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Paul Adamson talks to Jacob Poushter Associate Director, Global Attitudes, Pew Research Center / February 2020 European public opinion 30 years after the fall of Communism

Conversations

Paul Adamson talks to Fiona Hill Senior Fellow at Brookings and former Senior Director for European and Russian affairs at the US National Security Council / August 2020 Foreign policy and security challenges in the 2020s

Paul Adamson talks to Martin Sandbu European Economics Commentator at the FT and author of "The Economics of Belonging" / July 2020 "The Economics of Belonging"

Paul Adamson talks to Duncan Robinson Brussels Bureau Chief of 'The Economist' and 'Charlemagne' columnist / July 2020 Analysing the EU's current in-tray

Paul Adamson talks to Bojan Pancevski Germany Correspondent of the Wall Street Journal / July 2020 Angela Merkel and Germany's leadership in the EU

Paul Adamson talks to Jonathan Portes Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College, London / June 2020 Crafting a UK immigration policy post Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Enrico Letta Former Prime Minister of Italy; Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris / June 2020 Italy, Europe and the EU Recovery Fund

Paul Adamson talks to Madeleine Albright Former Secretary of State and author of 'Hell and Other Destinations: a 21st Century Memoir' / June 2020 Europe's place in the world, transatlantic relations and the US presidential elections

Paul Adamson talks to Eric Lonergan Co-author of "Angrynomics" / June 2020 "Angrynomics"

Paul Adamson talks to Anand Menon Director of 'UK in a Changing Europe' / May 2020 Assessing the UK stance in the Brexit talks

Paul Adamson talks to João Vale de Almeida EU Ambassador to the UK / May 2020 Moving up a gear in the Brexit talks

Paul Adamson talks to Sophie Pedder Paris bureau chief of 'The Economist' and author of 'Révolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation' / May 2020 Understanding Emmanuel Macron

Paul Adamson talks to Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Author of 'Stars with Stripes' and former U.S. Ambassador to the EU / May 2020 Rebuilding the transatlantic relationship

Paul Adamson talks to Christian Leffler Former Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service / April 2020 Challenges in forging EU foreign and security policy

Paul Adamson talks to Daniel Dalton CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce in the EU and Belgium / April 2020 Making the business voice heard after Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Will Hutton Principal of Hertford College, Oxford and columnist for The Observer / April 2020 No more business as usual after the Coronavirus

Paul Adamson talks to Erik Jones Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy at Johns Hopkins / April 2020 Europe needs a massive fiscal stimulus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Paul Adamson talks to Mujtaba Rahman Managing Director for Europe at the Eurasia Group / March 2020 The coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Denis MacShane Author of 'Brexiternity' and former UK Minister for Europe / March 2020 'Brexiternity', Labour's leadership and Europe's new progressives

Paul Adamson talks to Catherine Barnard Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Trinity College, Cambridge / February 2020 Implementing Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in Phase II

Paul Adamson talks to Wojciech Wiewiórowski European Data Protection Supervisor / February 2020 Data protection and the global impact of GDPR

Paul Adamson talks to Eva Maydell Member of the European Parliament / February 2020 Making coalitions in a fragmented European Parliament

Paul Adamson talks to George Parker Political Editor of the Financial Times / January 2020 The politics of Brexit Phase II

Paul Adamson talks to Martin Westlake Author of 'Slipping Loose: the UK's long drift away from the European Union'' / December 2019 The UK's uneven membership of the EU

Paul Adamson talks to Ranga Yogeshwar Physicist and Science Journalist / December 2019 The societal impact of 5G

Paul Adamson talks to Amelia Hadfield Professor and Head of the Department of Politics and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey / November 2019 UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Sam Lowe Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform / November 2019 Brexit, the greening of trade deals and the weaponisation of trade

Paul Adamson talks to Michael Peel European Diplomatic Correspondent for the Financial Times / October 2019 The world's new demagogues and authoritarians

Paul Adamson talks to Kalypso Nicolaidis Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford / October 2019 'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit'

Paul Adamson talks to John Peet Political and Brexit Editor at The Economist / October 2019 The future of EU-UK relations

Paul Adamson talks to Senator Marsha Blackburn Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tech Task Force / September 2019 Data privacy, the tech industry and Congressional oversight

