Now playing Next world news Euroviews. EU values are the remedy to COVID-19 disinformation campaigns ǀ View Russia and China have been identified as the main actors behind a widespread disinformation campaign during the COVID-19 crisis. The EU now has an opportunity to counteract fake news by promoting its freedoms and principles. 16/06/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Euroviews. Assita Kanko: Leopold II is part of the uncomfortable truth of who we are. We can’t erase him ǀ View As calls to remove statues of Belgium's controversial monarch, Leopold II, grow louder, Assita Kanko warns of the dangers of having a curated and sanitised version of history. 11/06/2020
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. How to keep global superpowers China and the US from riding roughshod over human rights ǀ View Despite their differences, China's Xi Jinping and US president, Donald Trump have in common their dislike of any global effort to hold them accountable for their behaviour, including on human rights. 10/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. We have an opportunity to tackle human rights challenges post-COVID-19. We need to take it ǀ View COVID-19 has brought with it a health emergency of global proportions. This has presented a huge challenge to national leaders, to health systems worldwide, and to citizens. It also became an excuse for human rights violations that are showing few signs of diminishing. 10/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Africa is enslaved in debt. Black lives should all matter, whether in Minneapolis or Mombasa ǀ View Black Lives Matter protests have spread throughout the world, but in Africa, the demonstrations are a reminder the struggle for racial equality has by no means ended for most Africans. 08/06/2020
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Germany needs to do more to tackle the climate crisis. It has a chance now to take the lead ǀ View This month, it caused consternation by opening a new coal-fired power station. As it prepares to take over the EU Council presidency and chair the UN Security Council next month, could Germany finally step up and take the lead on the climate crisis? 05/06/2020
Now playing Next China Euroviews. China is stamping its mark on the post-COVID-19 world as a new global order begins to emerge ǀ View China's provocative moves in Hong Kong, and the ensuing US response, reinforce the bilateral US-China rupture and formalises the establishment of a new global order that will define the remainder of the 21st century. 04/06/2020
Now playing Next Philippines Euroviews. Children have become collateral damage with the Philippines’ “Drug War” scarring a generation ǀ View Filipinos cannot expect justice from the perpetrators of this slow-rolling massacre in the name of an anti-drug campaign. The UN’s top human rights body should send a strong rebuke to the Duterte administration when it meets in Geneva this month. 04/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. COVID-19 shows why political and economic power needs to be moved away from capital cities ǀ View As the COVID-19 crisis continues, it is becoming clearer that the centralisation of resources is a bad solution in fighting the spread of the virus. In Europe, that means moving power away from capital cities to the regions. 03/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Lockdown loneliness is going to have a worse long-term impact on teenagers’ mental health ǀ View Surveys are beginning to shed light on the impact that the lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 is having on mental health and well-being. Early findings from these surveys suggest that loneliness is a particular problem for teenagers. 03/06/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades ǀ View Despite there being laws in Hungary that protect LGBT people from discrimination, the recent bill to end legal recognition of transgender people passed by parliament would undermine such laws and leave transgender people open to prejudice. 01/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Why did European leaders' approval ratings rise during lockdown? Rallying round the flag. How wartime metaphors keep leaders in place during a national crisis. Data from @EuropeElects 21/05/2020
Now playing Next Ireland Euroviews. Sinn Fein's gains in the Irish elections show a generational split other parties can't ignore ǀ View The two parties that have governed Ireland since its foundation are facing a test with Sinn Fein's new political power. But will they heed voters voices? 11/02/2020
Now playing Next Vatican Euroviews. Pope Francis put a woman in a top Vatican role. It shows how little power Catholic women hold ǀ View Failing to empower women narrows the Church’s vision and makes it less equipped to be a force for good in the world. 24/01/2020
Now playing Next Switzerland Euroviews. Fossil fuel companies are burning the house down. They shouldn’t get a say on putting it out ǀ View Why are carbon emissions still rising? Why are climate negotiations failing to act? Blame the fossil fuel companies joining in discussions at Davos. 24/01/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Internet regulation is necessary but an overzealous Online Harms bill could harm our rights ǀ View Attempts to rein in the internet will take a step closer in the UK. The proposed new law, however, shows little sign of addressing fundamental issues. 24/01/2020
Now playing Next Lebanon Euroviews. Lebanon is burning. World leaders at Davos have little interest in putting it out ǀ View Lebanese politicians have broken their promises in the past and have few credible ideas on how to end the country's dire economic crisis. 23/01/2020
Now playing Next Canada Euroviews. Harry, Meghan and the Queen all lost out under their new agreement. Who won? The media ǀ View However much the Sussexes were looking to defeat the media, their new arrangement only feeds the story — and the press that draws sustenance from it. 23/01/2020
Now playing Next Switzerland Euroviews. The Olympic Committee's new ban on politics denies reality - and its own poor history ǀ View A new International Olympic Committee policy barring political expression at the Tokyo 2020 games benefits those in power. 21/01/2020
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. The New York Times presidential endorsement shows why newspapers must end the practice ǀ View In an era in which most readers don't trust the news media, endorsements are more likely to hurt an organisation's journalism than help their readers. 21/01/2020