European Liberal Forum

Is the European Defence Union realistic? How could cooperation make the European Union stronger in the world order? We talk about European defence capability with Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair of the Defence Committee of the German Bundestag, Deputy Leader of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia.  This podcast is produced by the Europ...

How big is Russia's economic footprint in Europe today? How successful was phasing out Russian economic influence in Germany? We talk about these questions with Marius Koeppen, Analyst in the Energy and Climate Programme at the Center for the Study of Democracy, and with the help of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Office at East and Southeast Europe. This podcast is produced by the European Liber...

How is Italy positioning itself in the struggle for leadership in Europe? Will the surge of far-right movements determine the EU agenda? And will the European Union finally become a global player in its own right? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, and an independent non-...

In this episode we talk about the official magazine of LYMEC, the youth organisation of the ALDE Party and the Renew Europe parliamentary group, Libertas, with his Co Editor-in-Chief, Adam Volf, and how to foster democracy in polarised societies.   This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support...

How can we fight against Russian disinformation campaigns within the EU? Pavel Havlíček, Fellow at the Association for International Affairs, talks about measures taken in the Czech Republic and about the chapter he wrote for the ELF publication "Putin's Europe". This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the fi...

How do we stop demagogues and populists? What would Russia and China do if the United States lost its hegemony? And how to unite the world in the fight against authocratic regimes? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) continues his talk with Anne Applebaum, a prize-winning journalist and historian, a staff writer for The Atlantic, and a Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins Un...

Is the United States turning its back on democracy? Are the policies of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel toward Russia responsible for the crisis we are facing right now? Which countries only 'pretend' to be democracies? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Anne Applebaum, a prize-winning journalist and historian, a staff writer for The Atlantic, and a Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Inst...

In this episode we talk about the Kremlin playbook for networks capture with Ruslan Stefanov, Program Director and Chief Economist at the Center for the Study of Democracy, and with the help of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Office at East and Southeast Europe. The conversation is based on the report Strategic Decoupling Phasing out Russian economic influence in Germany.  This podcast is produce...

What does the political situation in Germany look like before the European elections? What is Germany's attitude to the Russian war in Ukraine? And how are the green and liberal parties faring? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Ralf Fücks, Managing Director of the Center for Liberal Modernity, following his 21 years as President of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the political foundatio...

In this episode we talk about the LYMEC Manifesto and how to prepare for the European Elections with Laia Comerma, policy officer at LYMEC, the youth organisation of the ALDE Party and the Renew Europe parliamentary group. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliamen...

Why are French farmers protesting? What is the current socio-political situation in France? And what can we make of the forthcoming EU elections and the presidential race in the United States? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Célia Belin,a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and head of its Paris office since January 2023. Tune in for the talk! This po...

Emerging technologies such as renewable fuels could be crucial for achieving green transition. Today we talk about the future of renewable fuels in the EU with Alain Mathuren, the Communication Director of FuelsEurope, that represent EU fuels & industrial value chains products manufacturing industry. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Soc...

What is going on in Russia on the eve of the presidential election? Was Alexei Navalny assassinated? And what impact does the Russian war in Ukraine has on Russia itself? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Denis Bilunov, a PhD candidate at Charles University, a founding member of the Prague Russian Antiwar committee. In 2005-2015, he was a public person in Russian opposition, the org...

In this episode we talk about the last election in Serbia, and how Serbian liberals are preparing for a democratic future, with  Natan Albahari the International Secretary of the liberal party, Movement of Free Citizens. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament....

Can Hungary be considered a democratic country? What challenges does the potential Donald Trump's victory in the United States pose to democracy? And what is it that the Action for Democracy aims for? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with David Koranyi, President of the Action for Democracy. Tune in for the talk! This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration wi...

Why do the recent election results in Poland, the Netherlands, and Spain matter? What do they mean for Europe? And what is to be expected of the forthcoming elections in Portugal and the European elections? We are starting the new season of the Liberal Europe Podcast with a thought-provoking conversation between our two hosts, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) and Leszek Jazdzewski (Fun...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Heather Grabbe, a Senior Fellow at Bruegel, a Visiting Professor at University College London and KU Leuven, and a former director of the Open Society European Policy Institute in Brussels. They talk about the rule of law conditionality vis-à-vis EU candidate countries, why the EU was unable to discipline...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Alva Finn, the Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum. They talk about the role of ELF, and other European political foundations have, in helping the citizen understand political problems and their solutions, and what she envisions is the work ahead as we move to 2024. This podcast is pro...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Sergei Guriev, a renown political and economic analyst, Professor of Economics and Provost of Science Po, the co-author (together with Daniel Treisman) of "Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century", and the host of the podcast "Conversations with Sergei Guriev". They talk about the...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Tamar Jacoby, from the Progressive Policy Institute, former journalist and author, and now living in Ukraine where she reports on the war and the work done by the government and civil society to modernize and make Ukraine a more liberal democratic country. This podcast is produced by the European L...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Arun Chaudhary, Creative Director at the Social-Changes, a former Creative Director of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, and an official videographer of the White House under Barack Obama’s presidency. They talk about being a filmmaker to President Obama and what President Joe Biden should do ne...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Sten Laansoo, the International Officer of the Reform Party in Estonia, for the final episode of a miniseries on success stories of liberal parties in the ALDE family. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with t...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Daniela Schwarzer, an expert in European and international affairs, whose most recent book "Krisenzeit: Sicherheit, Wirtschaft, Zusammenhalt – Was Deutschland jetzt tun muss" has just been published. They talk about the Group of Twelve report, the future of EU enlargement, and the necessary reforms at the...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Carlos Guimarães Pinto, former President of the Portuguese liberal party Iniciativa Liberal, and current MP, for the second episode of a miniseries on success stories of liberal parties in the ALDE family. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Libera...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) talks about the results of the recent Polish elections, voter mobilization, the structure of the new ruling coalition, obstacles that lie ahead, and what does this all mean for the European Union. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Lib...