Paul Adamson talks to David Miliband CEO of the International Rescue Committee / September 2019 Brexit, US relations and the EU's place in the world

Paul Adamson talks to Robert Madelin International Chairman of Fipra and former Director General at the European Commission / September 2019 What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Robert Madelin

Paul Adamson talks to Geoff Meade Former Europe editor of the Press Association / August 2019 Boris Johnson, Brussels journalist - and euroscepticism

Paul Adamson talks to Stephen Fidler UK and Brexit Editor at the Wall Street Journal / August 2019 Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy

Paul Adamson talks to Frans van Daele Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU, Ambassador to the US and to NATO, and chef de cabinet of Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council / July 2019 What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Frans van Daele

Paul Adamson talks to Anand Menon Director of The UK in a Changing Europe project / July 2019 What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Anand Menon

Paul Adamson talks to Jean-Claude Piris Former head of the Legal Service of the EU's Council of Ministers / June 2019 The true meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit'

Paul Adamson talks to Marietje Schaake Former Member of the European Parliament / May 2019 The European Parliament elections and gender balance in the EU's top jobs

Paul Adamson talks to Benjamin Haddad Director of the Europe programme at the Atlantic Council / May 2019 "Paradise Lost: Europe in the world of Trump"

Paul Adamson talks to Susannah Wellford CEO & Founder of Running Start / April 2019 Surmounting barriers for women to run for political office

Paul Adamson talks to Brigid Laffan Director of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute, Florence / April 2019 Confronting the EU's new realities

Paul Adamson talks to Luuk van Middelaar Author of 'Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage' / March 2019 Europe's leaders and crisis politics

Paul Adamson talks to Tony Connelly Europe Editor, RTE / February 2019 Ireland's handling of Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Jennifer Rankin Brussels correspondent of The Guardian / February 2019 The EU27's reaction to latest Brexit developments

Paul Adamson talks to Brad Smith President of Microsoft / January 2019 Responding to the growing 'techlash'

Paul Adamson talks to Mujtaba Rahman Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe, Eurasia Group / January 2019 Extending Article 50 to clinch a deal

Paul Adamson talks to David Wasserman House Editor of The Cool Political Report / December 2018 Lessons from the US mid-terms for the 2020 presidential election

Paul Adamson talks to Deepak Khanna Senior VP and Regional President for Oncology at MSD / December 2018 Advances in tackling cancer

Paul Adamson talks to Giovanni Buttarelli European Data Protection Supervisor / November 2018 GDPR compliance and digital ethics

Paul Adamson talks to Stephen Fidler UK and Brexit editor of the Wall Street Journal / November 2018 The beginning of the Brexit endgame

Paul Adamson talks to Bruce Stokes Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center / October 2018 Latest European attitudes to Donald Trump and the United States

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Foster Europe editor of The Daily Telegraph / September 2018 The danger of a No Deal Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to George Parker Political Editor of the Financial Times / July 2018 The current state of Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Carlos Moedas European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation / July 2018 Europe's research, science and innovation potential

Paul Adamson talks to Eirik Wærness Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Equinor / June 2018 Changes in the energy sector 2018-2050

Paul Adamson talks to Paul Tucker Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England / June 2018 The quest for legitimacy in central banking and the regulatory state

Paul Adamson talks to Michael Rich President and CEO of RAND / May 2018 The spread of 'truth decay' in the United States and Europe

Paul Adamson talks to David Ignatius Associate editor and columnist at the Washington Post / May 2018 Trump, transatlantic and 'The Quantum Spy'

Paul Adamson talks to Phil Hogan European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development / April 2018 The future of European agriculture, Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement

Paul Adamson talks to Femi Oluwole Co-founder of 'Our Future Our Choice' (OFOC) / April 2018 Britain's young generation against Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Karen Donfried President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States / March 2018 Stress testing the transatlantic relationship

Paul Adamson talks to Mario Monti Former prime minister of Italy and European Commissioner / March 2018 Italy's new political landscape

Paul Adamson talks to Michelle Thew CEO of Cruelty Free International / March 2018 A global ban on animal testing

