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🎙️ Episode Alert! 🇪🇺 Ever wondered what a Spitzenkandidat is and why it matters? Join us in our latest episode as we explore what it isn’t, what it means, and why you should care ahead of the next EU elections. Can a Spitzenkandidat truly have a shot at the Commission Presidency? Can the process help bring EU democracy closer to citizens or increase confusion? And more importantly, why do we have a German term for it? Listen now: https://shorturl.at/NQ3Zw .
🎉 Exciting News! 🎙️ Our latest episode is live! 🌐 Dive into the complexities of the European Parliament's odd arrangement of having a “single seat” but multiple places of work. Discover the historical significance and untangle the debates that surround this unique arrangement. 🇪🇺✨ Listen now https://shorturl.at/bnEFP and join the conversation! 💬
Lisa Vallese
The prides itself in having one of the world's densest networks and a borderless market where people, goods and services can travel freely. So why is travel in the EU not faster, smoother, and cheaper? Philipp Cerny joins the pod to help us untangle this mystery and discuss whether the EU is on track to make trains great again.
🎧 New episode out!
Dreaming of landing a well-paid job in the institutions? Thinking of having an impact on EU ? Know that first you must navigate the EU jungle. Tune in to discover where to find the right information, what to expect from the recruitment exams, and what obscure acronyms such as “EPSO”, “CAST” or “FG IV” really mean.
helps and to untangle the EU selection process.
The EU Bubble (or should we say "babble"?) has developed its own language. Known as "Eurospeak", "Euro-English", or "Brussels English" it is a tongue twister of its own: an international version of English filled with all kinds of technocratic terms and borrowed expressions. In this summer edition, EU Untangled uncovers the origins and sounds of this strange language and takes a ride through its highs and lows.
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Are you fluent in ? Do you speak it with pride and no hint of prejudice? Or perhaps you are a normal human being and are perplexed as regards what we are saying?
Fear not! We, the aiming at untangling the intricacies of EU endeavours, have co-created a new to boost your knowledge of the EU bubble and enable you to harness its full potential.
EU politics and policies are messy and filled with jargon hard to understand, which makes it almost impossible to keep up with the latest developments in the EU. But trust us – there is plenty of exciting stuff all over the continent that you may not even be aware of!
💉 EPISODE ALERT! 💉
Link to the episode: https://bit.ly/3weo2v9
Much has been said about the EU Vaccines Strategy in recent weeks and months. Various media have taken a jab at the EU Strategy and concluded that despite good intentions, it is simply a case of "too little, too late". But is there more to this story? How does the roll-out of the EU strategy measure up against that rest of the world?
Alex Roth, Harpa Sif Arnarsdóttir, and Victor Ags take a deep dive into the EU Vaccines Strategy and discover the good, the bad and the ethically questionable elements of the complex world of COVID-19 vaccines distribution.
🎧 Tune in and give it a shot! 💉
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Welcome back to ! You might have seen that a fresh new episode is out! 🤩
Did you listen to it? It is about the fascinating topic of . We have a super interesting discussion with , PhD student at the University of Iceland, studying citizen participation in policy making and citizen engagement in constitutional reform.
We discuss several topics, listen in and share your views with us.
Swipe right 👉 to read our guest’s bio!
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A lays the foundations for how a society is organised and the fundamental principles that must underpin all laws and government decision-making.
🤔 But how much do constitutions really matter? Should they be updated to reflect rapid societal changes? How would you even go about making a new constitution in the first place? And whatever happened to the new Icelandic and EU constitutions?
🎧 Tune in and listen to , and ponder these questions with the help of Valgerður Björk Pálsdóttir (), PhD student at the University of Iceland, who is researching citizen participation in constitutional reform in Iceland over the past 10 years.
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The photo (treaty of Maastricht) by Mateus2019 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Welcome back to and a special welcome to our new followers! We’re delighted to have you here ✨
Did you listen to our latest episode on ? If not, go check our link in bio and listen in 🎧
We have a chat with Kostis Giannidis, president of the international board of Erasmus Student Network
We touch upon several issues and would love to hear from you. Have you been on Erasmus+ or did you take part to other kinds of exchange?
🤔did you know that the new Erasmus programme has been recently negotiated and will be implemented in the next 7 years? The European Commission is trying to make it “greener” 🍃 and more inclusive, but is it really succeeding?
Share your thoughts in the comments and swipe right 👉 to read Kostis’ bio!
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10 million beneficiaries, 33 countries and €26 bn to spend in the next seven years. Officially launched on 25 March, the new Erasmus+ programme seeks to be more inclusive, more digital and a lot greener. Erasmus Student Network President Kostis Giannidis joins us to discuss what the future holds for Europe’s flagship policy. Is the budget enough? Can Erasmus deliver in COVID-19 times? How inclusive can the programme really be? And could Turing ever replace Erasmus? Tune in!
https://www.podworld.org/untangled/2021/04/05/erasmus-what-does-the-future-hold-for-europes-best-known-programme/
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