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Vestager: 'a gender-balanced Commission can do unprecedented work'

Denmark's Margrethe Vestager has been a driving force of the European Commission's agenda, particularly in her role as Competition Commissioner. She talks to Global Conversation ahead of passing on the baton.

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Polls predict a surge for Conservatives

The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists Group could change the EU's course over the next five years, if they make big gains in June's European elections. Co-president Nicola Procaccini outlines his vision for Europe in The Global Conversation, with Vincenzo Genovese.

24/05/2024

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Walter Baier: Established parties have allowed far right to flourish

As the EU prepares to vote in European elections, the big issues for Walter Baier, the lead candidate of the European Left, are the cost of living crisis, the war in Gaza and the rise of the far right. He discusses these and other concerns with Aïda Sánchez Alonso in The Global Conversation.

21/05/2024

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Nicolas Schmit: S&D won't do deals with far right after elections

The S&D's lead candidate in the European elections outlined his views on revising the Migration Pact and opposing the far right to Global Conversation's Isabel da Silva Marques.

15/05/2024

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Terry Reintke: EU's Green Deal can be saved despite setbacks

With an unprecedented breakthrough, the Greens were among the surprise winners of the last European elections. Their ambitious climate agenda won over many voters. But COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, inflation and soaring energy costs have all taken a heavy toll on the movement's popularity

10/05/2024

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Strack-Zimmermann: Far-right would use election success to undermine EU

With the European elections just a few weeks away, Euronews caught up with Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the German parliament for the liberal Free Democratic Party and lead candidate for the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.

03/05/2024

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‘You have a choice,' says Roberta Metsola ahead of European elections

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reflects on two and half years in the hot seat, the recent migration pact and explains why voters should go to the ballot box.

25/04/2024

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Mike Pence: Russian aggression poses 'serious threat' to Europe

Former Vice President of the US, Mike Pence, joins Euronews Correspondent Stefan Grobe on the Global Conversation to discuss military support for Ukraine, transatlantic relations and collective challenges.

22/04/2024

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Ylva Johansson: Europe's new migration pact is 'a huge achievement'

Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, discusses the EU's new polarising pact on migration and asylum in the Global Conversation.

12/04/2024

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EU Commission Vice-President urges stars to mobilise young voters

EU Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas joins Euronews Correspondent Sasha Vakulina on the Global Conversation to discuss newly agreed migration policies and the upcoming European elections.

27/03/2024

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Robert Habeck: 'We have to be more pragmatic and less bureaucratic'

The Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Robert Habeck, discusses the upcoming European elections, economic decline, gaps in the job market and higher defence spending on the Global Conversation.

26/03/2024

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Charles Michel: We need to give Ukraine more military equipment

Euronews Correspondent Shona Murray sits down with European Council President, Charles Michel, to discuss support for war-ravaged Ukraine and the lack of consensus among EU leaders on the situation in Gaza.

22/03/2024

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'What we have achieved in Europe is unique in history,' says Greek PM

Euronews asks Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Prime Minister of Greece, what's at stake in the upcoming European elections.

18/03/2024

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Is gender parity the key to economic prosperity? The IMF says 'yes'

Why does the world need more women in the labour market and managerial positions? Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director, shares her thoughts on the Global Conversation.

08/03/2024

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How will the EIB lead Europe's green transition under its new chief?

Euronews sits down with the President of the European Investment Bank, Nadia Calviño, to discuss how it is accelerating Europe's goal to offset carbon emissions by 2050 and its efforts to rebuild Ukraine.

13/02/2024

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What does the future hold for the European Green Deal?

What is ahead for the European Green Deal, the EU's roadmap towards a sustainable net-zero economy, as it faces political headwinds in the run-up to the 2024 European elections?

24/01/2024

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Is Europe's eastern expansion good for business?

Euronews Correspondent Sasha Vakulina sits down with four European officials at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss EU expansion at a time when voters are concerned with economic decline across the bloc.

20/01/2024

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Prognosis for Russia's economy is 'not good,' says EU sanctions envoy

Euronews speaks to David O'Sullivan, the EU's sanctions envoy, about loopholes, circumvention, Russia's economy and criticism over the EU's response to war in the Middle East.

13/12/2023

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Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan's leaders talk economics, regional tensions

Is peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan achievable? How does Kazakhstan view relations with Russia? The presidents of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan discuss economic and geopolitical strategies in an exclusive interview with Euronews.

08/12/2023

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Charles Michel admits to 'real difficulties' between EU and Azerbaijan

Euronews sits down with the President of the European Council Charles Michel to discuss the challenges facing the EU, future enlargement, support for Ukraine and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

03/10/2023

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How has INTERPOL's role in the fight against organised crime evolved?

As INTERPOL celebrates its 100th birthday, Euronews sat down with Secretary General Jürgen Stock to see how the global policing organisation adapts, reacts and keeps its guard in a world of ever-evolving forms of organised crime.

08/09/2023