Paul Adamson talks to Ryan Heath Political editor of Politico Europe / February 2018 Communicating and reporting 'Europe'

Paul Adamson talks to Robert Peston ITV's political editor and host of 'Peston on Sunday' / February 2018 Inequality, social mobility and Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Andrew Adonis Labour peer and leading Remain campaigner / February 2018 A second Brexit referendum

Paul Adamson talks to Sir Ciarán Devane Chief Executive of the British Council / January 2018 Defending and promoting values

Paul Adamson talks to David Rennie Washington bureau chief of 'The Economist' / January 2018 Understanding Donald Trump

Paul Adamson talks to Charles Ries Vice-President, International, RAND Corporation / December 2017 The transatlantic dimension of Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Mujtaba Rahman Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe at the Eurasia Group / December 2017 The new challenges as the Brexit talks move to Phase 2

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Mandelson Former First Secretary of State of the UK and European Commissioner for Trade / November 2017 Brexit, Ireland and renewing the remain campaign

Paul Adamson talks to Jason Descamps Founder of the headhunting firm European Affairs Recruitment Specialists / November 2017 The new world of EU public affairs

Paul Adamson talks to Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff V-P and director of the Europe program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States / November 2017 Germany's re-assessment of Europe and transatlantic relations

Paul Adamson talks to Bill Drozdiak Author of 'Fractured Continent' / October 2017 Europe's crises and the fate of the west

Paul Adamson talks to Nick Clegg Former deputy prime minister of the UK / October 2017 How to stop Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Tony Connelly Europe editor, RTE, and author of 'Brexit and Ireland' / October 2017 Brexit and Ireland

Paul Adamson talks to Kaja Tael Permanent Representative of Estonia to the European Union / September 2017 Challenges and opportunities of the Estonian presidency of the EU

Paul Adamson talks to Will Hutton Columnist, principal of Hertford College and chair of the Big Innovation Centre / September 2017 The UK economy, the eurozone and Labour's new stance on Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Alberto Alemanno Author of "Lobbying for Change" / September 2017 Lobbying for change

Paul Adamson talks to Stephen Fidler UK and Brexit editor of The Wall Street Journal / August 2017 Taking the pulse of the Brexit negotiations

Paul Adamson talks to Jean-Claude Piris Former head of the Legal Service of the EU Council of Ministers / August 2017 The EU27's growing impatience with the UK over Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Pierre Vimont Former French senior diplomat and senior fellow at Carnegie Europe / July 2017 Macron and the Future of Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Bruce Stokes Director of Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center / July 2017 Post-Brexit public opinion in Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Jonathan Powell Chief of staff to Tony Blair and Chief British government negotiator on Northern Ireland 1997-2007 / July 2017 Borders, Brexit and the new UK government/DUP agreement

Paul Adamson talks to Carl Bildt Former prime minister of Sweden / June 2017 The future of the EU without the UK

Paul Adamson talks to George Parker Political editor of the Financial Times / June 2017 The new politics of Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Geoff Meade Humourist and writer, and former Europe editor of the Press Association / June 2017 Humour and EU politics

Paul Adamson talks to Professor Jonathan Portes Senior fellow at 'UK in a Changing Europe' / June 2017 The contribution of EU immigration to the UK economy

Paul Adamson talks to (Lord) John Kerr One of the architects of Article 50 / May 2017 The conduct of the Article 50 negotiations

Paul Adamson talks to Alex Barker Brussels bureau chief of the Financial Times / April 2017 Paying the UK's EU divorce bill

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Mandelson Former First Secretary of State of the UK and former European Commissioner for Trade / March 2017 The Remain campaign's errors, the Labour Party and immigration, and Theresa May's hardening stance on Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Alexandra Hall Director, Defence and Security research, RAND Europe / March 2017 Defence and Security after Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Craig Oliver Former head of communications for David Cameron. Senior Managing Director, Teneo Blue Rubicon / March 2017 Fighting the UK-EU referendum campaign

Paul Adamson talks to Anthony Gardner Former ambassador of the United States to the European Union / March 2017 Trump, trade and a new transatlantic agenda

Paul Adamson talks to Markus Beyrer Director General of BusinessEurope / March 2017 Growth, Brexit, trade and inequality

