What's going wrong and how to put it right?

The Farm to Fork would establish the reduction of pesticide and fertiliser use, and a significant increase of the area of farmland in the EU under organic production. In short, it would put the EU on the right path towards the future. Until it didn't. This is the seventh episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Researc...

This is a story of lies and false expectations, of how the European Commission has transformed a false climate solution into cornerstone policy, rather than taking real commitments to solve the climate crisis. This is the sixth episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Research by Belén Balanyá, script by Belén and Joana Lo...

This is a story of death and betrayal, of how the European Commission leadership prioritised Big Pharma’s profits over the access to life-saving vaccines for the world’s poorest during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the fifth episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Text editing and research by Olivier Hoedeman, script by...

This episode tells the amazing story of how the EU took the brave step of using the climate and cost of living crisis as an opportunity to move away from destructive fossil fuels all together! Obviously, this didn’t happen, but it could have. This is the fourth episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Text editing and rese...

We were promised a European Green Deal that would work towards carbon neutrality, but also included a “zero pollution ambition”, which sounded promising. It had two key components: the revision of the chemicals regulation and the phase out of PFAS, the “forever chemicals”. Five years later, what happened to it? This is the third episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “Wha...

This episode tells the story of why it took the EU Commission decades to ban BPA, a substance present in baby bottles and which can lead to decreased fertility, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular issues. This is the second episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Text editing by Sarah Reader, fact checking and research b...

In the run-up to the European elections in June and after a term of unprecedented digital rule-making, the question arises whether Big Tech has become too big to regulate. This is the first episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”. Text editing by Kat Ainger, fact checking and research by Bram Vranken, sound design and edit...

Everything is going downhill. Rather than trying to find solutions, it seems like the EU institutions are finding ways to make things worse. This podcast tells the story of things that are going terribly wrong and how to put them right. Follow "What is going wrong and how to put it right?" wherever you listen to podcasts!