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With global stock markets in turmoil, and fears of a lengthy trade war on the horizon, how will Ireland and the EU navigate such uncertain times? Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers, speaks to This Week.
The OECD launched the Economic Survey of Ireland 2025 on Wednesday,12 February 2025. The biennial Survey provides detailed analysis of economic developments and key structural challenges, as well as making specific policy recommendations in these areas. This year's Economic Survey contains an in-depth thematic chapter entitled 'Making housing more affordable and resilient for all', in addition to exploring recent economic developments, competitiveness, and the green transition. About the Speakers: Paschal Donohoe is the Minister for Finance. He was appointed to this role on 23 January 2025. Before this, he served as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. Minister Donohoe was elected President of the Eurogroup of finance ministers in July 2020 for a two-and-a-half-year term. He was re-elected in December 2022, beginning his second mandate in January 2023. Álvaro S. Pereira is the OECD Chief Economist and G20 Finance Deputy. He oversees the Economics Department and ensures they are at the forefront of the international political economy agenda. He identifies ways in which the OECD can promote policies to improve member and partner countries long-term economic performance. Previously, he was the Director in the OECD Policy Studies Branch and OECD Country Studies Branch. Prior to the OECD, Mr Pereira was Minister for Economy and Employment in Portugal (2011- 2013) and was also a Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada, a Lecturer at the University of British Columbia, Canada and at the University of York, UK. Müge Adalet McGowan is a Senior Economist and Head of the Japan/Ireland desk in the Economics Department at the OECD. Since joining the OECD in 2011, she has worked at several desks (Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden) and the Productivity team, where she conducted policy research on productivity, insolvency regimes, and skill mismatches. Before joining the OECD, she worked as a Lecturer in Turkey and New Zealand, and as an economist at the New Zealand Treasury. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of California, Berkeley. Dr Martina Lawless is a Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Before joining the ESRI, she received her doctorate from Trinity College Dublin and worked as a research economist at the Central Bank of Ireland. Her research has focused primarily on firm-level dynamics and decision making, covering a range of topics, such as access to finance for small and medium firms, effects of taxation, and participation in exporting. More recently, she has investigated the potential effects of Brexit and COVID-19 on firms in Ireland. Her work has been published in a number of leading international academic and policy journals. From 2017 to 2020, she was a member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and she spent 2023-2024 on secondment to the Strategic Economic Development section of the Department of Finance. John McCarthy is the Chief Economist in the Department of Finance, with responsibility for the provision of economic and budgetary analysis and forecasts. He is currently the vice-chair of the OECD's Economic Policy Committee and an advisor to the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council; he was previously the chair of the European Union's output gap working group and a member of the National Statistics Board. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and an M.Econ.Sc from UCD. He previously worked as a senior economist in the Central Bank of Ireland. This event was co-organised with the Department of Finance and the OECD.
Chinese President Xi Jinping says that there are no winners in a trade war as his country's November export growth slows and imports decline at their sharpest rate in 14 months. Nvidia shares drag Wall Street into the red as regulators in China begin an investigation into potential anti-monopoly violations by the chip giant. We are live in Brussels where Rachel Reeves becomes the first UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to attend a Eurogroup session post-Brexit. She has pledged to re-establish a stronger trade relationship with the bloc. And in tech news, German software developer Teamviewer strikes a deal with Carlyle Europe Technology Partners to acquire digital employee experience platform 1E.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
En este episodio nos acercamos a la labor del Eurogroup for Animals, una entidad a la que INTERCIDS pertenece y que, activa desde hace más de 40 años, reúne a más de un centenar de organizaciones de toda Europa que comparten el objetivo de mejorar la protección de los animales y avanzar hacia una sociedad en la que sean de verdad respetados como seres sintientes. Hablamos de todo ello con Izaskun Arrieta, responsable del área de perros, gatos, equinos y otros animales de compañía.Enlaces relacionados:Eurogroup for Animalshttps://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/
