Interviews and Guest Writers

Leonie Martin: “JEF is still a strong part of our members’ lives despite the pandemic”

In sight of the XXVI Congress of JEF-Europe, that will take place in Liége, Belgium, on 19-21 November 2021, the newly appointed Editors in Chief of the TNF, Elsie Haldane and Jacopo Barbati, interviewed the outgoing President of JEF-Europe, Leonie Martin. TNF: Hi Leonie, and thank you for (...)

Friday 19 November 2021

The EU’s Eastern Partnership seen from Brussels: An exclusive interview with Federica Mogherini

In order to conclude our series on the Eastern Partnership, we had the privilege and honour of speaking with Federica Mogherini, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2014-2019) and, since 2020, Rector of the College of Europe. Ms Mogherini agreed to (...)

Wednesday 26 May 2021

The media start-up taking on Bulgaria’s corrupt press: Interview with Kristina Dimova

DEMOCRACY UNDER PRESSURE. This article is part of our feature investigating challenges to democracy in Europe. From 22nd March to 4th April, we are digging into the most troublesome threats to citizens’ freedoms and participation in democratic society across our continent – from data privacy to (...)

Saturday 3 April 2021

Journalism in an ’Illiberal Democracy’: Interview with Ádám Magyar of Euronews in Hungary

Being a journalist in Hungary is not easy. The clichéd but genuine missions of journalism - to speak truth to power, to write a balanced report of the first draft of history - are hard achieved in an ‘illiberal democracy’. Ádám Magyar is a young journalist at Euronews based in Budapest. Interested (...)

Friday 26 March 2021

Andreï Vaitovich: “Journalism has become a crime in Belarus”

Interview of the month: the French-Belarusian Andreï Vaitovich has been covering political events in his country of origin since the beginning of the upheavals.

Wednesday 24 March 2021

Commissioner Dubravka Šuica on Conference on the Future of Europe: “Concrete follow-up will be the measure of our success”

Already before her election as European Commission President in 2019, Ursula von der Leyen announced that she wanted to launch a Conference on the Future of Europe, where citizens could have their say about the EU’s priorities. The Conference was intended to begin last year, but the COVID (...)

Friday 5 March 2021

Should the European Union ban offshore oil drilling?

INTERVIEW. In early November, the Surfrider Foundation Europe launched the second part of its Drilling is killing campaign against oil and natural gas drilling in European seas. For the occasion, our sister edition Le Taurillon talked to Yana Prokofyeva, the foundation’s European Outreach (...)

Monday 23 November 2020

Trivialising the far right: new research on misuse of the term “populism”

Madelaine Pitt interviews two researchers at the University of Bath.

Saturday 21 November 2020

In Conversation with Commissioner Elisa Ferreira at the EU Regions Week

Madelaine Pitt discusses cohesion policy with Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira at the EU Regions Week in Brussels.

Friday 16 October 2020

Fairosene: Strengthening sustainable mobility with a European Citizens’ Initiative

To accelerate the mobility turnaround, Timothée Galvaire and other students launched a European Citizens’ Initiative in 2018. By now, more than 70,000 people have signed the petition on the taxation of aviation fuel in the EU and the demand has been taken up by politicians. For the “Fairosene” (...)

Friday 25 September 2020

‘The only solution is to reform the European institutions by granting greater powers to Parliament’

An interview with Pier Virgilio Dastoli, President of the Italian European Movement.

Tuesday 1 September 2020

Altiero Spinelli and the Crocodile Club: yesterday, today and tomorrow

A guest article by member of the Spinelli Group Pier Virgilio Dastoli.

Saturday 29 August 2020
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