The EU Perspectives news portal provides information on changes to key European policies and their impact on the economy and competitiveness of the European Union. It provides reports on EU initiatives, analysing their strengths and weaknesses from the perspectives of experts, the economic sectors concerned, and the EU member states.
EU Perspectives targets readers interested in European Union rule-making with regard to the internal market, sustainable economic growth, competitiveness, and security of the EU as prerequisites for the economic and social development of the member states.
Automotive U-turn ‘drastically bad political choice’: parliament’s energy expert
Energy researcher Thomas Pellerin-Carlin explains to host [Host Name] why the EU's automotive U-turn on emissions rules is a "drastically bad political choice".
23 Jul 2026
If users can't be held liable, social media companies should be, MEP Sieper argues
MEP Lukas Sieper discusses the urgent need for a comprehensive social media law in Europe, exploring platform accountability and online harms.
6 Jul 2026
“Bans don't work." Europe's addiction policy needs a rethink, experts say
Jindřich Vobořil and Ondřej Krutílek discuss how Europe's addiction policy needs a rethink beyond bans to boost competitiveness and improve prevention.
12 Jun 2026
Can Europe keep its healthcare advantage? "We are losing ground," says lawmaker
Host Jennifer Baker interviews Member of the European Parliament Stine Bosse and Michele Migliori, Policy Analyst, about Europe's potential loss of its healthcare advantage.
3 Jun 2026
Private sector, not governments, must lead Europe’s growth, says Czech deputy PM
Czech Deputy Prime Minister & Trade Minister Karel Havlíček discusses with host Jennifer Baker why the private sector, not governments, must lead Europe’s growth.
29 Apr 2026
Treating water at the expense of medicines? Prices could increase sevenfold, industry says
Host Jennifer Baker interviews Adrian van den Hoven and Ondřej Knotek about how EU environmental rules might significantly increase medicine prices.
27 Apr 2026
Is Europe’s medicine problem the price of not being a federal union?
Host Jennifer Baker interviews MEP Alessandra Moretti, Zentiva's Ines Windisch, and FT's Andrew Bounds about Europe's medicine challenges and their link to its federal structure.
19 Dec 2025
EU budget showdown: MEP Nerudová on power struggles, cuts and new priorities
MEP Danuše Nerudová discusses the tense EU budget negotiations, Parliament's threat to reject the Commission's proposal, and the need for increased revenues to support new priorities in this interview.
26 Nov 2025
Inside Europe’s hidden epidemics: Mental health and the policy gap
MEP Tomislav Sokol and Ivan Duškov explore Europe's growing mental health crisis, addiction issues, and policy shortcomings in this interview episode.
6 Jul 2025
Joint procurement saved vaccines. Can it solve medicine shortages, too?
Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Arnaud Maheas, and Stefano Romanelli explore Europe's medicine shortages, the Critical Medicines Act, and the potential of joint procurement to address supply issues and ensure health equity in this interview episode.
20 May 2025
European defence needs a trust boost
Three years into a brutal war on its eastern flank, EU defence is the same old shambles. Even the optimists concede that the current rearmament efforts may create an effective system no sooner than in 2030. Is the Union’s institutional, political, and financial straitjacket simply too tight, or is there a way out? In the 14 May episode of the EU Perspectives podcast, MEP Jan Farský (EPP/CZE) debated the hot topic with defence experts, Juan Mejino-López of the Bruegel think-tank and Burkard Schmitt of The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe.
15 May 2025
MEPs on how to save European farming
What hinders Europe’s agriculture? From high input prices to excessive bureaucracy, the sector eating up a third of the Europan Union’s budget has no shortage of problems. MEPs Veronika Vrecionová (ECR/CZE), Norbert Lins (EPP/GE), and Thomas Waitz (Greens-EFA/AUT) present their ideas of dealing with them in the 13 May episode of the EU Perspectives podcast.
28 Mar 2025
EU needs unity, clear regulation on immigration, insiders agree
A common return policy is needed for the European Union to deal with both the influx of immigrants and domestic opposition, the latter often fuelled by enemies of Europe. It is both good policy and good politics, the EU Perspectives podcast was told. The latest episode, held in the European Parliament, featured MEPs Lukas Mandl (EPP/AT) and Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP/CZE) debating Katarína Cséfalvayová, Director of the Institute for Central Europe; Camille Le Coz, Director of Migration Policy Institute Europe; and Başak Yavçan, Head of Research of the Migration Policy Group.
20 Mar 2025
For EU to survive, beefing up militaries is not enough
The latest episode of the EU Perspectives podcast on the hot topic of European defence from Brussels’ European Parliament features the MEPs Rasa Juknevičienė (EPP(LI), Markéta Gregorová (Greens-EFA/CZE), Petras Auštrevičius (Renew/LI) and Martin Fedor, Slovakia’s ex-Defence Minister.
6 Feb 2025
Changing priorities may force EU to work around budget constraints
The EU budget has long been constrained to approximately 1% of the bloc's GDP, raising critical questions about its adequacy in addressing evolving policy priorities. In this episode of EU Perspectives podcast series, experts and policymakers examine the structural limitations of the current budget, the growing demand for investment in defense, competitiveness, and the green transition, as well as the potential avenues for reform.
6 Feb 2025
Jens Gieseke, chief EPP negotiator: European Commission must propose new automotive rules swiftly
Banning the combustion engine was a mistake, the automotive industry must not face any penalties this year – and above all, the Commission must act on the changes before this summer, Jens Gieseke, Member of the European Parlament for the European People’s Party, sets his political group’s priorities before Thursday’s start of strategic talks on the future of European carmakers.
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Lukas Sieper
Jindřich Vobořil
Ondřej Krutílek
Stine Bosse
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