In this episode I talk to Douglas Waley from Eurogroup for Animals about the seemingly silent topic of fish. We discuss the latest policy changes, ethical considerations, and practical ways to improve the lives of these fascinating, sentient creatures. Whether you're a seafood lover, a hobbyist with a home aquarium, or just curious about life underwater, this episode sheds light on why fish welfare matters—and how we can make a difference. Dive deeper: https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/what-we-do/policy-areas/aquatic-animals Our report on welfare in wild capture fisheries CareFish Project Catch Welfare Platform If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please email: podcast.daretocare@gmail.com I'm always happy about feedback! FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS Instagram: @daretocare_podcast
I veckans avsnitt av podden lägger vi fullt fokus på etableringen av en ny djurindustri: insektsfabriker. Thea Fahlberg, digital kommunikatör, reder ut alla frågetecken kring denna industri som skulle betyda att biljoner av fler djur skulle dödas för att bli till foder, samtidigt som många anser att insektsproduktion är mer hållbart än andra animaliska proteiner.Vi pratar med Cecilia Mille, sakkunnig inom hållbarhetsfrågor hos Djurens Rätt, om hur utbredd industrin är idag, och med Francis Maugère, politisk rådgivare hos Eurogroup for Animals, om hur hållbar industrin egentligen är och vilka risker som finns. Vill du stötta Djurens Rätts arbete för djuren? Bli månadsgivare. Kontakt: podcast@djurensratt.se Djurens Rätt gör med målinriktade kampanjer och politiskt påverkansarbete skillnad globalt för de djur som är flest och har det sämst. Är sedan 1882 Sveriges ledande djurrätts- och djurskyddsorganisation med fler än 50 000 medlemmar. Avsnittet spelades in i NBV:s poddstudio
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie sits down with Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe and Bruegel Senior fellow Guntram Wolff to discuss the EU's dire defence and security challenges and the role of public finances. They also discuss Wolff's latest report on Europe's and Germany's slow rearmament, particularly compared to Russian arms production. Listen to Donohoe's speech at Bruegel Annual Meetings about the Eurogroup's immediate priorities here.
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the forthcoming budget, warnings from IFAC, Minister Paschal Donohoe's speech at London's Guild Hall as President of the Eurogroup, and Mario Draghi's report on EU competitiveness.Recorded on Monday 9th September 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe says the EU needs to make its economy more autonomous to prepare for the prospect of a second Donald Trump Presidency. He discusses the recent market turmoil, the US and European economic outlook, and more with Bloomberg Radio's Stephen Carroll. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) Three-quarters of the global carry trade has now been removed, with a recent selloff erasing this year's gains, according to JPMorgan.(2) Anti-racism protesters turned out in their thousands in towns and cities across the UK to counter far-right demonstrations that failed to materialize on Wednesday evening, offering some relief to a nation that's been reeling from the worst outbreak of rioting in more than a decade.(3) Britain's employers stepped up hiring for white-collar roles and permanent staff, pointing to upward pressure on wages that the Bank of England is worried may feed inflation, two separate surveys indicated.(4) Eurogroup chief Paschal Donohoe said the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency is an impetus for the European Union to prepare itself by making its economy less dependent on the US.(5) President Vladimir Putin summoned his top defense and security officials to brief him on efforts to repel Ukraine's biggest assault on Russian territory since he ordered the 2022 invasion of the neighboring country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A un mese dalle elezioni europee, insieme a Flavia Piccari, Policy Advisor per l'Italia di Eurogroup for Animals, ragioniamo su cosa possiamo aspettarci dal nuovo Parlamento e dalla nuova Commissione UE in tema di tutela degli animali. Chi e quanti sono i MEP italiani che hanno aderito al manifesto di Vote for Animals che sono stati effettivamente eletti? E come cambiano le cose per le associazioni come la nostra?Questa puntata è stata registrata il 12 luglio.Scritto da Chiara Caprio e condotto insieme a Claudio Pomo.Supervisione Maria Mancuso, musiche e post produzione di Francesco Fusaro.Segui Essere Animali su tutti i social o visita il sito essereanimali.org. Scopri la nostra campagna per le elezioni europee su voteforanimals.it
Ireland's Finance Minster and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe speaks on the Eurogroup's economic prospects and political implications with Bloomberg's Caroline Connan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Taylor Swift brings her epic Eras Tour to Dublin this weekend, when over 150,000 Swifties will descend on Ireland's capital to witness the megastar journey through her almost 20-year career. Shane spoke to Pascal Donohue, Minister for Public Expenditure, President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central and Claire O'Malley, Taylor Swift superfan.
