Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
The 2004 expansion of the European Union from fifteen to twenty five member states was “transformative”. And it shows the EU has been an “enabler of a sustained peace and reconciliation on the continent of Europe”. That’s according to the former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox. He was President of the Parliament when the EU welcomed in ten new member states twenty years ago today.
Out words: that peace
Dur: 00:18
4 days ago
4 days ago
Ireland gained a lot from the 2004 EU enlargement which brought ten more countries into the bloc. That’s according to the former president of the European Parliament, Pat Cox. Today (May 1) marks the twentieth anniversary of the largest expansion in the EU’s history. Back then, ten states from Eastern and Central Europe along with Cyprus and Malta joined the Union. Ireland benefited from their membership according to Pat Cox.
Out words: own economy
Dur: 00:17
5 days ago
5 days ago
Twenty years ago tomorrow, ten countries from Eastern and Central Europe along with Malta and Cyprus, joined the EU. It was the biggest enlargement in the bloc’s history increasing its membership from fifteen (15) to twenty five (25) countries. Back in 2004, Irish man Pat Cox was the President of the European Parliament. Twenty years on, he says that EU expansion was “transformative”.
Out words: European history
Dur: 00:29
5 days ago
5 days ago
Tomorrow (May 1) marks the twentieth anniversary of the biggest enlargement of the European Union. In 2004, ten countries from Central and Eastern Europe along with Malta and Cyprus, joined the bloc increasing its number from fifteen (15) to twenty five (25). Irish man Pat Cox was the president of the European Parliament at the time. He remembers the celebrations to welcome in the new member states
Out words: strengthened by it
Dur: 00:28
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
EU VP slams killings of aid workers and journalists in Gaza.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
The EU’s foreign policy chief today strongly condemned the killings of aid workers and journalists in the Gaza Strip. Josep Borrell was speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He told MEPs, at least two hundred and forty nine (249) aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October the seventh. And he said people “were also appalled” by the number of journalists and media workers who’ve been killed by strikes in Gaza.
Short clip
Out words: being informed
Dur: 00:15
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Israeli ground offensive on Rafah would be “catastrophic” – Borrell
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
The EU’s foreign policy chief has warned against an Israeli ground operation in Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip. Speaking in the European Parliament today, Josep Borell said such an action would have catastrophic consequences.
Out words: saying that
Dur: 00:16
Monday Apr 22, 2024
EU needs “more specificity” on Ireland’s energy efficiency targets
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
The European Commission is calling for more specific information from Ireland on how it will achieve its national energy efficiency targets. Under Ireland’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan, it’s set a range of policies and measures to achieve greater energy efficiency by 2030. However, Matthew Baldwin, the deputy director-general of the European Commission’s energy department, says more clarity is needed on how those measures will be achieved.
Out words: ambitious targets
Dur: 00:41
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Ireland needs to “up its ambitions” on climate/energy targets – EU
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Ireland needs to “up its ambitions” if it’s going to meet national and EU energy targets. That’s according to a senior official with the European Commission’s Energy department (DG ENER). The EU's 2030 climate target is to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% relative to 1990. The goal is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
Under Ireland’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan, a target of increasing reliance on renewables from thirty percent (30%) to seventy percent (70%) by 2030 has been set. However, the European Commission’s Matthew Baldwin says more clarity is needed on how those renewable targets will be achieved.
Out words: for 2030
Dur: 00:20
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
“Real surge” in young road fatalities - Chambers
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
More young people are losing their lives on Irish roads than any other age group in the country. That’s according to Transport Minister Jack Chambers who was speaking at an EU Road Safety conference in Dublin this morning.
Out words: this year
Dur: 00:20
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
20k road deaths in Europe in 2023
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
More than twenty thousand people lost their lives on European roads last year. That’s according to the head of the European Commission’s Mobility and Transport Department (DG MOVE).
Magda Kopczynska was speaking at an EU Road Safety Conference in Dublin this morning. The EU wants to halve road deaths and serious injuries by 2030 with the aim of nearly eliminating them by 2050.
Out words: before Covid
Dur: 00:18