Interview – Brexit anxiety for Europeans in the UK and Brits in Europe
Article published on Londra Italia, the news site for Italians in London, on the Europe Street News survey and analysis on the attitudes, expectations and information needs of people impacted by Brexit, 29 October 2019.
Event – ECIT Foundation Summer University on European Citizenship
Panel discussion on EU rights: What lessons from the recent case law of the European Court on article 20 about the scope and limits of EU citizenship? What to propose to the new EU Institutions to tackle longstanding and new barriers to freedom of movement? How to strengthen application of the Charter of fundamental rights and the rule of law? Brussels, 2 September 2019.
Interview – The ‘settled status’ scheme for EU citizens in the UK, Sky News
Interviewed on Sky News on the ‘settled status’ scheme for EU citizens in the UK. EU nationals will have to apply for ‘settled status’ to stay in the UK after Brexit. Many are concerned that their application may be rejected. 20 August 2019.
Interview – European elections, voting for an Italian or a British candidate?
Event – Workers’ rights in the UK/EU post-Brexit
What will happen to many EU national colleagues after the UK leaves the European Union, and after the end of the “transitional arrangements” currently scheduled to cease at the end of 2020? What fate awaits our UK national colleagues living and working in EU countries? This was the topic I discussed, together with Barrister Adrian Berry, at a meeting of the National Union of Journalists – London Freelance Branch on 11 June 2018. The meeting is summarised in this article on The Freelance. ‘So Europe Street News started, with a mission to focus on people, “what is happening to people in real life”.’
Interview – What happens to EU citizens in the UK post-Brexit, Sky News ‘All Out Politics’
Interviewed by Adam Boulton on Sky News ‘All Out Politics’ on what Brext changes for the status of EU nationals in the UK and British nationals elsewhere in the European Union, 17 June 2018.
Event – Should I stay or should I go?
A day of debates, talks and discussions about the future of the UK in Europe ranging from the economic implication of Brexit on trade to the future of Europeans in the UK. In conversation with Isabella Mosselmans and Tahmid Chowdhury of Here for Good, an organisation offering free legal advice to EU nationals in the UK, 19 March 2018.
Event – Standing Up for Our Rights, European Citizens’ Gathering
An event organised by the EU Citizens Initiative for people campaigning to uphold the rights of European citizens in the context of Brexit. The event is summarised in this article on The Spokesman, the journal of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. University of Nottingham, 18 November 2017.
Event – Trust and the environment
As our climate begins to change, young people will inherit one of the greatest challenges we’ve ever faced. Presented with a blizzard of information from scientists, corporations, governments and activists, how can we know who to trust? Watch this debate, where I speak about climate change and the media, organised by the Free Word Centre and the UK Youth Climate Coalition on 30 September 2014.
Event – Engaging communication globally
Understanding and respecting different cultures is becoming ever more vital to communicate to audiences worldwide. Not only are more organisations operating globally, companies are merging and marketing to diverse customers while workforces are increasingly drawn from international cultures. At this event I spoke about communications in China. The talk was organised on 10 July 2014 by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research (SIETAR) in cooperation with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations International Group.