Taylor Swift brings her epic Eras Tour to Dublin this weekend, when over 150,000 Swifties will descend on Ireland's capital to witness the megastar journey through her almost 20-year career. Shane spoke to Pascal Donohue, Minister for Public Expenditure, President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central and Claire O'Malley, Taylor Swift superfan.
Pat spoke to Minister Pascal Donohoe, Minister for Public Expenditure and President of the Eurogroup, about Fine Gael's success in the local elections and what it means for Dublin Central and beyond
Paschal Donohoe, Eurogroup President and Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure speaks to Stephen Carroll and Lizzy Burden about the European economic outlook, progress towards a capital markets union and the upcoming EU elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Long overdue conversation on the important topic of fish this week with the lead for fish at Eurogroup for Animals, Doug Waley. Doug's expertise lies in working for fish at the EU level however most of the episode is filled with important information relevant to fish farming across the globe. It's a technical one but really insightful as we explore the everyday life of a farmed fish, the challenges they face and what can be done to secure meaningful wins for the billions of fish farmed each year. As always please check out the episode on youtube if you'd prefer or listen in, it's a great episode! Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Gautier Riberolles - WelfarmDyrenes BeskytellseHumany Pokrok - Live carp campaignAquatic Life Institute Eurogroup for AnimalsEU Research Centre and Consortium: Animal welfare in aquaculture Gaia in Belgium on stopping RAS aquaculutre in local systemsDo fish feel pain? - Victoria BraithwateWhat a fish knows - Jonathan BalcombeUncovering the horrific reality of octopus farming - CIWF and Eurogroup Report00:00:00:00 | Intro 00:02:09:21 | Inspiring figures in the movement00:04:29:11 | Fish welfare00:06:06:03 | Origin of imported fish00:07:29:06 | Fish farming conditions00:15:37:03 | Importance of water quality00:19:39:07 | Welfare challenges00:27:04:03 | How many fish are farmed?00:32:56:03 | Fish confinement00:35:44:16 | Priorities for helping fish00:41:28:09 | Motivation for producers to improve mortality rates00:43:55:04 | The state of fish advocacy00:47:42:21 | Quality of certifications00:50:17:08 | The next step in collaborating with producers00:52:01:02 | Work on EU legislation01:01:16:21 | Closing questionsIf you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!
Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe speaks on the Eurozone's fiscal borrowing and debt levels with Bloomberg's Katie Griefeld and David WestinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Sabine Brels is a lawyer dedicated to advancing animal protection law worldwide. She teaches international and comparative animal law and published books on animal related-issues in French and English. In the last 15 years, she directed the Global Animal Law (GAL) projects and worked as legal advisor for the World Federation for Animals, the Eurogroup for Animals, and Compassion in World Farming. Besides her consulting work, she is currently leading the World Animal Justice NGO that she founded in 2023. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. 00:00 Clips! 01:09 Welcome - Sabine's previous appearance on episode 66 02:15 Sabine's Intro - #internationallaw , #animallaw and #animalrights 03:17 International vs. national law - #icc #icj #unitednations - Laws of genocide, humanitarianism, crimes against humanity... - Policy, law, regulation, enforcement - Regional law e.g. EU, Asia 07:34 World Animal Justice - Bringing non-human animals into international law - "An animal law revolution" - #CrimesAgainstAnimality or #sentientity ? - "Massive crimes against animals happen every day, everywhere worldwide... it's our collective responsibility" - "Every day the entire European Union population is killed... that's a reality for animals... 450 million of animals are killed per day... this is only for food... every second it's 5000 animals killed" - "It's not acceptable when we know that we can do otherwise... that this is avoidable" - Companion, stray, laboratory, sport, working, wild animals "they are all victims of crimes against animality" - Crimes against humanity: massive murders, sequestrations, enslavement, deportations, torture, violence including sexual violence "this is what is actually happening against animals every day... and it can still be legal in some places" - Anti-cruelty and pro-welfare laws: "usually to reduce the suffering of these exploited animals or to condemn some acts of cruelty... against companion animals" - "1/3 of countries today still have nothing to protect animals - not even the basic anti-cruelty laws" - "Some of the most cruel practices are still legal in some countries..." force-feeding for #foiegras and #bullfighting in France are "a kind of torture for animals" - The potential for a global consensus at least against some of those most egregious practices "That's wrong for animals but also for our human dignity" - India and some South American countries: have granted some rights to great apes or large mammals based on poor treatment in zoos - WAJ: "Go faster and higher... criminality against animals is huge" - Welfare / anti-cruelty approaches "we are not taking this concern for the gravity it is" - "If we were doing the same to humans... it would seem unbelievable that it would be still legal... we would cry about genocides and crimes against humanity" - WAJ's network of experts and NGOs spanning 5 continents 28:22 WAJ Expert Network and Strategy37:00 Impacts on Animal AgricultureFollow Sabine and @WorldAnimalJustice : - WAJ contact: contact@worldanimaljustice.org - WAJ Website - WAJ introductory Video - WAJ Linkedin ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us there! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sentientism/message
Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe speaks on the Eurozone's economic outlook and capital markets union with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paschal Donohoe TD, President of the Eurogroup and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform of Ireland,participates in a fireside chat with Daire Lawler, IIEA Senior Economics Researcher and Chair of the YPN, and a question-and-answer session with members. In his capacity as President of the Eurogroup, the grouping of euro area finance ministers, Minister Donohoe discusses the challenges and opportunities for the economy of the euro area in 2024, as well as the Eurogroup's work programme for the first half of the year which is focused on strengthening the 4 C's: coordination; capital markets; competitiveness; and the common currency.
