Ep 200, presented by Shell: Vaccine patent waivers — Macron gets mad — Facebook's Nick Clegg

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.4 • 204 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

European leaders' cool reaction to a U.S. proposal to waive patents for coronavirus vaccines is up for debate this week. We also discuss big issues facing Facebook with the company's public affairs chief Nick Clegg, and get an alternative take on those hot topics from a media executive. The surprise U.S. proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines became the talk of an EU summit in Porto. POLITICO's Rym Momtaz takes us behind the scenes and breaks down Emmanuel Macron's emotional response. POLITICO's Andrew Gray and Matthew Karnitschnig join Rym to analyze the reasons behind Joe Biden's move and why it's put EU leaders on the back foot. Then we hear from Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister in the U.K. who is now vice president for global affairs and communications at Facebook. POLITICO's Nicholas Vinocur talks to Clegg about the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to back Donald Trump's suspension from the platform, the data scrape that grabbed the information of roughly 500 million Facebook users, changes to the platform's news algorithm and the impact of Apple's new iPhone privacy settings. Then we hear from Guillaume de Posch, president of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe, who makes the case for regulating Facebook and other tech platforms more like publishers and broadcasters when it comes to political speech. The podcast panel returns with recommendations for reading, watching and listening. Matt's tip is a new documentary on the fate of a Saudi dissident. Rym recommends a new book on the political intricacies of Lebanon. Andrew says a colorful tale about allegations of Russian spying in the United States is well worth adding to your podcast feed. And we have one final recommendation: If you want to dive deep into Germany's general election campaign, we have a shiny new web hub just for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	EU Confidential gets started right after this message.
0:04.1	Today's episode is presented by Shell.
0:06.9	The climate law will enable companies to invest in climate neutrality by introducing sectoral roadmaps.
0:13.3	We welcome the 2050 and 2030 targets, which will enhance the business case for low-carbon investment.
0:20.5	The Oversight Board, they on the one hand recognise that political speech is a very particular
0:25.3	form of speech. And on the other hand, they suggested that politicians with significant reach
0:30.8	shouldn't be regarded as different in any way to any other user of Facebook with significant reach.
0:37.4	Welcome to EU Confidential. I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU-EU. way to any other user of Facebook with significant reach.
0:44.1	Welcome to EU Confidential. I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU editor in Brussels. And this is officially our 200th episode. We've actually done a bunch more than 200, but you know in these
0:50.1	times we'll take any excuse to celebrate. So we do so with a bumper edition.
0:56.0	At the top of the podcast, you heard Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK,
1:01.7	who's now Facebook's Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications.
1:06.6	You'll hear him in conversation with our technology editor, Nick Vineker,
1:11.2	about recent big stories involving Facebook,
1:14.6	the Trump ban, data scraping, the news algorithm,
1:18.8	Apple's new iPhone privacy settings,
1:21.7	and then you'll hear a different take
1:23.8	from the President of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe,
1:28.3	Guillaume de Poche, who makes the case for why platforms like Facebook should be treated
1:33.5	more like broadcasters and publishers. But first, let's dive into a big story of recent days
1:40.7	with our podcast panel. Warm welcome to Riem Monttaz in Paris.
1:45.0	Hi, Reim.
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