This is the Europarltv|Parliament News|Interview feed http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/parliament-news/interview.aspx Wed, 15 May 2013 20:11:05 +0200 EuroparlTV interviews the interim Malian President Dioncounda Traoré after the donor conference for development in Mali held in Brussels. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0f0fd86d-1f89-4d59-8079-a1bf01557e22 0f0fd86d-1f89-4d59-8079-a1bf01557e22 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:19:15 +0200 25% of Europe's young people are out of work. The Youth Employment Initiative has been proposed to tackle the problem, but will it be possible in a crisis-torn Europe? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b11f633a-bdb9-4a46-9060-a1ab01194d92 b11f633a-bdb9-4a46-9060-a1ab01194d92 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:16:41 +0200 The Ladies in White have finally collected their Sakharov Prize awarded in 2005. We met Laura Labrada Pollán, the daughter of the Cuban opposition group's co-founder. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=12fd1cb9-9996-48ce-95cb-a1aa00a68f44 12fd1cb9-9996-48ce-95cb-a1aa00a68f44 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:19:10 +0200 The Parliament is preparing its second report on the situation in Hungary. We interviewed Hungarian MEP Kinga Gál and the Portuguese rapporteur Rui Tavares. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4fde526f-f791-4bd6-8fb2-a1a3012caf8a 4fde526f-f791-4bd6-8fb2-a1a3012caf8a Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:29:02 +0200 How has the European Central Bank managed the crisis and what role should it take in the future? As ECB President Draghi was in Strasbourg, we interviewed two MEPs. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=db98e2d3-2ade-4ce6-b147-a1a300bc55e9 db98e2d3-2ade-4ce6-b147-a1a300bc55e9 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:09:48 +0200 Given the crises in North Africa and South Europe, is a Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean needed? The outgoing President of the UfM Parliamentary Assembly answers. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=11dc370d-0cc3-420a-94fc-a19e00f289f6 11dc370d-0cc3-420a-94fc-a19e00f289f6 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:01:56 +0200 Companies engaged in the extraction of oil, gas, minerals and timber must disclose how much they paid for the rights. EPTV spoke to the Parliament’s chief negotiator. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=79af870f-1382-4f18-8c87-a19d00f9f38e 79af870f-1382-4f18-8c87-a19d00f9f38e Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:22:10 +0100 Should the Chinese be able to build motorways and public administration data centres in the EU even if European companies can’t do so in China? Two MEPs debate. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=6a69de76-7457-4192-a99c-a189010a965f 6a69de76-7457-4192-a99c-a189010a965f Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:07:08 +0100 After Parliament voted to reject the agreement reached by heads of government on the EU's long-term budget, two MEPs give their reactions. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=cbcbf5ae-989f-4f06-8b61-a181011b4db8 cbcbf5ae-989f-4f06-8b61-a181011b4db8 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:40:41 +0100 A new Common Agricultural Policy is taking shape following a plenary vote in the EP. An interview with the MEPs Michel Dantin (EPP) and Bas Eickhout (Greens). http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=03a9abe4-9fc6-4427-9eaf-a181010888b1 03a9abe4-9fc6-4427-9eaf-a181010888b1 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:33:20 +0100 NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin touches down at EU science conference in the Parliament to call for continued space exploration, despite budgetary restraints. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=fc96bf4a-9c07-439e-8ca2-a1780151f392 fc96bf4a-9c07-439e-8ca2-a1780151f392 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:07:55 +0100 We ask Health and Consumers Commissioner Tonio Borg what has been learned and how consumer confidence can be restored. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=479c1d8a-26d7-422b-8353-a1730128c11e 479c1d8a-26d7-422b-8353-a1730128c11e Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:56:18 +0100 As a CITES conference gets underway in Thailand, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy explains why the EU needs to do more for the protection of endangered animals. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a33699b6-dd82-49ff-8b25-a1730126ef8a a33699b6-dd82-49ff-8b25-a1730126ef8a Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:09:00 +0100 After the failure of the Doha trade round, the EU and the US plan a bilateral trade agreement. The rapporteur and another MEP give their views. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4e213135-96f7-45b0-bd1a-a1710114eafa 4e213135-96f7-45b0-bd1a-a1710114eafa Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:23:00 +0100 The European Council President defended in Parliament the 27 national leaders' compromise on the 2014-2020 EU budget. The very different opinions of two MEPs. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=3864d4a9-c1b3-4c9c-a13c-a16c012e7c24 3864d4a9-c1b3-4c9c-a13c-a16c012e7c24 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:58:28 +0100 Two MEPs analyse the speeches recently made by the UK Prime Minister and the French President in which they set out conflicting visions for the future of Europe. