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Across the Atlantic, American President Donald Trump has just ordered that deep-sea mining be sped up, which is believed to be highly damaging for the ocean.Meanwhile, every raw material extraction project in Europe meets with strong social opposition. This leaves the EU in a delicate situation when it comes to producing solar panels or batteries without relying on China. Will Europe edge toward a more US-style approach to resource extraction?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on:LinkedIn Instagram

30,000. This is the figure circulating about the number of people who might have been killed by the Iranian regime since the start of the protests at the end of December last year. The EU has just decided to tag the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. What does it mean, and is there something the European Union could do to avoid this bloodshed?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on: LinkedIn Instagram

Spain wants to regularize half a million undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, the rest of Europe is busy toughening migration rules. So is Spain the very last country on the continent to have a positive message around migration?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on: LinkedIn Instagram

Kids under 15 should not access social media. That’s how France sees it. Its government is pushing for a full ban below this age. However, France, just like any other EU country, cannot force social media platforms to effectively restrict access for kids. Only the European Union can. Is the EU willing to do so?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on: LinkedIn Instagram

René Good, and now Alex Pretti. The people of Minneapolis are counting a second person killed by the border control agency, ICE, in just one month.Meanwhile, both in the US and in Europe, some hard-right politicians are openly congratulating the agents who killed Alex Pretti. This episode looks at how Europe differs or not from the US in terms of police violence.Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram

Whether it is train accidents or floods - every disaster in Spain strongly reignites political battles.Using tragedy for political gain is widely condemned in European countries. Is this a typical Spanish thing, or is the taboo weakening?This episode looks at how political exploitation is becoming more and more common as the extreme right parties gain ground in Europe.Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram

Members of the European Parliament, alongside farmers from all over Europe, claim a victory in the fight against the EU/Mercosur trade agreement. On Wednesday 21 January, the Parliament voted to challenge the controversial trade deal before the EU Court of Justice.What will happen if the judges rule against the treaty?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram

Germany and France have been trying to maintain a friendship since the 1960s — a friendship that is supposed to guide the rest of the continent. However, this doesn’t really work anymore. Why do they struggle to find a united position on Donald Trump’s ongoing threats? Could this lack of unity hamper Europe’s response?Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram