Podcast| Putin’s long game in Ukraine: Europe’s moment of reckoning
Europe • Nov 28, 2025, 7:01 AM
3 min de lecture
Is the EU irrelevant in the peace talks on Ukraine? Can an EU Taskforce on housing address the acute crisis housing faces numerous EU countries. The topics we dive into on our fourth episode of "Brussels, my love?" the podcast.
We are joined by Séamus Boland, the brand new president of the European Economic and Social Committee - an EU institution that was set up in the 50s to advise the EU on economic and social issues, Shada Islam, a well known EU and Asia commentator and Petros Fassoulas, the Secretary General of the European Movement International - an organisation set up in 1948 to promote democracy and European integration.
Let us know what you think by emailing us at brusselsmylove@euronews.com
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