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=9482c5c4-a351-4f38-b1d4-a15d012580d7 9482c5c4-a351-4f38-b1d4-a15d012580d7 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:16:00 +0100 With issues including Mali, Syria, youth unemployment, and an imminent breakthrough over the EU's long-term budget, says Irish Minister for Europe. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b362adcf-4f02-438f-ba28-a15d00a8c9e1 b362adcf-4f02-438f-ba28-a15d00a8c9e1 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0100 Parliament approved new rules on how agencies can rate companies’ financial strength and states’ debt. Two MEPs give their point of view. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f79659d0-71ae-4bf0-9a18-a14900a88c99 f79659d0-71ae-4bf0-9a18-a14900a88c99 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0100 Can new European legislation help smokers kick the habit? Ronan Barry from British American Tobacco and MEP Glenis Willmott give their views. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a3d6ae5c-4d0b-4bb9-ad4a-a14300f097da a3d6ae5c-4d0b-4bb9-ad4a-a14300f097da Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0100 As outgoing Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker tells MEPs that economic prospects are brighter, we ask him how bright – and what about the poorest citizens? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b899e68d-5624-4e9e-b9ab-a143009b1220 b899e68d-5624-4e9e-b9ab-a143009b1220 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0100 Since the UK joined the EU in 1973, what have both sides gained? And, as euroscepticism in the UK increases, where next? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b6e6396e-11a9-40f9-b441-a14200d1c325 b6e6396e-11a9-40f9-b441-a14200d1c325 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0100 Filmmaker Costa-Gavras receives the Sakharov Prize for the Iranian film director under house arrest, Jafar Panahi. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=82161e6a-49dd-440d-badf-a12600f3a98b 82161e6a-49dd-440d-badf-a12600f3a98b Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:10:18 +0100 Are nationalisation and state aid the answers to saving the Union's heavy industries and helping Europe out of the crisis? We asked two MEPs. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b35f29ff-0517-4b82-abd3-a1250116ec7d b35f29ff-0517-4b82-abd3-a1250116ec7d Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:49:22 +0100 A real measure to calm markets or just a political gesture? Two MEPs differ over the EU's Robin Hood tax. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=7a2f9d08-1852-406c-987a-a12401481e75 7a2f9d08-1852-406c-987a-a12401481e75 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:05:23 +0100 Sofia Corradi, the professor behind the Erasmus programme, assures students that Erasmus will continue and recounts the battle to create the programme in the 1960s. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=594cc29c-b025-4a54-bfcb-a11c00ff68f1 594cc29c-b025-4a54-bfcb-a11c00ff68f1 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100 Two political group leaders give their views on the Member States' failure to agree on the EU's financial framework for the period 2014-2020. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=92f62cc7-0dec-4a99-ae50-a117011ae609 92f62cc7-0dec-4a99-ae50-a117011ae609 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:29:24 +0100 EuroparlTV talks to Professor Peter Higgs about the so-called 'God particle', the origin of the universe and the discoveries yet to come. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=bf57a44c-1459-476c-aee7-a11600f4bcac bf57a44c-1459-476c-aee7-a11600f4bcac Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100 We ask two MEPs if Marianne Thyssen's report on the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union is really the basis for a more democratic European monetary union. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=18118acd-1589-4494-822e-a11100f25167 18118acd-1589-4494-822e-a11100f25167 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100 Andrea Segre won the LUX Prize 2012 with "Io sono Li", a film dedicated to all the mothers who leave their children in order to try and give them a better life. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b62d5e4d-049b-462c-a8c2-a110013de90f b62d5e4d-049b-462c-a8c2-a110013de90f Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100 Banned in France, allowed in Poland: shale gas exploration causes controversy in Europe. What role should the EU play? Two MEPs give their views. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=8a445c0e-962d-4252-817a-a10a012668e2 8a445c0e-962d-4252-817a-a10a012668e2 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100 EuroparlTV talks to Maltese Foreign Minister, Commissioner-designate Tonio Borg immediately after his grilling in the European Parliament. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=433f3dfa-42ce-43b8-82da-a1090129fad2 433f3dfa-42ce-43b8-82da-a1090129fad2 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:58:10 +0100 Crescenzio Rivellini (EPP, Italy) believes the EU should take a harder line with China when opening up its markets to the country and obtain sufficient guarantees in return. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=5ea6fea9-6b4c-43df-9472-a10401047636 5ea6fea9-6b4c-43df-9472-a10401047636 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:41:22 +0200 European business is a male-dominated world. We get the views of two MEPs on EU Commissioner Reding's proposal to impose a 40% quota for women on company boards. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=d217e6c2-b178-4d5c-8079-a0f900c64895 d217e6c2-b178-4d5c-8079-a0f900c64895 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200 The eurozone crisis has led to states with chronic budget deficits being put under surveillance using the 'European Semester'. But who is going to monitor these procedures? