Europe Today

It's decision time for Europe. European elections start officially today with the first country, The Netherlands, opening the polling stations. 500 million Europeans are set to vote in this election between today and Sunday (9 June) to elect 720 members of the European Parliament from the 27 EU member states. What is the mood in the European capitals amid the elections? Are EU citizens engaged in...

With 24 hours to go before elections, Radio Schuman sat down with Fabrice Leggeri, the former Executive Director of the EU border agency Frontex, to discuss his surprising new role with the French far-right National Rally and the implications for the upcoming European elections. We dive into the contentious issues of migrant pushbacks, in particular the evidence by the European anti-Fraud Office (...

With two days to go before the European elections, we discuss who will replace the current council president Charles Michel. We also look at the upcoming farmers protests and a call by 30 German companies to boycott populists ahead of the elections.   Radio Schuman is Euronews' new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes stories...

With three days to go before the EU elections, we discuss the current challenges for the liberal camp in the European Parliament with Sandro Gozi, one of the lead candidates of the liberal Renew Europe group. We also look at the latest Euronews super polls ahead of elections. Radio Schuman is Euronews' new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the...

With six days to go to the EU elections, we discuss the debate among Hungary's leading candidates for the European elections, the first such debate in 18 years, with our journalist Sandor Zsiros. We talked with Fabio Mauri, the creator of DG MEME, looking behind-the-scenes at the popular EU satire account. Looking at the polls, we discuss the race in Poland between the Civic Coalition, led by Prim...

This episode explores the possibility of a super left-wing group composed of so-called "red sovereigntists" after the elections. Political opposites often attract each other, so would a political group merging populists from the left and right be such a long shot? Radio Schuman is Euronews' new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes stor...

In this episode, we explore ad spending of political parties ahead of the elections, the EU-Israel Association Council, and how Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has emerged as the election's kingmaker.  Radio Schuman is Euronews' new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes stories from Brussels and beyond. Credits: The team...

In this first episode of Radio Schuman, we sat down with European Council President Charles Michel to discuss the situation in Gaza, the recognition of the state of Palestine, and French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion of a hypothetical troop deployment to Ukraine. We also discuss Michel’s own political ambitions and what it would mean for him to work with leaders of the far-...