Episodes

  • Böll·Europe Podcast #18 | Soil Atlas 2024 (Part 2)

    Böll·Europe Podcast #18 | Soil Atlas 2024 (Part 2)
    Nov 19 2024
    Land is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity. Land use demands for housing and transportation but also solar energy production are making arable land scarce. Land speculation is on the rise all over Europe and the purchase and lease prices for arable land are skyrocketing. With dire consequences: small, family-run farms can barely survive on their agricultural yields. Democracy is also weakened when rural areas change so much and more and more farmers are on the brink of going out of business.
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    36 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #17 | Soil Atlas 2024 (Part 1)

    Böll·Europe Podcast #17 | Soil Atlas 2024 (Part 1)
    Nov 12 2024
    Chemical inputs - such as fertilisers and pesticides - disrupt soil health in the long term, and the carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers is devastating. Despite this, more and more artificial fertilisers are being used in many regions of the world to increase crop yields in the short term, but what is the true price we are paying for this?
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    44 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #16 | Climate justice and gender equality

    Böll·Europe Podcast #16 | Climate justice and gender equality
    Sep 2 2024
    This Böll·Europe Podcast episode explores the often overlooked link between international climate politics and gender perspectives. We discuss how climate change impacts women and marginalised communities, the inclusion of gender in global initiatives, and the crucial role of intersectional feminism in climate justice. We also examine the urgent measures governments should take in this super election year 2024.
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    38 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #15 | After the EP election: What’s next for the EU and the Greens?

    Böll·Europe Podcast #15 | After the EP election: What’s next for the EU and the Greens?
    Jul 9 2024
    The European Parliament elections might be over, but that doesn’t mean that the constellation of power in the EU is all set in stone. In this episode, we’re looking at what the European election result means for the EU and the future of the Green Deal, how the Greens in the European Parliament are doing, what their priorities are and whether the Greens just might be a new power broker that’s necessary for the conservatives, social democrats and liberals to hold a stable majority. Roderick Kefferpütz, Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's EU office, discusses this with Bas Eickhout, long-standing Member of the European Parliament from the Dutch Greens, and Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group.
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    43 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #14 | Europe after the 2024 EP elections

    Böll·Europe Podcast #14 | Europe after the 2024 EP elections
    Apr 8 2024
    More than 400 million people are expected to vote in the European elections on 6-9 June 2024, and decide on the next European Parliament. According to the polls, a shift to the right is expected in many EU countries, with populist, radical far right parties gaining votes and seats across the EU. What impact would this have? Conversation with Roderick Kefferpütz and Sophie Pornschlegel.
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    36 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #13 | A European pathway for migration

    Böll·Europe Podcast #13 | A European pathway for migration
    Feb 5 2024
    Why is legal migration useful to address the EU's most pressuring challenges? What can be done to improve the current policies and to strengthen the respect of human rights, when addressing migration?
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    27 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #12 | Western Balkans' EU enlargement uncertainty

    Böll·Europe Podcast #12 | Western Balkans' EU enlargement uncertainty
    Nov 28 2023
    20 years after the Thessaloniki Summit, where European Union leaders promised EU membership to Western Balkans countries, the prospects of the region joining the EU in the near future are vague. The EU's credibility has been weakened by constant obstacles, unjustified delays and Member States' vetoes. The Western Balkans, on the other hand, show an obvious stalemate in the EU-related reform process, in addition to ongoing bilateral disputes, unresolved issues of the past and democratic backsliding. Our host Gail Rego talks with members of the Western Balkans Strategy Group about the role of the EU on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and about Kosovo-Serbia relations: Agon Maliqi, a policy analyst, activist, and media writer. His most recent work has focused on political risk, growing democratic backsliding, and resilience to authoritarianism, based in Pristina and Tirana Lejla Gačanica, Programme Officer at Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina; independent legal counsel and researcher, Sarajevo Read the position paper "Enlargement uncertainty: Reframing EU-Western Balkans relations" by the Western Balkans Strategy Group. Listen to our previous Böll·Europe Podcast episode #4 | Europride in Belgrade and LGBTIQ+ rights in the Western Balkans Read all our content on Western Balkans.
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    19 mins
  • Böll·Europe Podcast #11 | EU's China approach: United in diversity?

    Böll·Europe Podcast #11 | EU's China approach: United in diversity?
    Oct 23 2023
    In this episode, we discuss the relationship between the EU and China, how this relationship is shaped by national strategies adopted by EU Member States, and whether it is possible to imagine a European approach to China. Gail Rego talks to: Jacob Mardell is a research  analyst with six years’ experience exploring China’s global impact. Jacob is the author of the Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung EU's study "Towards a common European China strategy? Mapping EU Member States’ policy documents on China".   Dr Janka Oertel is the director of the Asia programme and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Janka has published widely on topics related to EU-China relations, US-China relations, security in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese foreign policy, 5G and emerging technologies, as well as climate cooperation. Check out our web dossier "Towards a common European China strategy? Mapping EU Member States’ policy documents on China". All our content on China.
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    28 mins