Minister for Public Expenditure, President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central Pascal Donohoe joined Pat in studio this morning to discuss Pay, policing and the future of the party.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What do the Polish 2023 parliamentary elections mean for animals?, published by Pawel Rawicki on December 28, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. On October 15, Polish citizens headed to the polling stations to elect their representatives for the next four years. The coalition of opposition parties which secured the majority in Parliament has turned the tide of political force in the country. The upcoming parliamentary term brings opportunities, as well as numerous challenges for animal welfare in Poland and beyond. What are the potential implications for animals of the election results? Summary: The size of agricultural production in Poland makes the country an important player influencing European Union policies. The Law and Justice party governed Poland for eight years, shaping conservative policies. In 2020, the party proposed the so-called 'five for animals' bill. The bill, aiming to improve animal welfare, faced challenges and eventual failure, leading Law and Justice to abandon the animal protection topic. Controversy over ritual slaughter and farmer protests influenced Law and Justice to backtrack on the proposed reforms, hindering animal welfare initiatives. Collaborative efforts by animal advocacy groups before the 2023 elections pressured political parties on key issues like a fur farming ban and phasing out cages for farmed animals. The election results placed Law and Justice in the lead but lacking a majority, resulting in several former opposition parties forming the new government. Despite challenges, optimism exists for future animal welfare policies in Poland, including a fur farming ban, phasing out cages, and addressing fast-growing chicken breeds. A brief overview of the farmed animal situation in Poland Animal production and exports landscape Poland is one of the biggest net meat exporters in the world. According to the Polish Development Fund, in 2021 the country was the fourth-largest net exporter of processed meat, fish, or shellfish in the world and the eighth-largest net exporter of meat and edible offal. The poultry industry is of particular significance with 1,451,000,000 broiler chickens hatched in 2022 and more than half of the poultry meat being exported. Currently, there are over 52,800,000 egg-laying hens in Poland, and 72% of them are still kept in cages. There are also 3,430,000 animals (mostly mink) killed for fur every year in Poland (in 2015, the yearly export of fur skins from the country increased to over 10 million, but since then, the number of fur animals has been in decline). Poland's position in the European Union Due to its size and economy - Poland is the fifth-largest European Union Member State by population - Poland plays an important role in Europe. For these reasons, Polish internal politics significantly impact the direction of the EU as a whole, especially in the agricultural sector. One example of this was the attempt of the Polish government to block the EU's Green Deal. Animal welfare in conservative Poland For the past eight years (2015-2023), Poland was ruled by a government formed by the majority party Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość), a national-conservative party with an interventionist approach to the economy. The party belongs to the European Conservatives and Reformists Party in the EU. Animal welfare is not part of Law and Justice's political program, however, a significant number of their MPs and MEPs[1] have been involved in animal welfare initiatives, like the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals in the European Parliament. Between 2015 and 2020, Anima International had relatively good relations with some of the party's MPs and MEPs as a result of several instances of cooperation. In 2018, Law and Justice MEPs co-organized with Eurogroup for Animals (and with the help of A...
