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Bajo la LupaLa idea política más noble de los últimos cien añosA 70 años de la firma del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad del Carbón y el Acero el 18 de abril de 1951, un hito que cambió la historia de Europa para siempre, nos proponemos acercarnos a la realidad actual de la Unión Europea. Qué queda de los objetivos que motivaron la creación de las comunidades europeas en los 40 y 50, cuáles son los logros a destacar o los temas pendientes y hacia dónde camina el proyecto europeo son algunas de las preguntas que hoy ponemos Bajo la Lupa.Invitados:Aleksandra Sojka, profesora en el de...
2021-12-1321 min
Epidemia UltraBélgica | Cómo la ultraderecha fabrica su disfraz***¡Nuevo libro de Epidemia Ultra!***... o cuando la xenofobia se camufla de separatismo.Desde la segunda guerra mundial en el norte de Bélgica crece la industria, el comercio y la ultraderecha. En esa región llamada Flandes, dos partidos de derecha se disputan ese electorado. Ambos utilizan discursos identitarios, xenófobos y racistas. Los esconden detrás del independentismo y el orgullo regional. Intentaron pararlos con un cordón sanitario, pero no ha funcionado. De hecho, son las fuerzas más votadas del país.Este episodio ha sido posible gracias a la colaborac...
2020-11-1033 min
Europe after coronavirusCOVID19 and the broken taboo of European valuesThe increasing references to European values in politicised debates about Europe has been a novelty during the past decade, that has now been normalised. However, what does this say about the future of Europe? Do Europeans have a common understanding of what European values mean in practice? Some governments in the EU have used the COVID-19 as a way to implement policies that have been criticised as authoritarian and undemocratic. Has the EU played a constructive role in making sure that EU values are respected across its member states? Listen to the debate with: O...
2020-06-2455 min
Europe after coronavirusSocial and fiscal policies for a fair green transitionThe loss of income that millions of Europeans are or will experience as a result of the pandemic has attracted interest to income guarantee schemes. For instance, Spain just adopted a minimal income scheme. However, differences among member states prevail as to their ability to finance these measures. In this context, a European Citizens Initiative is seeking to gather one million signatures to ask the EU Commission to launch a European basic income. We address this debate from the sustainability perspective: what social and fiscal measures will be required to support efforts by European societies an...
2020-06-1744 min
El Podcast de Agenda Pública¿Qué pasa con la solidaridad en la Unión Europea?La crisis del COVID19 ha puesto de manifiesto diferentes aspectos, problemáticas y debates en nuestras sociedades. En el caso de la Unión Europea han reflotado ciertas tensiones entre grupos de países que esperan que la organización ejerza un rol determinado. El problema es que la definición de dicho rol no necesariamente es la misma para todos los Estados Miembro.¿Qué está pasando en la Unión Europea? ¿Cuáles son sus desafíos frente al COVID19 y los conflictos desatados a nivel político, económico y social? ¿Se pone en riesgo la integración...
2020-06-1436 min
Europe after coronavirusDisinformation in Europe After COVID-19The COVID-19 health crisis has been followed by an infodemic, in which disinformation related to the virus has spread across the world. Even though disinformation is not a new phenomenon, its volume has skyrocketed in recent years. This episode discusses first how can we explain that and why does it matter for democracy. Disinformation disrupts the functioning of the public sphere, encouraging chaos and confusion in citizens’ minds. Second, the episode discusses which actors spread disinformation and with what objectives. It addresses the role of the media and journalists, social media platforms, companies such as Camb...
2020-06-1045 min
Europe after coronavirusA new EU agenda on migration after COVID-19?COVID-19 has the potential of changing the way in which European governments and societies regard migrants, as evidenced by the initiatives adopted by some Member States on regularizing migrants’ work status and granting them access to healthcare. However, the economic impact of the pandemic may soon put migrants in the spot of xenophobic parties and movements. The pandemic will thus place the EU in a situation to choose between different policy options: migrants are not only essential workers but also entrepreneurs by nature and will contribute to the recovery from the crisis but the recession will also be a te...
2020-06-0355 min
Europe after coronavirusThe EU and the geopolitics of COVID19The EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy said “the EU has to learn to use the language of power” before the pandemic. It is unclear what the impact of the COVID19 will be on this ambition. If the lockdown recession relaunches the USA-China trade war the EU is likely to be unheard and strongly affected. The pandemic is also already fostering external interference in EU member states, be it economic or in the form of narrative wars. Nevertheless, the pandemic may also make the member states aware of shared risks and facilitate more cooperation among...
