Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Authorities are using COVID-19 as a smokescreen to stifle the legitimate right to protest ǀ View Measures that are rightly being put in place by governments to restrict the spread of COVID-19 are now being used as a means to put an end to our right to protest when they make poor decisions. 03/10/2020
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Hidden faces: Why I launched a movement for Black people in geography Geography tells the stories of people and planet. But which stories are told - and who is chosen to tell them? 03/10/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. ‘Down with Satire!’ How our right to freedom of expression is being eroded ǀ View Freedom of expression - through satire, cartoons and so on - is being eroded by self-censorship. Despite it being a fundamental cornerstone of European culture, we are becoming afraid to be irreverent. 24/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. David Miliband: It’s time the EU restarts and scales up refugee resettlement after COVID-19 ǀ View Resettlement programmes were put on pause by coronavirus pandemic, leaving refugees heading to EU countries to start a new life in limbo. The EU's new Migration Pact needs to be more ambitious in what it can do for those needed sanctuary. 21/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The EU needs urgent reform. A strong Europe doesn't exist without flourishing member states ǀ View The EU cannot be found at offices in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg but rather in the history and in the spirit of the peoples of which it is composed. If Europe rejects its nations, she will lose her soul. 16/09/2020
Now playing Next Montenegro Euroviews. With power within reach, this is what Montenegro's new coalition government needs to do first ǀ View Montenegro's opposition is on the cusp on forging a historic coalition, ending nearly 30 years of rule by the country's Democratic Socialists. There is a lot on the agenda to turn the country around. 10/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View Implementing a plan that reflects a shared responsibility among its member states is the only way the EU will end the deaths or indefinite languishing at sea of migrants crossing the Mediterranean for a better life. 07/09/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. 'Grief must be witnessed': A time of national mourning for UK COVID-19 victims is overdue ǀ View A nationwide day to remember those lost to COVID-19 six months after the UK’s first coronavirus death will take place on September 5. While national mourning has taken place in other countries, politics has put a stop to collective grieving. 05/09/2020
Now playing Next Ireland Euroviews. The EU Commission was wrong on Phil Hogan’s resignation. The damage may already be done ǀ View Former Irish Taoiseach and former member of the EU Convention on the European Treaties, John Bruton contends the EU Commission made the wrong decision on Phil Hogan's resignation - with lasting implications for the future. 04/09/2020
Now playing Next Montenegro Euroviews. Montenegro is heading the same way as Belarus. Not enough is being done to avoid disaster ǀ View As Montenegrins go to the polls on Sunday, the spectre of a second Belarus is rearing its head. Can the EU avoid the same unrest and chaos by acting sooner? 29/08/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Euroviews. The EU should learn from its role in Libya’s chaos before getting too involved in Belarus ǀ View The revolution and subsequent civil war in Libya show what happens when a vacuum is left behind after the fall of dictators and the state apparatus that keep them in power. 26/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. For a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Europe’s focus must be digital ǀ View Technology companies have a responsibility to help shape a fairer, more inclusive and more sustainable future post-COVID-19. 25/08/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Euroviews. People are seeking change in Belarus. Instead, they’re being mercilessly beaten and detained ǀ View As officials and security forces attempt to silence all opposition, protesters on the streets of Minsk risk everything to have their voices heard. 13/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The Baltics missed out this time but the long pursuit of US troops in the region will pay off ǀ View The long-term pursuit of having US boots on the ground in the Baltic region has so far not borne fruit. But while Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania lost out to Poland in the latest round of US troop deployments, the overarching trend shows it may happen sooner rather than later. 08/08/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Euroviews. There is hope again in Belarus - even as Lukashenko muddies the election waters ǀ View While the results of the presidential election in Belarus can be already be anticipated, the EU must be ready to be called on to mediate between the opposition and incumbent President Lukashenko, "Europe's last dictator." 06/08/2020
Now playing Next Poland Euroviews. As it battles COVID-19, Europe is being stalked by a shadow pandemic: domestic violence ǀ View Plans for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention have brought to light the spiralling pandemic no one is talking about - the surge in domestic violence and dilution of women's rights. 31/07/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Nurses are in the COVID-19 pandemic front lines. They should be first in line for a pay rise ǀ View The news that UK nurses will not be benefiting from a pay rise has angered many across the profession, one which has lost members to coronavirus and continues to fight the pandemic on the frontlines. 31/07/2020
Now playing Next Turkey Euroviews. Turkey's decision to remove Hagia Sophia's universal status is a new provocation of Europe ǀ View The controversial decision to strip the Hagia Sophia of its status as a symbol of interfaith and intercultural co-operation is yet another hammer blow to EU-Turkish relations. 23/07/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. Zoltán Kovács: Look who’s talking about the “spread of disinformation” ǀ View International spokesman for the office of Hungarian prime minister, Zoltán Kovács responds to a Euronews opinion piece penned by contributors Sohini Chatterjee and Péter Krekó. 20/07/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Forget tying rule of law to the EU budget. It's better to add strings to EU funding later ǀ View Angela Merkel is right to be concerned about fuelling support for populist authoritarians by tying EU budget funds to the rule of law. But that doesn't mean the EU can't punish such regimes financially further down the line. 17/07/2020