Main content

Covid-19 and Europe

Political leaders debate the response to the pandemic in Europe, as rules are tightened, restrictions imposed and protests break out in European cities.

Europe faces a tidal wave of Covid infections and many countries have brought in new social measures to try to cope. There are passes that give different rights to those who are vaccinated from those who are not, some countries have curfews or lockdowns and from 1st February, Austria will make vaccines compulsory for everyone. There have been protests throughout the continent. World Questions debates the response to the pandemic with political leaders and questioners from across the continent.

Panel:
Karoline Edtstadler: Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution in Austria
Thierry Baudet MP: Leader of Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands
Professor Agnes Wold: Chief Physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases in Gothenburg University, Sweden
Eva Kaili, MEP: Chair of the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology

Presenter: Jonny Dymond
Producers: Charlie Taylor and Helen Towner

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: Demonstrators hold a banner reading "Bistros, cafes, restaurants: to control is not our job" in Nantes, September 2021, Credit: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images)

Available now

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Jan 2022 12:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Jan 2022 19:06GMT
  • Sat 15 Jan 2022 20:06GMT
  • Sun 16 Jan 2022 12:06GMT