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  "I call for a boycott of age verification," Jean Cattan on the EU's social media ban 18.09.2026 48นาที

  One in five European children report mental health problems, and those on social media three hours a day show roughly double the rates of anxiety and depression. Social media is clearly not good for our children. At the State of the Union this week, von der Leyen finally announced the EU Kids Act: no social media under 13, and parent-chaperoned "mini accounts" to 15. For older teens, it also promises "safe design." And that raises a bigger question: shouldn't those default protections shield ...
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  Why Can't the EU Act on Israel? With Member of the European Parliament Catarina Vieira 16.09.2026 27นาที

  For two years European streets filled in outrage and public opinion shifted, and yet Europe is no more serious on Israel today than it was when the protests began. At least, that is how it seems from the outside. So where does Europe’s paralysis on Israel come from? Has the EU budged at all on Israel? And if so, why is there not greater action? Is it historical guilt, its trade dependency, the unanimity trap, the gravitational pull of Berlin? And who are Europe's elected officials actu...
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  Can Experts Defend the Truth in a Post-Truth World? With Dr. Rosa Balfour 07.09.2026 46นาที

  What does the truth offer us in a post-truth world? That is the question that weighs on the institutions built to safeguard it. Think tanks observe our present, predict our future, and archive our past, and yet today, they are under attack both directly by the Trump government, and indirectly via stakeholders who are shifting resources with the tides of political power. So what are think tanks actually for anymore? Do they still matter for us – or only for the stakeholders behind them? ...
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  Fighting the Tech Plutocrats with Max von Thun 17.08.2026 33นาที

  This is the conversation taking over Brussels – the one that consumes my every coffee, every dinner, every meeting: what is Europe to do about its dependence on American AI and tech? You're probably reading this on an American device, through an American browser, on an American platform. There are more tech lobbyists in Brussels than there are elected officials in the European Parliament. And our elected officials know there is a problem. MEPs voted overwhelmingly – 471 to 68 – to bre...