2020-05-2749 min
Europe after coronavirusWhy are we doing this podcast?EU institutions have been trying to engage citizens in a debate on the future of Europe since Brexit. As 2020 began, EU institutions agreed to start negotiating future scenarios in May. However, the impact of the COVID19 has sent the discussion on the future of Europe entirely into the hands of states leaders and ministers. What can we contribute as citizens and academics?This podcast series addresses the different dimensions of the ongoing crisis on different European policies, political actors and citizens. As citizens are in lockdown, the European public sphere is burgeoning with debates, initiatives, analysis and...
2020-05-2305 min
Europe after coronavirusCOVID19: a chance to close East-West gaps?Just as North-South oppositions structured the eurozone debate, most analysts expect the pandemic to deepen economic, social and political divides between Eastern and Western Europe: recovery strategies may diverge inside and outside the Eurozone, and the states of emergency and “rally round the flag” reflexes may favour power grabs by already illiberal governments. However these exceptional circumstances may also provide a chance to close this pre-existing gap by mobilising resources and policies that were not imaginable before the pandemic: stronger tools in rule of law enforcement, a larger budget and new policies are debate in this episode. L...
2020-05-2048 min
Europe after coronavirusPolitical conflict and populism in Europe after COVID-19The health, economic and political earthquake caused by the COVID-19 crisis has had repercussions on many levels, including the lines of conflict. To what extent the COVID-19 crisis will upset the established lines of conflict in the EU? Will the crisis lead to a new value-change that redirects from human individualism towards collectivism? The last decade has been marked by the rise of a number of political actors that have challenged the established parties in Europe. Populist parties have flourished across EU member states, but the health crisis caused by COVID-19 has been a test to many o...
2020-05-1351 min
Europe after coronavirusWhat will happen to unemployment benefits in the EU?The immediate economic effect of COVID19 is a sharp increase in unemployment rates. As a result payments for the unemployed will become a significant part of EU member states budgets. This implies risks that despite the similar impact of the pandemic not all member states will be able to support their economies and workers to the same level, resulting in divergences in the internal market and social crises. In this context the EU Commission has proposed a new programme called SURE “supporting short-time work schemes and similar measures, to help Member States protect jobs and thus employees and...
2020-05-0640 min
Europe after coronavirusThe COVID19 economic crisis and the EurozoneSince policymakers realised about the size of the crisis, the debate between Member States has focused on the euro-area level fiscal response, with a reflection in national debates a way we haven’t seen since the Greek crisis: is it time for debt mutualisation, an additional step of fiscal transfers? Strong disagreement remains.The role of the ECB is also proving to be fundamental, as it was during the previous crisis. They acted promptly and swiftly to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. Is it risky to rely so heavily on the ECB? Could these decisions face le...
2020-04-2943 min
Europe after coronavirusWas the Eurozone prepared for this crisis? *Preview*Preview of the second episode. Europe after coronavirus, A series of ten podcasts by the Jean Monnet OpenEUdebate network. An OpenEUdebate podcast produced by Agenda Pública.Stay tuned to find out more on these scenarios and visit openeudebate.eu or connect on Twitter or Facebook to follow up the debates and find out on next activities. Follow us on Twitter (@OpenEUdebate) and Facebook. openeudebate.eu
2020-04-2901 min
Europe after coronavirusThe future of Europe post-CoronavirusEuropean integration has progressed with every crisis, and yet each one raises concerns about disintegration. The coronavirus is no different: it may contribute to new EU competences in health coordination and social protection but also to the raise of anti-European forces. What has made the coronavirus crisis so fundamental for the European Union? Unlike in 2010 and 2014 this crisis is likely to hit all member states equally, and yet the same oppositions of North and South and same fables are mobilised. The crisis safeguards painfully negotiated since 2010 may not be as robust as some expected. Can we still a...
2020-04-2245 min
Europe after coronavirusEurope after coronavirusA series of ten podcasts by the Jean Monnet OpenEUdebate network. Each podcast features debates among experts from academia, civil society and politics on the effect of the pandemic on different scenarios for the future of the European Union. OpenEUdebate is Jean Monnet network co-financed by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. This network bridges academic and practical knowledge on EU policies to create a transnational bottom up dialogue on the EU. This is a series of podcasts that discuss the future of Europe after the COVID19 pandemic. The coronavirus is the third ma...
2020-04-1502 min