Podcasts: Fireplace Talks

Guest speakers Dr. Andreea Năstase, Maastricht University and Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombudsman discuss one of the policy fields laid out by the Maastricht Treaty and in particular Transparency and Accountability featuring the European Ombudsman.

Guest speakers Dr. Pim Martens, Maastricht University Professor and Dean of the University College Venlo and Jorgo Riss, Executive Director of the Greenpeace European Unit discuss  the European environmental policy and regulation since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty 30 years ago.

Guest speakers Dr. Aneta Spendzharova, Associate Professor at Maastricht University, Rebecca Christie, non-resident Fellow at Bruegel, Gabriel Glöckler, Principal Adviser at European Central Bank, and Gianni Lo Schiavo, Senior Lawyer at the European Central Bank discuss how the economic and monetary union, the euro and the European Central bank have evolved since the sighing of the Maastricht Treaty 30 years ago.

Guest speakers Prof. Sophie Vanhoonacker, Maastricht University and Steven Everts, Senior Adviser on Strategy and Communications at European External Action Service discuss how the common foreign and security policy has evolved since the signing of the Maastricht Treay 30 years ago.  

Guest speakers Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul and Christine Neuhold discuss how the Maastricht Treaty expanded the ‘democratic base of EU governance’ and where it fell short. To what extent did other EU Treaty build on these developments? How were these implemented into the practical process? What were the other main milestones and how can we identify in this realm (outside Treaty change) these issues from both an academic and policy perspective. 

Guest speakers André Klip, Professor of Criminal Law at Maastricht University and Jan Van Gaever, Advocate General at Prosecutor General’s Office, Brussels discuss the European Arrest Warrant, a simplified cross-border judicial surrender procedure, which is meant to prosecute or execute a custodial sentence or detention order 30 years after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty.

Guest speakers Hildegard Schneider, Professor of International and European Law at Maastricht University, Martin Unfried, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM, Gillian More, Legal Officer at the European Commission, and Sergio Carrera, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Justice and Home Affairs Unit at CEPS. The discussion focussed on several aspects of European citizenship, its fundamental status, the relationship between European citizenship and the nationality of the Member States, and also European citizenship in times of serious crisis such as BREXIT and border closure during the pandemic. 

Guest speakers Anne Pieter van der Mei, Professor of European and Social Law, (Maastricht University), Jeroen Lenaers (EPP) Member of the European Parliament, Saskia Montebovi,  Assistant Professor in Social Lawebovi (Maastricht University), and Gijsbert Vonk, Professor of Social Security Law, (University of Groningen) discuss the Social Policy and the Protection of Workers in the Single Market since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty 30 years ago.

Guest speakers Katarzyna Czabanowska, Professor in Public Health Leadership and Workforce Development (Maastricht University), Nadav Davidovitch, Head of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s School of Public Health, Andrzej Rys, Director for Public Health and Risk Assessment at the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (European Commission) and José María Martín Moreno, Professor of Medicine and Public Health (University of Valencia).