London Calling EU

Now the European Election 2024 has taken place, we devote the third episode of our election series to the possible legacy of the campaign to mobilise the vote of the European community in the UK. Our host Barbara Serra takes in the Delegation’s celebrations of Europe day and speaks to the Delegation’s own EU citizens’ rights programme lead Daniel Fleischer-Ambrus on what are the outreach plans ahead. Finally, with the new European Parliament in the process of being formed, Barbara speaks with Professor Anand Menon, Director of UK in a changing Europe and Deborah Bonetti, director of the Foreign Press Association to evaluate how the results of the European election might impact EU-UK relations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode of our special series devoted to the upcoming European Elections, our host Barbara Serra reaches out to members of the two largest EU diasporas in the UK- the Polish and the Romanian - to hear how the message about the European Elections is cutting through. Then to help better understand the opportunities and challenges involved in trying to speak directly to the citizens of the EU in the UK, we are joined by Nicholas Hatton, the co founder and former CEO of the 3 million, Typhaine Morillon, press attache for the European Parliament liaison office to the UK and Jakub Krupa, Polish journalist and author. Our third and final episode in the series will be coming up soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first of the EU Delegation’s 3 part series on the upcoming European Elections and the role to be played in them by the UK’s almost 5 million resident EU citizens. Hosted by journalist Barbara Serra, this first episode addresses how the EU community here in the UK, the EU’s biggest diaspora outside the Union, will be able to take part in the election of the 700 MEPs that make up the European Parliament. With turnout a persistent problem we discuss not just how EU citizens can vote but also why the should. In this episode Barbara speaks to EU Ambassador Pedro Serrano, Susanne Oberhauser head of the EPLO in London, Samer Melki French General Consul to the UK and Charles Grant Director, Centre for European Reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month’s episode of London Calling EU is devoted to the large diaspora of EU citizens living in the UK who have such an essential role in shaping future EU-UK relations. To explore, celebrate and better understand the engagement of EU citizens in British society, the EU Delegation hosted the 2023 EU Citizens’ Gathering, themed “Empowering EU Communities in the UK”. The annual event brought together civil society organisations, EU embassies, academia, Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and Members of the European Parliament and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). This episode, presented by Bénédicte Paviot, the moderator of the event, provides an overview of the day and the contributions made by, among others, EU Ambassador to the UK Pedro Serrano and European Commission Executive Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič. Some of the key messages of the day which can be heard were delivered by Lord Ricketts Chair of the House of Lords European Affairs Committee, Nathalie Loiseau MEP, Hilary Benn MP, Tsvetelina Penkova MEP and Stella Creasy, MP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.