Interviews

Silent Death

Frans Timmermans, EU Commission Vice-President: “Without pesticides reduction, we will have a food crisis in Europe”

By Eurydice Bersi and Maria Maggiore

EU Commission Vice-President and European Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans explains why the new pesticides regulation is essential to secure long-term food security and why it must not be sacrificed for short-term gains. Read more "Frans Timmermans, EU Commission Vice-President: “Without pesticides reduction, we will have a food crisis in Europe”"

Military power

Andrew Feinstein, author, “The arms trade feeds off this cycle of profit”

By Juliet Ferguson

A lack of transparency and deals done behind closed doors fuels corruption and makes vast profits for many involved. And with so much money to be made the desire to stop conflict is harder to realise, Andrew Feinstein told IE about how his research has revealed the level of corruption in the arms … Read more "Andrew Feinstein, author, “The arms trade feeds off this cycle of profit”"

Military power

Hannah Neumann, MEP “The EU Parliament is shut out of defence decisions”

By Harald Schumann and Maria Maggiore

A common European defence structure is not a new idea. But the war in Ukraine has brought a completely new dynamic into the discussion. Hannah Neumann, member of the European parliament and its defence committee, on the EU plans for a common military structure, its financing and the lack of democratic control and transparency so far. Read more "Hannah Neumann, MEP “The EU Parliament is shut out of defence decisions”"