EU Unpacked: A podcast from FleishmanHillard hosted by Jim Brunsden

Jim is joined by very special guest Lutz Güllner, Head of Strategic Communications at the EU’s European External Action Service, to discuss disinformation challenges in a big election year, and how breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence alter this threat.  Along with Jim’s AI-expert colleague Pete Wilson, Lutz kindly sets out his perspectives from the frontline of the EU’s efforts to tackle coor...

FH Brussels energy supremo Max Miccinilli is back from COP28 and ready to give his verdict on the results of 2023’s major piece of climate summitry.

Change is in the air on our office pod: guest host Jane and Jim take a ride on the five-yearly rollercoaster of European Parliament elections and institutional renewal that lies ahead in 2024. 

Having conquered misleading green claims, Jim and returning guest star Aoife lift up the bonnet on what EU consumers are buying and ask: how far can EU ecodesign rules determine the inner workings of stuff sold on the single market?

Is your shower gel “nature’s friend?”  Jim and Aoife explore EU efforts to stamp out misleading claims on the products we buy

Jim and special guest star Gavan explore why EU policymakers are craving cobalt, gobbling up gallium and lusting after lithium. 

Jim and his colleague Ana Costov from the FH Brussels climate and energy team ask: how far should Europe pin its climate hopes on carbon removals?

Jim and his colleague Niamh Griffin from the FH Brussels Brexit team ask an existential question: what is the UK-EU relationship nowadays?

Jim and FH Brussels healthcare supremo Emma Cracknell discuss why the EU has managed to create an internal market for paperclips but not for life-changing treatments

Jim, special guest Philip Stafford of the FT, and colleagues from FH explore how the crypto industry sparks policymaker ambition and trepidation in Brussels. The crypto industry in recent months has found itself wrapped up in everything from debates over EU sanctions policy to concerns about climate change and financial stability. A sector that has expanded enormously in the blink of an eye, evolv...

Jim, special guest Philip Stafford of the FT, and colleagues from FH explore how the crypto industry sparks policymaker ambition and trepidation in Brussels. The crypto industry in recent months has found itself wrapped up in everything from debates over EU sanctions policy to concerns about climate change and financial stability. A sector that has expanded enormously in the blink of an eye, evolv...

Jim and Jane Gimber, FH Brussels’ head of sustainability, discuss where the EU is going to find the money to finance its energy transition and climate ambitions. The EU has set out to be a world leader in sustainable finance, creating a system of rules to try and identify what is green and what is not, and to make companies disclose how well they measure up. Jim and Jane explore how the EU managed...

Russian’s assault on Ukraine horrifies the world. Alongside its sanctions response, Brussels is already rethinking policy. Jim and guests Cillian Totterdell and Amelie Snijders look at what Russia’s invasion and its horrific aftermath mean for EU policymaking, taking energy security as a case study. Cillian and Amelie explain what policy options the EU has on energy security, after Ursula von der...

Jim and guest Joss Squires discuss the EU’s burgeoning interest in how we pay for things, and why European sovereignty is coming to a supermarket check-out near you. In our politics catch-up, Blandine Ronsse look at what happens when a French EU presidency meets a French presidential election.