Enlargement & Neighbourhood

07-09-2023

EU enlargement: Time for decisions?

This week, EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the EU’s enlargement strategy. With Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine bringing the topic of EU enlargement back into sharp focus, the next political season could be crunch time for decisions that will …

Politics 21-12-2022

From the war in Ukraine to Qatargate: How has 2022 shaped the EU?

This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are wrapping up 2022 with a discussion on how this year has shaped the European Union, with Alberto Alemanno, Professor of Law at HEC Paris, and Robert Madelin, Senior Strategist at FIPRA International. With a …

Global Europe 13-10-2022

Candidate countries disappointed by Commission enlargement reports

This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we discuss the Commission’s enlargement report. Countries like Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Turkey have been on the waiting list for years, with no significant progress being made. The content of the enlargement …

Politics 01-09-2022

Kosovo’s frozen conflict

EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast is back, with a fresh structure and a fresh perspective on what’s beyond the news. For our first episode of the new season, we are taking an in-depth look at current events between Serbia and Kosovo. …

Politics 23-06-2022

Ukraine and Moldova on a EU path/ Airport strikes inspire for ‘horror stories’

This week the European Council will decide on Ukraine and Moldova’s application to accede to the EU. The decision will determine whether Ukraine and Moldova will be able to embark on the path toward full EU membership, after getting the …

Technology 17-06-2022

Norway’s perspective on the platform economy

Scandinavian countries are well-known for having their own approach to social affairs. As regulating the working conditions of platform workers is now an hot topic in Brussels, we got a non-EU perspective to the issue in this discussion with Norway’s …

Global Europe 17-06-2021

The Hungarian bill against the LGBTQI+ minority and North Macedonia’s policy win with UEFA

This week, the Yellow Room takes us to Budapest, where the government passed a new bill introducing tougher penalties for paedophilia, in the wake of several cases of child abuse. However, the new amendments put the LGBTQI+ minority on the same …