History: Bigger and Better?

German Green MEP Elisabeth Schroedter, German EPP MEP Elmar Brok and Vytautas Landsbergis, who led Lithuania to independence, were my guests in this programme about the EU's biggest enlargement ever.



Link to the programme

Published: 15 November 2010
Duration: 03’20’’
Mostra Job Code: V001-0007
With: Pierre Holland (Tricaster)
François Marache (Editing)

Wordy cloud

I can't help loving this Wordle of Barroso's State of the EU speech today in the European Parliament (courtesy of bloggingportal.net):



I need to remember this one for the next time I need an illustration of why the EU doesn't manage to reach out to citizens.

Reporter: Copyright fight

I took a trip to England to meet Jonathan Worth, and I interviewed comic book artist Benoît Peeters to look into online copyright. Exceptionally great editing from Denis on this one.




Link to the programme

Published: 13 July 2010
Duration: 04’52’’
Mostra Job Code: M003-0079
With: Geoff Bicker, Geoffrey Baras (Cameras)
Denis Vanobberge (Editing)

The video is also featured in this debate, moderated by Maria Maggiore and published on 12 July:

History: A parliament is born

A look back at the first European Elections, in 1979



Published: 2 July 2010
Duration: 03’13’’
Mostra Job Code: V001-0006
With: Pierre Holland, Hadrien Wastiaux (Tricaster Operators)
Mathieu Pomes (Sound Engineer)
Aurélien Bonsignore (Editing)
Invitees: Bill Newton Dunn (ALDE, UK)
Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP, Germany)
Mariya Nedelcheva (EPP, Bulgaria)
Update 30/08/10: 
My programme has been featured on the European Parliament's main website:

History: Uniting Behind the Single Market

How we came to have free movement of goods, capital, services and people within most of the EU.




Published: 14 June 2010
Duration: 03'01''
Mostra Job Code: V001-0003
With: Pierre Holland, Hadrien Wastiaux (Tricaster Operators)
Mathieu Pomes (Sound Engineer)
François Marache (Editing)
Invitees: Malcolm Harbour (ECR, UK)
Evelyne Gebhardt (PSE, Germany)

A split on divorce

A look at the state of play of European transnational divorce law - and at what is likely to become the first case of “Enhanced Cooperation”, better known as two-speed Europe.



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Published: 2 June 2010
Duration: 01’28''
Mostra Job Code: N001-100602-001
With: Arnaud Demolder (Camera and Editing)
Invitees: Evelyne Gebhardt (PSE, Germany)
Raffaele Baldassare (EPP, Italy)

UPDATE 13/07/10: On 12 July 2010, the European Council authorised enhanced co-operation of 14 EU states on divorce.

»Wir sind die Bewegung des Überlebens«

Article for Jüdische Allgemeine: »JCall« – Im Brüsseler EU-Parlament gründet sich eine jüdische Lobbygruppe, die Israels aktuelle Regierungspolitik hinterfragt.