Europdate Francesca Halliwell & Alex Hardie

We're back! In this episode, we ask what was the Herero Nama genocide and why has Germany acknowledged it now (0:49)? Why is the Spanish government trying to pass a law which encourages Spaniards to confront their history (4:56)? And, if someone gave you £300 to spend on the arts where would you go first? The cinema, an art gallery or a book shop? We discuss France's new initiative to get young people interested in culture (10:41). 

This episode was recorded on 6th June 2021. 

Why has former French President Nicolas Sarkozy been sentenced to prison (00.58), and what’s all this about Italy blocking vaccine shipment to Australia (07.47)? Alex and Francesca discuss all this, as well as political surveillance in Germany (12.31) and Javier Velasco’s imaginary artists (21.35) in this next episode of Europdate (recorded on 6th March.)

Who is Super Mario, and why is Italy's new government so unusual? (2.04) Who won the Catalan election, and what do the results reveal about attitudes towards independence in the region? (7.09) Why has the Dutch government been accused of acting illegally, and what sparked the violent protests which took place in the Netherlands recently? (12.10) All this and more in the third episode of Europdate (recorded on 16th February).

Alex and Francesca discuss Italy's political turmoil, what happens when coronavirus meets Catalan independence and the impending makeover of the Champs-Élysées. 

In the first ever episode of Europdate, Alex and Francesca discuss the recent surge of terrorist attacks in France, the drastic increase in migration from West Africa to the Canary Islands and the eruption of protests against coronavirus restrictions in southern Italy.