Now playing Next Nutrition Euroviews. How do we unwrap people's perceptions of ultra-processed foods? Providing consumers with information on how they can incorporate ultra-processed foods into a balanced diet and whether processing level correlates to healthiness, Klaus Grunert writes. 07/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. This is how to save the European Green Deal To keep up with its climate ambitions, five priority areas must urgently be put at the forefront of the European green agenda, World Economic Forum's Marushia Gislén and Emmy van Enk write. 07/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Deregulating green policies jeopardises Europe's competitiveness Of course, more needs to be done to promote European industry. But retreating from the vision of the Green Deal is not the answer, Mats Engström writes. 07/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Delay, depress, destroy: How Big Tech subverts the EU's new laws When the DSA and DMA were passed in 2022, major tech industry associations praised the new laws as significant achievements. It is time for Big Tech corporations to stop pouting and live up to their responsibility, Jan Penfrat writes. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next France Euroviews. For Belarus, the path towards Europe runs through Strasbourg The fight against autocracy is Europe’s main challenge today. We must defend the values that define us, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Marija Pejčinović Burić write. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Germany's Olaf Scholz has become a major problem for Ukraine Between leaked recordings, loose-lipped press conferences and confused policy, the German chancellor is in serious trouble. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. CSDDD: A tale of corporations hijacking the EU's democratic process Undermining binding EU legislation on corporate accountability would be a green-light signal by the bloc's governments to reckless businesses that they can keep fuelling the climate and ecological crises for corporate profits, Alban Grosdidier writes. 05/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Indonesia’s approach to green transition needs European buy-in Only through holistic national strategies, underpinned and underwritten by the international community, we can achieve a truly just and sustainable global green transition. Our European partners are a much-needed friend in that process, Azis Armand writes. 04/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. What’s next after Europe’s ‘year of AI’? Realising the economic and social potential presented by AI and maintaining the growth in adoption across Europe means equipping everyone with the right skills so we can all be included in Europe’s digital journey, Tanuja Randery writes. 04/03/2024
Now playing Next Economy Euroviews. European farmers are key to global food security — and they need help One bad season in one crop or seed should not yield such stress on European farmers. They are key to our European and global food security. The time to support them is now, Charles Miller writes. 01/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. New EU rules to stop illegal short-term rentals are a welcome change The regulation is a promising step forward in achieving a balanced ecosystem for short-term rentals, serving the interests of both the public and visitors in our cities, Famke Halsema writes. 01/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. The latest EU clean air standards update could benefit Poland greatly The revised Ambient Air Quality Directive is a great tool for the Polish government to swiftly shift from the costly smoggy past to a clear new era, with happier and healthier people in tow, Weronika Michalak 29/02/2024
Now playing Next Iran Euroviews. Iran's upcoming election is a mafia-style tussle of Khamenei's minions The 1 March election is set to be an insider patron-client fight, with various oligarchic clans competing to have the upper-hand insider hand and ultimately a greater slice of the pie in the kleptocratic so-called “holy system” that is the Islamic Republic, Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write. 29/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. China's Belt and Road Initiative is bringing new risks to Europe China’s grand vision of the world-changing BRI may have not been realised, but something else is emerging in its wake — a powerful lever to bend authoritarian-leaning countries toward Chinese interests, Elaine Dezenski writes. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Starmer’s green pledge U-turn is the latest environmental tragedy Starmer's flip-flopping means the UK risks more years of Tory rule, the rise of extremism and the legitimisation of the far-right — now a dangerous mainstream force in Europe — as well as the devastation of our planet, Isabel Schatzschneider writes. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Syria Euroviews. Normalising al-Assad’s regime is dangerous and must be abandoned To all serious policymakers, it is crystal clear that normalising the al-Assad regime is a misguided policy that neglects the fundamental principles of justice, accountability, and the rights of displaced Syrians, Refik Hodžić and Osama Seyhali write. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. The European Investment Bank is not a leader in the green transition As president, at a minimum, Calviño must commit to consulting people impacted by EIB projects as part of their design and either ensuring or providing remedies for negative environmental and social impacts of its investments, Sutharee Wannasiri writes. 27/02/2024
Now playing Next Kenya Euroviews. A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong’are writes. 27/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. The new €700-million plan for the Western Balkans still needs fixing EU money shouldn't simply continue to flow, for its own sake or on the force of its own inertia, without the ability to guarantee that that money is making the positive difference intended and indeed required, MEP David Lega writes. 27/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Greece's rule of law is marred by pushbacks and humanitarians on trial Walking the corridors of European institutions, we pass posters and banners trumpeting our continent’s commitment to rights, freedoms, and justice. These should be values we live, not words we use when politically expedient, MEP Cornelia Ernst and Spyros Vlad Oikonomou write. 26/02/2024