Is Poland ready for the Euro 2012?

The Euro 2012 football championships will kick off in Warsaw in June next year. Poland is hosting the tournament jointly with Ukraine. The event is a wonderful opportunity for Poland to showcase its huge potential as a modern European nation. But how are the preparations for the Cup going? What will its impact be on the Polish economy?

TALKING EUROPE

Guests :

Bruno DRWESKI, Lecturer, National Institute for oriental languages and civilisations
Balázs EGERT, Economist, OECD, Poland desk

Culture Guest :

Andrzej WAJDA, Polish film director

Show prepared by Marie Billon

Christophe Robeet

Presenter

01/12/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former Latvian president

Four years after being forced to request a bailout and seeing its GDP shrink by 24 per cent, Latvia has become the EU's fastest-growing economy. Is this proof that stringent austerity policies work? What can Spain and Greece learn from the Latvian model? Christophe Robeet speaks to Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a former Latvian president.

01/12/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

EU budget: no more cash for Europe's food programmes?

Each year, 18 million Europeans rely on Europe's food programme to feed themselves. With an annual budget of 500 million euros, the scheme provides food to charities in 20 member states. But they warn that cuts to the EU budget will lead to the end of such programmes. Will there be money left to feed Europe's most vulnerable citizens?

17/11/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

Egemen Bagis, Turkish EU Minister

Seven years after the start of accession talks with Brussels, Turkish pride is wounded as Turks feel rejected by a number of EU countries, including France. Meanwhile, the EU suspects Turkey's ruling AK Party of turning increasingly authoritarian and religious. Christophe Robeet asks Egemen Bagis, Turkey's EU minister, whether EU membership remains a credible option for his country.

17/11/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

Spain's lost generation

More than half of young Spaniards are out of work and a recent study shows that two thirds of them are considering emigrating. It's the sad result of Europe's debt crisis: the best-educated generation Spain has ever produced is the hardest hit by the crisis. We ask what Europe can do to give young people a chance to work.

03/11/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

Alain Lamassoure, Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets

Christophe Robeet talks to Alain Lamassoure, French MEP and Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets. The battle over the size of the EU budget has begun. The European Commission has requested just over 1 billion euros for the next seven years. But a group of conservative countries including Germany, the UK and the Netherlands are leading calls for a grand bargain.