European Union – Frontline Club

Brexit – Behind Closed Doors

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:50:47 +0000

On the day Boris Johnson promised Britain would leave the EU, we screen the gripping, untold (and occasionally jaw-dropping) story of Brexit negotiations from the other side. For two years, Belgian film-maker Lode Desmet had exclusive access to the Brexit co-ordinator of the European parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, and his close-knit team. His two-part fly-on-the-wall film captures the off-the-record conversations and arguments as they devise their strategy for dealing with the British.

Nationalism in Europe: Will Le Pen Take the Presidency?

Julianne Rooney — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:20:07 +0000

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is expected to reach the final round in this year’s French presidential election. As centre-right candidate Francois Fillon battles a financial scandal, Le Pen could end up facing the liberal former banker, Emmanuel Macron - who is running his first ever election campaign. With the first round of voting approaching in April, we will be discussing the significance of this election for France and the EU, and exploring who could come out on top.

After Brussels: Brexit and the Future of Europe

Jonathan Bucks — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:42:40 +0000

The Frontline Club played host to a heated and at times fractious debate on Brexit and the future of Europe on Thursday 24 March 2016. The discussion, hosted by BBC Chief Correspondent Gavin Hewitt, considered Brexit – and more generally the European project – in the context of the terrorists attacks that struck Brussels on […]

The Great European Disaster Movie

Frontline Bloggers — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:36:23 +0000

By Francis Churchill “We are in an aeroplane, and we don’t know who is driving the aeroplane. We are in a storm and we don’t know what is happening to us…”. This was the idea that Annalisa Piras wanted to entertain in her new film, The Great European Disaster Movie, which previewed at the Frontline Club […]

Brussels Business: Screening and Q&A

Flora Carmichael — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:00:02 +0000

By Jim Treadway Once more, the power of money and its threat to democracy became the focus at Frontline, where the documentary The Brussels Business was shown on Friday evening and followed by a Q&A with directors Friedrich Moser and Mattieu Lietaert. The Brussels Business analyzes the European Union’s growing lobby industry in Belgium’s capital, now the world’s […]

Part 2: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi

Vaughan Smith — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:25:12 +0000

By Charlene Rodrigues Interestingly, condemnation of Berlusconi’s media involvement was not wholesale. Paolo Mancini, professor at the University of Perugia said: “Everyone here will expect me to say one thing but I don’t think Berlusconi is controlling the media. It’s overstated.” “Berlusconi tried to limit freedom of journalists but he did not succeed because there […]

Part 1: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:29:41 +0000

Watch the event here. By Will Turvill The Frontline Club last night hosted a lively and informative discussion on what the future might hold for Italian media in the post-Berlusconi era. The event was hosted by BBC Radio 4 presenter Steve Hewlett who was joined on the panel by four Italians and an Anglo-Italian lecturer […]

Italy after Berlusconi: What now for media freedom?

Millicent Teasdale — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

On 12 November the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi resigned after losing his majority and public support.

While no longer Prime Minister, he continues to control one half of the countries terrestrial TV market and his company Media Set is a big player in the print and advertising sectors. Will Berlusconi continue to wield influence and manipulate the government through his party and media ownership?

Timothy Garton Ash on Europe, Obama and the ignorance of George W Bush

Vaughan Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:20:09 +0000

Download this episode View in iTunes By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi The rise of China, not Islamist terrorism, is the story of our time, declared Timothy Garton Ash at the Frontline Club last night. If you missed the event, you can watch the whole thing here… “The story of the next 20 years is about China, […]