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a741c76e-af79-4758-82ae-a0f500fb5329 a741c76e-af79-4758-82ae-a0f500fb5329 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:43:51 +0200 'No' to EU budget freeze for 2013 and beyond. Before the 27 start bargaining over EU policy financing, Budgets Committee Chair Alain Lamassoure spells out the EP's limits. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=51ff56c8-af66-48e2-b567-a0f400e7ae21 51ff56c8-af66-48e2-b567-a0f400e7ae21 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:23:10 +0200 Speaking at the European Development Days 2012, Louis Michel (ALDE, Belgium) says that military intervention is needed to resolve the Malian crisis. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a69dc39e-695c-4c41-9ce1-a0ee009bdd59 a69dc39e-695c-4c41-9ce1-a0ee009bdd59 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0200 For or against a transnational status for European political parties and their affiliated foundations? Zita Gurmai (S&D) v. Nikki Sinclaire (NA). http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4e67eb14-13a5-49de-b10a-a0e600e3a776 4e67eb14-13a5-49de-b10a-a0e600e3a776 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:41:02 +0200 The Tunisian head of government is asking Parliament for exceptional funds for exceptional challenges and expresses his wish to create a democratic, not theocratic, state. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=3cd3a8fd-b0b6-4383-a871-a0df012889b8 3cd3a8fd-b0b6-4383-a871-a0df012889b8 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:44:49 +0200 How can we be more efficient in fighting EU budget fraud, which in 2011 totalled 404 million euros? MEPs Jean-Pierre Audy and Marta Andreasen give their opinions. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=7cc69628-3533-403a-b1fa-a0d9009aa94c 7cc69628-3533-403a-b1fa-a0d9009aa94c Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0200 Banking supervision should cover all banks, national and regional, explains European Banking Authority Chair Andrea Enria. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b6d2391f-2882-4332-af39-a0d200eee675 b6d2391f-2882-4332-af39-a0d200eee675 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:43:30 +0200 Should the international community make an intervention in Syria? Create humanitarian corridors, supply arms? MEPs Jelko Kacin and Véronique de Keyser disagree with each other. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=5b69e72a-7467-47d9-a883-a0d100ea1026 5b69e72a-7467-47d9-a883-a0d100ea1026 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:30:21 +0200 The road towards banking union promises to be full of twists and turns, but does it head in the right direction? We asked Sven Giegold and Richard Ashworth for their views. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4c4bda3f-bbda-43c9-9eed-a0ca008c31ef 4c4bda3f-bbda-43c9-9eed-a0ca008c31ef Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:41:54 +0200 After the scandal of the Mediator drug, which is thought to have killed hundreds, MEPs demand much stricter safety rules. We talk to the member who wrote the report. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=2b2dfe5f-4871-4054-a6bc-a0c900910091 2b2dfe5f-4871-4054-a6bc-a0c900910091 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0200 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for a treaty for closer political union. We asked two MEPs whether they thought it was a realistic idea. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=c60eb18e-4340-493f-a3f7-a0c2012b77d6 c60eb18e-4340-493f-a3f7-a0c2012b77d6 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:00:00 +0200 What will EU regional policy look like after 2014? Regional Development Committee Chair Danuta Hübner and Olle Schmidt (Economic Affairs Committee) explain. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=3357a550-88e3-4e93-9f67-a08c0095afbf 3357a550-88e3-4e93-9f67-a08c0095afbf Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200 The leaders of the ALDE and ECR groups are divided over progress at the June summit. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0b504df8-7ecb-4461-9667-a08300e1585c 0b504df8-7ecb-4461-9667-a08300e1585c Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:38:55 +0200 Two MEPs, Anne E. Jensen and Jean-Pierre Audy, examine the Danish Presidency of the EU Council a few days before it hands over the reins to Cyprus. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=476ea388-9227-42de-9270-a07d00af8ed5 476ea388-9227-42de-9270-a07d00af8ed5 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Will things finally change in Greece? Werner Langen and Nikos Chountis debate the country's future after its citizens went to the polls once again. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=3bb35357-8840-427a-8b54-a07700be5131 3bb35357-8840-427a-8b54-a07700be5131 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0200 Some politicians see fiscal and political union as the route out of the crisis – we asked two MEPs with opposing views. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=dea9b7a8-5e74-4b75-9b6d-a06e00ff42d3 dea9b7a8-5e74-4b75-9b6d-a06e00ff42d3 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:56:29 +0200 With the heads of world's top economies set to meet for their annual summit in June, MEPs Sven Giegold and Gunnar Hökmark debate the role and legitimacy of the G20. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=b5879f48-2936-4334-80f4-a06801106360 b5879f48-2936-4334-80f4-a06801106360