- 227
- Episodes
- 53
- Transcribed
- 11
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Talking Europe
Politicians, activists and researchers debate the issues facing the EU and a 'guest of the week' offers their insight in a long-format interview that gets to the heart of the matter. Saturday at 7:15pm.
- Publisher
- FRANCE 24 English
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Dec 2023
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
53 of 227 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
'We have to close defence gaps urgently': EU Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee chief McAllister
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A grim winter ahead? EU states asked to prepare gas and electricity savings
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
'Moldova is the best performer in my class': EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos
Inside a recent episode
'We have to close defence gaps urgently': EU Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee chief McAllister
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So obviously, EU member states are spending more on their defense. It's going up. But do you think it's too slow given the nature of these problems that you've just described? I think we are on the right track now. It could have started earlier. It took quite some while. But now all European NATO allies, all NATO allies have agreed 3.5% spending target plus 1.5% infrastructure. We need to establish by the end of this decade a fully fledged European defence. We need to be able to defend ourselves against all the imminent threats we are facing and that means spend more but spend together so we spend it more effectively because it's taxpayers money we are spending in large numbers. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Talking Europe
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- David McAllister
- Marta Kos
- Thomas Byrne
- Luc Frieden
- Jozef Sikela
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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