OMG it's Omicron — China's EU strategy — Amnesty's Agnès Callamard

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🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week: the Omicron variant and its impact on Europe's coronavirus response, our editor-in-chief on China's approach to Europe and Amnesty International's boss on EU emergency migration measures. POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz and Sarah Wheaton break down Europe's response to the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the debate over making vaccines mandatory and the prospects for winter as cases continue to rise. Making his podcast debut is our new Editor-in-Chief, Jamil Anderlini, who spent most of his career in Asia before making the leap to Brussels. He shares fascinating insights into China's view of Europe, the changes to the country he has seen under Xi Jinping and potential future flashpoints between Beijing and the West. Agnès Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, is our special guest. She spoke with POLITICO's Hans von der Burchard during a trip to Brussels this week, just as the European Commission was unveiling new measures related to the arrival of refugees and migrants on the EU's border with Belarus. Programming note: The EU Confidential crew is hosting virtual holiday drinks on Monday, December 13 at 7 p.m. CET. It's a chance to meet the people behind the podcast, ask your questions and be a part of a live taping of our end-of-year show! If you'd like to join via Zoom, email us at podcast@politico.eu for more information. 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.
0:03.7	Today's episode is presented by the EPP Group.
0:07.4	How can the EU prevent Belarus from weaponising migrants for its own benefit?
0:12.4	Rihotaris MEP explains in their latest podcast.
0:16.4	Tune in.
0:19.6	Yes, Belarus is instrumentalising the ridiculous policy of the European Union, but that doesn't
0:27.3	mean that we need to victimise further the refugees and the migrants.
0:34.6	Welcome to EU Confidential, the number one European politics podcast.
0:38.7	I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU editor in Brussels.
0:42.1	And the voice you just heard was Agnes Kalamar.
0:44.9	She's the Global Secretary General of Amnesty International.
0:48.9	You'll hear her views later in the podcast on the EU's latest plans in response to the arrival of refugees and migrants
0:55.8	on the eastern border with Belarus. Also later, you'll hear from Political Europe's new editor-in-chief,
1:02.4	Jamil Anderlini. He'll bring us his insights into a country he knows extremely well, China.
1:08.6	We'll talk about how it's changed under President Xi Jinping, how it deals
1:12.4	with Europe, and about some possible coming flashpoints between China and the West. And we also
1:18.3	have an invitation for you. Yes, you. That's coming up right after we tackle another issue in the
1:24.2	headlines this week, Europe's response to the new coronavirus variant,
1:28.5	Omicron.
1:30.5	Matt is out this week, but it's a warm welcome to Riem Montaz in Paris. Hi, Reim.
1:35.7	Hello all.
1:37.1	And to Sarah Wheaton, our chief policy correspondent and also recent host of this podcast. Hi, Sarah.
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