logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2017
19m 46s

Brexit Watch: Will British Courts Rule o...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Dan explores the thorny question of whether the EU's top court - the European Court of Justice - will still influence UK law. Also: Polls show pro-Leave voters have no remorse. We hear from polling analyst David Cowling, EU legal expert Professor Steve Peers, and the BBC political reporter Emma Vardy

(Photo: The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Credit: JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Up next
Oct 2017
The Sunday Feature: Secret Police Files Opened Up in Albania
In Albania, attempts are now being made to discover the fate of about 6,000 people who went missing during 40 years of Communism. Andrew Hoskens in Tirana speaks to one man whose Catholic priest uncle fell foul of Enver Hoxha's regime. (Photo: Nikolin Kurti at the site of the mas ... Show More
8m 55s
Sep 2017
Brexit Watch: What's the Cost?
Some UK companies see possible gains from exiting the EU. But a survey of 700 British businesses concludes there is widespread uncertainty. Dan speaks to Paul Kenward of British Sugar, and Professor Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University(Photo: An aerial view of London's financial ... Show More
12m 20s
Sep 2017
Brexit Watch: Europe's Hopes in a Post-Brexit EU
Jean Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, has been outlining his ambitious vision for the EU's future but is his plan possible? Dr. Ben Margulies, an American Political Scientist teaching at Warwick University in the UK gives analysis on Mr Juncker's plans. We al ... Show More
15m 14s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2025
Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother fly to the US
The two men face charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania and the UK, which they deny.Also on the programme: we look ahead to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's first face to face meeting with President Trump; and we pay tribute to the Hollywood star Gene Hackman, who h ... Show More
47m 28s
Feb 2025
Starmer meets Trump, Musk at cabinet, Gene Hackman and Andrew Tate
President Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the UK seeks a U.S. security backstop for Ukraine. Elon Musk has a starring role at Trump's first cabinet meeting. Judges question the secrecy of DOGE’s activities. Andrew Tate and his brother have left Romania o ... Show More
12m 37s
Sep 2024
UniCredit eyes a new era in European banking
The Italian lender UniCredit has amassed a 9 per cent stake in Commerzbank, and US inflation fell to 2.5 per cent in August. Plus, Argentines are declaring hundreds of millions of dollars of previously hidden savings in a tax amnesty and Mexico’s Senate approved a radical plan to ... Show More
10m 38s
Sep 2010
BBC Radio 4
A corner of old Germany is unearthed in Latin America as Will Grant follows Venezuelans preparing for a crucial vote. Jonathan Head travels to the east of Turkey where there’s been, according to the government, a gesture of reconciliation towards an Armenian minority, subjected t ... Show More
28m 6s
Dec 2023
Arm CEO's Immigration Call & Billionaires Shift To Abu Dhabi
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Arm's CEO Rene Haas told Bloomberg that whoever wins the next election, further restrictions on skilled migration will hurt growth. (2) The Prime Minister is due to answer questions at t ... Show More
21m 6s
Jul 2016
46: Brexit Is Really All About China
China wasn't on the ballot when U.K. citizens made the surprise decision to leave the European Union. But it has played a major role in the forces of globalization that Britons rebelled against with their vote in June. How does one connect the dots from Deng Xiaoping's opening up ... Show More
19m 23s
Jul 2024
Episode 624: Super cartel snitch Raffaele Imperiale sentenced to 15 years in prison
European super witness Raffaele Imperiale has been jailed for 15 years in Italy handing over €2 million in Bitcoin and an island in Dubai he says is worth €60 million. But still the cocaine boss who has turned informant on his former partners in Daniel Kinahan’s European Super Ca ... Show More
17m 10s
Aug 2024
Tumbling markets, Bangladesh violence, UK disorder and life after wrongful detention
Stock markets have fallen as fears of a US recession send investors fleeing from risk while wagering that rate cuts will be needed to rescue growth. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is holding an emergency meeting with police chiefs after days of violent anti-immigration prote ... Show More
12m 7s
Nov 2018
November 4, 2018: US Midterm Election preview; Katrina vanden Heuvel, James Fallows, Anthony Scaramucci, Reid Hoffman
Airdate November 4, 2018: On GPS: Fareed discusses the upcoming American midterm elections with a panel. Then, former UK Foreign Minister David Miliband on Brazil's President-elect, Germany's soon-to-be-former Chancellor, and the crisis in Yemen.   GUESTS: Katrina vanden Heuvel, ... Show More
40m 25s
Dec 2024
UK uncovers criminal crypto network
Donald Trump has nominated cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and a dramatic attempt to impose martial law in South Korea by its president has backfired. The French parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier and a U ... Show More
12m 29s