William Glucroft News Today

This week, local elections in Poland, the EU's role in education across Africa and, of course, Germany's day in the International Court of Justice over Gaza's genocide claim.

Talking through Sparkasse's freeze of an anti-Zionist peace organisation, Turkey's election, German weed and Schengen neophytes.

This week's Euroscopic explores the consequences of Moscow's terror attack, the convergence of public safety and border/migration policy in an EU election year, and the United Nations Security resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In this week's Euroscopic podcast; antisemitism and confusion in France and Germany, Sweden joins NATO, Novaya Gazeta Europe editor Mikhail Komin on Ukraine and EU and a chat with DiEM25, an EP election hopeful campaigning in Berlin.

EU headlines, Russia after Navalny, the Munich Security Conference and an interview with Ian Bremmer, author and founder of the Eurasia Group on his main takeaways from the conference.

Strategic autonomy, Trump's belligerent Nato remarks and the consequences for EU. Also, our own Andrew Rettman on EU top jobs and the role of the radical right. Finally, third-country migration deals. Listen.

Donald Trump's recent remarks about NATO have amplified calls for Germany and the EU to massively strengthen its army and fortify its own deterrence — up to and including nuclear weapons.

We've partnered with Dr Martin Gak and William Glucroft, the reporters behind the Euroscopic podcast, to bring their analysis and our reporting to you in the run-up to the EU elections.

One year after Russia´s invasion in Ukraine, there is a rift in the international community. Many countries do not follow the western lead and refuse to condemn Moscow and put sanctions into place. At the Munich Security Conference, Global Eyes met SIPRI director Dan Smith and IISS senior fellow Lynn Kuok. They talk about hunger, the framing of the Ukraine war and different policy priorities.

As major cities mass transit systems become further digitized, a number of commuters feel like they're being left behind.