-up to the bloc’s sixth package of sanctions against Moscow. All this in the weekly Panorama of our European radio network!
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In our main story this week, Europe attempts to keep in step as warfare moves increasingly online. We also look at Bulgaria’s increasingly uncomfortable position as the main obstacle to North Macedonian accession talks, EU treaty reform, and how the already-fragile Brexit agreement is threatening to come apart at the seams.
At this week’s Euranet Plus summit, we welcome Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager, whose mission it is to make Europe ‘fit for the digital age’. Our team of journalists across the EU grill her about Europe’s digital and technological prospects.
Welcome to Euranet Plus Panorama! Monday 9 May was Europe Day in many EU member states and Victory Day in others. It offered a moment of reflection for radio stations across the Euranet Plus network – and marked the beginning of the next phase in the Conference on the Future of Europe process.
Brussels throws the first punch in round six of the much-hyped EU vs Russia fight, our radio stations report. but neither side looks ready to throw in the towel. And some nations struggle to know how to approach the upcoming 9 May commemorations.
In our network's pan-European news this week: France and Slovenia went to the polls last weekend and the citizens of both nations threw their weight behind pro-European candidates. And in a shock move, Moscow has pulled the plug on gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.
As refugees continue to pour out of Ukraine, member states are doing their utmost to meet their basic needs, including educating their children. And with various elections taking place across Europe this month, several member stations consider if the political tide is turning.
This week, journalists around our network of European radio stations share their take on the outcome of the recent Hungarian elections, as well as on what impact the conflict in Ukraine might have on the Western Balkans’ EU accession prospects.
On gas imports, as on many other things, it is proving challenging for member states to find consensus, reports our media network. How quickly can we realistically gain energy independence from Russia? Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal formalise their ‘energy island’ status.
In our network's "panorama" of EU news this week: European history dictates that national security has long been a priority area for all EU member states. But the conflict in Ukraine has only strengthened the case for some form of defence collaboration at European level.
While the latest round of EU sanctions on Russia brings with it new fears of reprisals, the conflict in Ukraine is causing a more immediate impact on Europe’s consumers – in the form of shortages of staple ingredients. All this in our latest Panorama podcast !
With Ukraine in the hearts and minds of Europeans this week, this special Panorama centres on the EU’s efforts to welcome refugees. With several of our member stations on the frontline of the migrant wave, we take a look at different countries’ approaches to the crisis.
Poland and Hungary find themselves on the wrong end of a definitive ruling from the EU’s Luxembourg-based top court, and uncertainty remains the order of the day on the Ukraine-Russia border.
The general consensus is that Europe is beginning to descend from the crest of the Omicron wave – which, though aggressive, has proved less lethal than previous waves. But what will our new ‘normal’ look like?
Western allies can certainly talk the talk on Russia, but are they finally preparing to walk the walk when it comes to sanctions? We also look at Macron’s proposal to establish abortion as a fundamental right and Slovenia’s reform of its penal code.
Radio stations from across the Euranet Plus network are covering the Ukraine crisis and EU-Russia relations this week. The bloc also remembers the millions of Europeans persecuted and killed in the Holocaust.
As France looks to make its mark during its Council presidency, we weigh up its chances of success. Meanwhile, member states are divided over the inclusion of gas and nuclear as ‘green’ energy sources, and there is a chink of light in North Macedonia’s accession prospects.
We start the New Year with less-than-happy news: that of the passing of David Sassoli, the European Parliament’s popular president. In other news, Germany is failing to meet its climate targets and Moscow continues to make waves. Euranet Plus Panorama" is a weekly review of European news, broadcast by our network of European radio stations.
Should all children be vaccinated against Covid-19? Many kids test positive, vaccination campaigns in member states have stalled and variants of the coronavirus are causing confusion. Yet the subject is being hotly debated across the EU. Journalists from our European radio network tell the story.
As a new wave of infections sweeps across the EU, the bloc presents an uneven picture in the fight against the virus.
Our network's journalists report...
In this story from our pan-European media network, Euranet Plus journalists analyse reactions to soaring energy prices in their countries.
Over the centuries, tragedies caused by pandemics have sometimes rewritten the political atlas of entire regions. How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the European political landscape? And to begin with, what is the impact of the coronavirus on Euroscepticism? From Italy to Poland, via Slovenia, Belgium and Germany, journalists from the Euranet Plus radio network shed light on the state of play of post-COVID Euroscepticism.