Event – The impact of Brexit on the EU’s free movement of people rules
In conversation with Jane Golding, Co-Chair of British in Europe, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jude Kirton-Darling and MEP Danuta Hubner. Event by the EU|UK Forum, a platform for discussion and information exchange about the new EU-UK relationship, on 7 December 2020, just before the conclusion of the post-Brexit transition period.
Event – ECIT Foundation annual meeting on European citizenship
What lessons from the case law of the European Court of Justice 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 the application of the Charter of fundamental rights and the rule of law? Speaking in a panel discussion on EU rights at the ECIT Foundation Summer University on European Citizenship, Brussels, 2 September 2019 and online at the 2021 edition.
Interview – Sky News: ‘settled status’ for EU citizens in the UK
Interviewed on Sky News on the EU settlement scheme for EU citizens in the UK, 20 August 2019. EU citizens will have to apply for ‘settled status’ to stay in the UK after Brexit. Many are concerned that their application may be rejected.
Interview – Londra Italia: European elections 2019
Voting for an Italian or a British candidate? It’s a personal choice, what matters is to vote. The UK decided last minute to still take part in the election of the European Parliament. EU citizens in the UK have the option to choose to vote for a candidate in their UK constituency or in their home countries. Interview at Londra Italia, a news site for Italians living in London, 26 April 2019.
Event – Workers’ rights in the UK/EU post-Brexit
What will happen to many EU media colleagues after the UK leaves the European Union, and after the end of the “transitional arrangements” scheduled to cease at the end of 2020? What fate awaits UK 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. Summary on The Freelance.
Interview – Sky News ‘All Out Politics’
Interview by Adam Boulton on Sky News ‘All Out Politics’ on what Brext changes for EU citizens in the UK and British citizens elsewhere in the European Union, 17 June 2018.
Event – Standing up for our rights, European citizens’ gathering
An event organised by the European Citizens Initiative, calling for British citizens to uphold the rights as European citizens in the context of Brexit. The event, organised at the University of Nottingham on 18 November 2017, is summarised at The Spokesman, the journal of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
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? In this debate, organised by the Free Word Centre and the UK Youth Climate Coalition on 30 September 2014, I spoke about climate change and the media. Watch the video on YouTube.
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.