Speaking of Europe

Jules Ortjens
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Someone needs to tell you what's going on in Europe. That's why we made a podcast for you. Martin, Federico and Jules will be your voice of reason and entertainment in understanding the continent's most important, awkward and interesting developments. Co-hosts: Jules Ortjens and Martin Alberdi Rodríguez.

Episodes

  1. 03/27/2021

    Cosmopolitans or Nationalists? What the Dutch Election Means for Europe

    While Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his conservative-liberal party VVD won his fourth election in a row, the other victories went to radically progressive parties, like D66 and pan-European party Volt, but also to three upcoming far-right parties. Jules argues that the Dutch election results are a battlefield between conservative-nationalists and progressive-Europeanists. "All the parties who didn't want to show their colour in that spectrum, lost seats", he argues when talking about the Left's failure to gain momentum. Federico respectfully disagrees: "The real problem of the Left is that it has lost its touch with its people". How should we understand the Dutch elections? And how does this shine a light on future earthquakes in political Europe, like October's upcoming German elections? Is this a battle between nationalists and Europeanists? Is the left once again losing? Does it even make sense to talk about left/right differences? Speaking of Europe will guide you through the messy world of Dutch politics!

    Cosmopolitans or Nationalists? What the Dutch Election Means for Europe

  2. 02/14/2021

    新年快乐! The China-EU Deal with Iverson Ng, Hong Kong researcher

    新年快乐! Happy Chinese New Year! But is it such a happy new year for the Europeans? Under the pressure of Berlin, the European Parliament is challenged to decide on a controversial EU-China Deal. New economic opportunities are promised, but no mention of China's Muslim concentration camps, the way it handled the pandemic and the violations of human rights in Hong Kong. Hong Kong-born journalist and political scientist Iverson Ng speaks with Jules Ortjens and Federico Giovannini about the new EU-China Deal.

    新年快乐! The China-EU Deal with Iverson Ng, Hong Kong researcher

  3. 01/13/2021

    Frontex: the EU integrates, the far-right celebrates, the refugee pays

    Admit it. You forgot about the refugee crisis. COVID-19 does a lot of nasty stuff to us, and one of its most neglected symptoms is our ability to forget about all the other crises in Europe. The massive waves of asylum-seekers seem gone, mostly. But how come they are? Plenty of reasons to name here, but one of them is Frontex: the newly established European Border and Coast Guard. Being the first body that can call itself a kind of "European police", its aim is to defend the EU's borders at any costs. The costs are, as expected, high. And they're paid by the refugee. Martin Alberdí Rodriguez (a Madrid political scientist), Jules Ortjens (a Dutch local leader of liberal European party Volt), and Federico Giovannini (a Bologna-based Marxist political philosopher) get you in 40 minutes through the chaos at the shores of Greece. Who are Europe's new police forces? And is Frontex actually a good idea? MUSIC: Charles Ortjens-Straatman PICTURE: Edward Lich

    Frontex: the EU integrates, the far-right celebrates, the refugee pays

  4. 10/30/2020

    The Masses of Minsk: What do the Belarusians want?

    Nowhere in Europe has the Coronavirus impacted society as much as in Belarus. For the past two months, the streets of Minsk have been turned into the stage of a possible revolution. Together with Budapest-based researcher Zhenya Belyakov, Martin and Jules dive into the complicated history of "Europe's last dictatorship". Who are the Belarusians? What do they want? And why only now? Picture: "Révolution" (1948-51), by Belarusian painter Marc Chagall

    The Masses of Minsk: What do the Belarusians want?
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Someone needs to tell you what's going on in Europe. That's why we made a podcast for you. Martin, Federico and Jules will be your voice of reason and entertainment in understanding the continent's most important, awkward and interesting developments. Co-hosts: Jules Ortjens and Martin Alberdi Rodríguez.

Information

  • Creator
    Jules Ortjens
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Speaking of Europe