Paul Adamson talks to Emily O'Reilly European Ombudsman / February 2017 Transparency and the Brexit negotiations

Paul Adamson talks to Jonathan Faull Former head of the European Commission's "UK referendum task force" / January 2017 The UK's pre Brexit negotiation with the EU

Paul Adamson talks to Jean-Claude Piris Former head of the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers and expert on Brexit / January 2017 In search of a Brexit transitional deal

Paul Adamson talks to Giovanni Buttarelli The European Data Protection Supervisor / December 2016 Preparing for the new data protection regime

Paul Adamson talks to Julian Priestley Writer/commentator and former Secretary General of the European Parliament / November 2016 The inherent inconsistencies of Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Monique Goyens Director General of the European Consumers Organisation, BEUC / October 2016 The future of EU trade deals

Paul Adamson talks to Fredrik Erixon Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy / October 2016 The innovation illusion

Paul Adamson talks to Archana Vemulapalli Chief Technology Officer, Washington DC / October 2016 The future of smart cities

Paul Adamson talks to Mark Leonard Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations / September 2016 The fragmentation of Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Norbert Röttgen Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag / September 2016 A new continental partnership for the UK and EU

Paul Adamson talks to Stephen Castle London correspondent of The New York Times / September 2016 Theresa May, the Brexiteers and looking for a strategy

Paul Adamson talks to Jonathan Grant Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London / July 2016 Defending the role of experts in society

Paul Adamson talks to Karen Donfried President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States / July 2016 Transatlantic relations and the future of NATO post Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Jean-Claude Piris Former head of the EU Council Legal Service / July 2016 Brexit, Article 50 and beyond

Paul Adamson talks to Anand Menon Director of the UK in a Changing Europe project / July 2016 Why the UK voted the way it did

Paul Adamson talks to Carlos Moedas The European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation / June 2016 Science in policy making and spurring disruptive innovation

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Foster Europe editor of The Daily Telegraph / June 2016 Media coverage of the UK referendum

Paul Adamson talks to Martin Selmayr Chief of staff of Jean-Claude Juncker / June 2016 Juncker's political European Commission

Paul Adamson talks to Rob Wainwright Director of Europol / May 2016 Security, terrorism, technology ... and Brexit

Paul Adamson talks to Claude Moraes Labour MEP and chair of the Civil Liberties Committee / May 2016 The evolving role of the European Parliament

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Spiegel FT Brussels bureau chief / April 2016 The EU and the media

Paul Adamson talks to Carl Dolan Head of Transparency International's Brussels office / April 2016 Transparency and anti-corruption

Paul Adamson talks to Sara Tesorieri Oxfam International's Migration Policy lead / March 2016 Migration in Europe: not new, not temporary

Paul Adamson talks to Fran Burwell Head of the Europe programme at the Atlantic Council / March 2016 EU-US challenges and tensions

Paul Adamson talks to Nick Clegg UK MP and former Deputy Prime Minister / February 2016 Changes, referendum, drugs

Paul Adamson talks to Sunder Katwala Head of the think tank British Future / January 2016 How (not) to talk about Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Jan Techau Director of Carnegie Europe / January 2016 Merkel's power in Germany and Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Stephen Fidler Brussels bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal / December 2015 Europe's current challenges

Paul Adamson talks to Peter Kellner President of YouGov / December 2015 UK-EU polling update

Paul Adamson talks to Elizabeth Collett Founding director of the Migration Policy Institute Europe / November 2015 Migrants, Refugees, Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Jyrki Katainen Vice-president at the European Commission responsible for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness / November 2015 Investing in Europe

Paul Adamson talks to John Peet UK political editor of The Economist / November 2015 David Cameron and the EU

Paul Adamson talks to Robert Madelin / October 2015 Innovation in Europe

Paul Adamson talks to Emma Reynolds MP and former Labour shadow spokesperson on Europe / October 2015 Labour and the referendum campaign

Paul Adamson talks to John Higgins Director General of Digital Europe / September 2015 The digital single market

Paul Adamson talks to Bill Kennard Former US ambassador to the EU / September 2015 Transatlantic relations

Paul Adamson talks to Jean-Claude Piris Former head of the EU Council's legal service / September 2015 The UK referendum on the EU