Now playing Next Georgia Euroviews. Will Georgian Dream fully embrace Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations? After the official approval of Georgia’s candidacy by EU leaders this month, full EU membership hinges on Georgia’s future foreign policy decisions, political unity, and holding fair and free elections in 2024, Ekaterine Zalenski writes. 19/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. COP28: A historic outcome, but for whom? To make the COP28 outcome truly “historic”, we need to free the talks — and our political and economic systems — from the oily grip of the fossil fuel industry, Pascoe Sabido writes. 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. A better Europe starts in its cities A centrally-placed EU Urban Envoy would unite the disparate EU policies and initiatives that currently impact cities and urban areas into a single melody, Burkhard Jung writes. 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Euroviews. The culture of sharing is a virtue of science that must be promoted Mainstreaming open science will entail making it the norm for every scholarly pursuit. This will demand a cultural shift, Lidia Brito writes. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The polls are clear: While at war with Israel, Hamas defeated Fatah The challenge to Gaza’s future governance is clear: Israelis are set on destroying Hamas militarily and politically while Palestinians are set on elevating it, Stephan Miller writes. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. How we treat animals is — and will be — key to our own survival All animals have inherent worth — but animal rights are important for human rights and planetary health, too, Poorva Joshipura writes. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Economy Euroviews. New India-Europe corridor brings opportunities and challenges alike As the world moves towards "minilateralism" — meaning, small groups of countries cooperating to tackle collective issues or pursue goals — the IMEC presents the EU with an opportunity to grow its trade and improve its access to global markets, Osama Rizvi writes. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. At COP28, spirituality and faith showed they could be a beacon of hope We may come from different traditions, yet what unites us is our shared gift of life on Earth, our only home which has been lent to us as guests, four religious leaders write. 14/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. AI-assisted bioterrorism is a risk worth considering As the EU experienced with the AI Act, finding a trade-off between innovation and risks takes time. But the specific risks of AI-enabled bioterrorism can be tackled now, Kevin Esvelt and Ben Mueller write. 14/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. We should stand with Ukraine by welcoming it into the EU Ukraine's accession to the EU is a matter of environmental justice, recognition of heroism, and acknowledgement of a shared future, Margot Wallström, Heidi Hautala and Mary Robinson write. 14/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. In the global fight against climate change, a way forward exists As COP28 concludes, the question remains — who is going to provide the leadership we so desperately need, Prof Lee White CBE writes. 13/12/2023
Now playing Next Economy Euroviews. Macron’s climate hypocrisy will sink us all Earlier this year, banks got a free pass from EU rules that would have helped stop them from investing in deforestation. Now it looks like they are about to pull off the same trick — largely thanks to pushback from the French government, Aurelie Skrobik writes. 13/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. The EU and UK are backing the wrong horse in the race to net zero There’s nothing about taking the decades-old carbon stored in a tree and parking it belowground that will deliver “negative emissions”, Dr Mary S. Booth and Elsie Blackshaw-Crosby write. 13/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Rapid coal phase-out in the Western Balkans is far from impossible Starting next year, a substantial number of lignite power plants in the Western Balkans will breach compliance with the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive. The crucial question is, what can replace them, Tanja Miščević and Christian Egenhofer write. 13/12/2023
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. COP28 could phase out fossil fuels without us realising The various milestones agreed so far at COP28 are far from everything we need — but they’ll play a key role in shifting energy markets into a new gear under the realisation that the demise of the age of oil can be accelerated or delayed, but is ultimately unstoppable, Dr Nafeez Ahmed writes. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. It’s time to bring Belarus back to the European family it belongs to Belarus' place in the European family is not just a dream; it's a destiny that we, as a nation, are committed to achieving. We seek to join the rest of Europe as a full-fledged democracy, embodying the European values of freedom, equality, and fraternity, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya writes. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Economy Euroviews. CSDDD is the make-or-break moment for the EU's sustainability pledges How can we justify requiring companies to consider and mitigate sustainability-related risks and harms, but allow financial institutions to neglect them entirely? The question now lies in the hands of the EU negotiators, Isabella Ritter and Uku Lilleväli write. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Ukraine's EU path matters for the credibility of European integration What the European Summit says about Ukraine is not only vital for the credibility of the enlargement process but also for the future of the entire European integration project and its ability to secure the freedom, security and prosperity of us all, nine Trustees of Friends of Europe write. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Should China’s space race advances be cause for concern in Europe? Steel sharpens steel. Great people and great companies throughout history and across the world have taken inspiration even from their fiercest rivals, using them as fuel to keep working hard and improving, Bogdan Gogulan writes. 11/12/2023
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. America is failing Africa by not taking COP28 seriously Washington's decisions still largely signal the status quo to other nations in the Global North — and if the US is not willing to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to climate finance, then it’s very possible other wealthy nations could follow suit, Abdoulie Ceesay writes. 11/12/2023