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Paul Adamson in conversation

The EU's Digital Decade, the Recovery Fund and the war in Ukraine

Paul Adamson in conversation

Paul Adamson

News & Politics, Rss

4.47 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Joakim Reiter, Vodafone's Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's Digital Decade strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the impact of technology on the war in Ukraine.

Transcript

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0:00.0

My guess is Yo-achim Reiter.

0:20.8

Yo Kim Wright is the Chief External Corporate Affairs Officer Vodafone, a post he's had since April

0:26.5

2017.

0:27.5

But prior to joining Vodafone, he was the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations

0:32.6

and the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,

0:36.6

Antad. Prior to that,

0:38.2

he spent more than 15 years in the Foreign Service of Sweden, including his Deputy Director

0:42.5

General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to the World Trade Organization,

0:46.9

as well as working in the permanent representation to the European Union in Brussels and an EU

0:52.0

negotiator with DG Trade at the European Commission.

0:54.9

Welcome to the podcast, Joaquin.

0:56.4

So first of all, happy fifth birthday because it's five years since you joined

0:59.5

photophone this month.

1:00.9

We're going to talk a lot about digital, of course,

1:02.8

and the digital ambitions of the European Union, the digital decade,

1:05.7

as espoused by the European Commission.

1:07.5

But before that, I want to talk a bit about your previous career

1:10.2

because I think it's very, as I said, an introduction, it's clearly you have a lot of experience

1:14.0

in that field. And at the moment, a lot of talk, as you well know, about the death of

1:18.7

globalisation or the rolling back of globalisation and the scrutiny of multilateralism more

1:25.9

broadly and multinational organizations.

1:28.3

What is your personal opinion on that, given your vast experience?

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