Radio Green Europe

Discussion on culture, politics and Eurovision with Dr. Sam Murray (music academic/green), and MEP Terry Reintke

Want to dig into Universal Basic Income possibilities? Do not miss our new episode with MEP Alviina Alametsä and Universal Basic Income researcher Irina Studhalter. The Universal Basic Income can be a way towards a more social, inclusive, fair and feminist Europe so this is an important and super insightful conversation including facts on EU citizens' readiness to UBI, the impact of its implementation on mental health, gender inequalities, class dynamics and much more. This episode is hosted...

In this week's episode we are joined by MEP Daniel Freund. We discuss the Conference on the Future of Europe, the need for modernisation in the EU reform system and how crucial it is to involve citizens into policy making decisions. As a former activist, now Green MEP, Daniel shares a very interesting perspective on various themes such as transparency, democracy, the fight against corruption and the future of the EU. He is also a member of the Constitutional and Budgetary Control Committee...

In this episode, Lysander Liermann, cocoordinator of the Social Europe Working Group and member of the German Young Greens, interviews Flo Siekmann, member of the Bavarian State Parliament since November 2018. Flo, who is the youngest person ever to be elected as MP in the Bavarian State Parliament, is the spokesperson for European Policy in the Green Group.

A new exciting episode in conversation with the youngest-ever MEP Kira Peter-Hansen! In this episode we talk about the responses of various EU Member state to the COVID-19 crisis, especially when it comes to the social and economic impact. Difference in treatment, power-play, gender inequalities, universal income, have a listen to get Kira's perspective on very relevant topics being discussed and negotiated in the EU institutions. This episode was hosted by Liliane Pollmann, member of FYEG's...

This week we put a focus on the conditions and rights of precarious workers during the COVID-19 crisis, with Green Member of the European Parliament and former co-spokesperson Kim van Sprarrentak, and Lorenzo Righi from the Riders Union in Bologna. The pandemic has highlighted a lot of inequalities that certain demographics face and it is crucial to have a solution-oriented approach to these struggles to work towards a more social Europe and make sure that every worker is cared for. This...

In this episode we discuss reproductive rights in times of COVID-19. The impact of police control and confinement rules on access to birth control, pregnancy tests, emergency contraception, and abortions. Our guests for this special episode are Feminist and pro-choice activists Mathilde Tessier and Liza Caruana-Finkel, providing us with insights from France, Malta and the UK. This episode was hosted by Mina Tolu. Trigger warning: instances of domestic violence will be mentioned during this...

Learn more about the Greens Success in the European Parliament during the mandate 2014 - 19. In this episode, we discuss with Ruth Reinstein, who was head of the Communications department of the Greens/EFA. Further information on Green success in the European Parliament 2014 - 19: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/search?q=green%20success

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The podcast is one of the results of the glass ceiling is not your limit study session on feminist leadership and master suppression techniques. This podcast was made by participants of the study session - women*, trans and gender-queer people. It starts with an introduction to the study session and the young greens, and contains of three parts: in the first part we are sharing cultural experiences, and how our different traditions and cultures can perpetuate or justify violation of rights...

We talk to two Young Green activists, Katri Ylinen and Cengiz Kulac who joined a massive solidarity mobilisation with refugees, #overthefortress, which took on the border regime of Europe at both the refugee camp Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonian border and the Italian-Austrian border crossing of the Brenner pass. Your host is Markus Drake, Secretary General of FYEG, the Federation of Young European Greens.

We return to the topic of the big transatlantic trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and USA: TTIP! MEP Michel Reimon (@michelreimon) tells us of the state of the campaign to stop it, but also of how it has shifted Austrian politics to the point where conservative candidates have to be against, while the Green candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen, is leading the polls for the presidential elections next Sunday, 24th of April! Your host is Markus (@Markus_Drake), Secretary General...

Today we meet three young activists in Turkey, in an Istanbul marked by terror threats, refugees and two civil wars. Onur (@onurfidangul) is a Green functionary and LGBT-activist who is forced to peace activism as the most urgent issue. Muhip is a refugee solidarity activist who travels Syria and northern Iraq. Marie (@mariepochon) is a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Young European Greens who has traveled the world to settle in the most amazing of cities. We talk to...

The Young Greens talk for a while to their elders. As the European Green Party held their Bureau meeting we caught up with co-chairs (who we called spokespersons... oops...) Monica Frassoni and Reinhard Bütikofer. Topics go from institutional topics internal to the EGP and on to the problems in Turkey and the Green electoral success in the state of Baden-Württemberg where Winfried Kretschmann's party became the largest in the state. So more #greenstrategy!

A discussion between Laura Slimani, President of the Young European Socialists (YES) and Laura Carlier, co-spokesperson of Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), and a critique of the outcome by Morgan Henley (also FYEG) Second episode of Radio Green Europe, by The Ecosprinter, the media project of FYEG. For the panel that Laura Slimani participated in, check out the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJFE9sgWSs (And yes, Morgan does know Poland is 6th, not 4th, by population....