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In this episode we meet Noelle O’Connell who is the CEO of European Movement Ireland. We discuss Orders of Merit in France, Ireland’s place in the EU and EU responses to Covid -19.

In this episode we meet journalist and community media activist Birgitte Jallov. We discuss the role community media cross Europe is playing in informing the public about Covid-19, the ongoing fight for recognition of community media at EU level, and what life is like in Denmark during the crisis.

In this episode I spoke to Karen Coleman, Journalist and Editor of Europarl Radio. We discuss the work of Europarl radio, the EU’s response to Covid-19, Irish media coverage of the pandemic, and the traffic light system which Ireland is set to adopt to allow travel for citizens within the EU.

Agoritsa Baka







In this episode I caught up with Agoritsa Baka, Senior Expert from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. We talk soaring rates in Europe, the origins of COVID-19 and the threat of more pandemics, potential vaccines, and what it’s like living in Sweden, where Agoritsa resides, very much the outlier of Europe in terms of its response to the virus.







About this podcast







In this six part series we look at how the EU is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and to the future for EU citizens living with Covid-19. We’ll look at the present and future of Europe in the Covid context, with ongoing travel restrictions we’ll look at the European citizenship concept and how efforts to promote mobility across member states is affected.







The music on this podcast is a track called Clear Progress by Scott Holmes, the music appears here under a Creative Commons Licence. Visit scottholmesmusic.com







COVID-19 and the EU is produced and presented by Paul Loughran for NearCast with the support of the Communicating Europe initiative.

In episode 1 we catch up with Irish MEP Clare Daly over zoom. Clare tells us about her life as an MEP and the diverse make up of MEPs in parliament. We chat about the perceived lack of EU parliament coverage in Irish media, and how she is big in Bulgaria. We look at the EU’s response to Covid, talking travel restrictions and potential vaccines.

Coming soon to NearCast a brand new podcast series, Covid-19 and the EU. In this series, we invite informed guests to discuss how the EU is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. We’ll look at the present and future of Europe in the Covid context and touch on travel restrictions, mobility across member’s states, vaccines and much more.







Series guests include Irish MEP Clare Daly, Senior Expert in European Disease Control Agoritsa Baka and Journalist Karen Coleman, with more guests to be announced.







Subscribe to Covid-19 and the EU on NearCast or wherever you get your podcasts. Covid-19 and the EU is produced with the support of the Communicating Europe Initiative.







The music on this podcast is a track called Clear Progress by Scott Holmes, the music appears here under a Creative Commons Licence. Visit scottholmesmusic.com