Radio Schuman

Feb 03 2025 155 ep. 15 mins 74
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This is Radio Schuman, your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond. 
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CDU-AFD collaboration and the Musk effect: what could a future German coalition look like?

Feb 03 2025 15 mins  
Has Friedrich Merz unlocked what a senior socialist MP called “the gates of hell” by accepting AfD support on two key immigration votes? With less than three weeks until the German elections, the CDU leader and likely future chancellor insists he won’t govern with the far right—but who will he partner with? What’s his real strategy? And has the AfD gained a boost from Elo

How’s the EU going to finance its needed defence boost?

Feb 02 2025 15 mins  
Today EU leaders will meet in Brussels for an informal retreat to discuss how to strengthen EU’s defence capabilities. Radio Schuman gives you a preview of the event, with an analysis with Euronews reporter Alice Tidey.The urgency was sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and intensified by Donald Trump’s call for NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defence—double the curr

Is Greenland scared of a US-invasion? Not really.

Jan 30 2025 13 mins  
Many Greenlanders feel that the world around them is more worried about Greenland than they are, Euronews' Shona Murray tells Radio Schuman today from Greenland’s capital Nuuk.Shona has been on the ground in Greenland gauging reaction to US President Donald Trump's bid to acquire the territory for the US.Trump's interest in Greenland has unsettled European leaders, despite their

Should the EU engage with new Syrian authorities?

Jan 29 2025 14 mins  
Today Radio Schuman features Euronews' Shona Murray's interview with José Manuel Albares, Spain's foreign affairs minister.He told Euronews about his intention to engage with the Islamic militia group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, now ruling in Syria after decades of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship.Meanwhile, the EU is assessing how to re-establish relations with the new government, despi

US and China, brace yourselves: The EU’s battle for competitiveness starts today

Jan 28 2025 10 mins  
Today Radio Schuman digs in to the long-awaited so-called 'Competitiveness Compass' with Euronews' reporter Peggy Corlin.The Compass report outlines strategies to improve the EU's economic performance by simplifying regulation, increasing investment, and supporting competitiveness.A key focus is reducing bureaucratic red tape, particularly targeting the EU’s flagship Green Deal,

Pascal Lamy to the EU : negotiate with Trump “with a gun in your pocket.”

Jan 27 2025 22 mins  
US President Donald Trump should realise that the EU is a big market and could retaliate in a tariff war, harming US exporters, Pascal Lamy told Euronews' Shona Murray in an exclusive interview Radio Schuman features today.The former European Commissioner for Trade and twice Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), downplayed the importance of Trump’s “show” on

Will Trump help European conservatives push back on the Green deal?

Jan 26 2025 15 mins  
Today Radio Schuman looks at how US President Donald Trump policies on climate could impact on the EU with Euronews reporter Robert Hodgson.Last week, Trump’s stance on climate and energy had ripple effects in Europe, particularly among the far-right Patriots for Europe and the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament.Jordan Bardella of the Rassemblem

Don't imitate Trump on migration - ex-LIBE committee chairman

Jan 23 2025 11 mins  
How should the EU deal with the impact of Donald Trump's migration policy? Today Radio Schuman answers the question together with Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a Spanish socialist MEP with experience on EU migration policies.The International Centre for Migration Policy Development has said there will be a surge of migrants from South America to Spain as a result of Trump's policies

Trump migration crackdown could be 'new burden' for Europe, says ICMPD director

Jan 22 2025 20 mins  
Donald Trump’s immigration policies will likely influence the migration policy debate in Europe, the director of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Michael Spindelegger told Euronews in an interview featured for Radio Schuman today.During his inauguration speech, US President Donald Trump announced a large-scale nationwide deportation campaign. On T

With Trump in power, Europe could buy LNG, airplanes and lower tariffs on cars, says Trade committee chief.

Jan 21 2025 13 mins  
Today Radio Schuman speaks with Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament’s Trade Committee, who noted that Europe still has room to respond to Trump’s policies.In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump provided little detail regarding his earlier threats to impose tariffs on the European Union. His previously stated demand that Europe face tariffs unless it increased pur