Our global food system, which relies heavily on factory farming, is wreaking havoc on our soil and our environment. In this week's episode, Philip Lymbery joins Evanna and Melanie to chat about his book "Sixty Harvests Left," in which he points out that if we don't change our ways, factory farming will cause catastrophic climate change—and we could face a future without soil and, consequently, without food. In this enlightening conversation, Philip, Evanna, and Melanie discuss how we can change course, emphasizing the role of individual choices, collective action, and the enduring power of hope for a brighter future for animals, people, and our planet. Philip Lymbery is Global Chief Executive of the international farmed animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. He is Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester in the UK; a Leadership Fellow of St George's House, Windsor Castle; Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics; and President of Eurogroup for Animals, a Brussels-based umbrella body of 80 leading animal welfare societies in Europe. He was appointed a UN ambassadorial “Champion” for the 2021 Food Systems Summit in New York. Lymbery is an animal advocate, naturalist, photographer, and author. He regularly writes and speaks internationally on animal ethics and the global effects of factory farming, including its impact on animal welfare, wildlife, soil and natural resources, biodiversity, and climate change. His most recent books include "Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat." "Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were," and "Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future." Visit Philip's website and check out his latest book, "Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future". Follow Philip on Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). Check out Melanie's new book, "How to End Injustice Everywhere". Check out Evanna's book, "The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting". This season of Just Beings is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life and LeafSide! Learn more about Vivo Life by visiting VivoLife.com. Learn more about LeafSide by visiting GoLeafSide.com. Stay up to date with Just Beings on social media by following @JustBeingsPod. This episode was edited by Andrew Sims.
LM publica cómo el Eurogroup for Animals recuerda a la Comisión Europea que se comprometió a implantar la agenda animalista "antes de fin de año".
Fondata quasi 60 anni fa a Baranzate nel milanese, EuroGroup Laminations è una azienda attiva nella progettazione e nella produzione di statori e rotori per motori e generatori elettrici (settore componentistica per motori elettrici). Tutto è nato quando Sergio Iori, attuale Presidente, nel 1967 con una piccola attività e sei operai, produceva motorini per i frullatori. La sua storia imprenditoriale iniziò per caso insieme a due cugini Emilio Bacchin e Stefano Garibaldi, quando il suo futuro suocero, Ferdinando Zannetti gli chiese di rappresentare il suo 50% in una piccola azienda artigiana del milanese. Da qui l'azienda è cresciuta di anno in anno, fino a un fatturato di 851 milioni di euro nel 2022, e fino alla quotazione in borsa. Oggi l'impresa familiare conta oltre 2800 dipendenti e 12 stabilimenti, di cui 7 in Italia e 5 all'estero. I due componenti che produce infatti, rotori e statori, prevedono un vastissimo utilizzo poiché richiesti dai settori automotive, motori industriali, domotica, elettroutensili e da qualsiasi altro settore industriale che faccia uso di motori elettrici. Così racconta la storia dell’azienda il suo fondatore Sergio Iori, Presidente e fondatore di EuroGroup Laminations.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase, published by Aaron Boddy on September 25, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary Shrimp Welfare Project launched in Sep 2021, via the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. We aim to reduce the suffering of billions of farmed shrimps. This post summarises our work to date, what we plan to work on going forward, and clarifies areas where we're not focusing our attention. This post was written to coincide with the launch of our new (Shr)Impact page on our website. We have four broad workstreams: corporate engagement, farmer support, research, and raising issue salience. We believe our key achievements to date are: Corporate engagement: Our Humane Slaughter Initiative (commitments with large producers to purchase electrical stunners, such as MER Seafood, and Seajoy), ongoing conversations with UK retailers (including Marks & Spencer, who now have a published Decapod Welfare Policy), and contributing to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's (ASC) Shrimp Welfare Technical Working Group. Humane Slaughter Initiative: This work in particular seems to be our most promising work so far, and we Guesstimate that our work to date will reduce the suffering of ~1B shrimps (in expectation per year) at a cost-effectiveness of ~1,300 shrimps per $ (in expectation per year). Farmer support: The launch of the Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India (SSFI) program, Scoping Reports in India and Vietnam, a Pilot Study in India, and MoUs with prominent farmer-facing stakeholders (in Gujarat, and with ThinkAqua) Research: Working on a number of research projects to answer some of our key uncertainties, such as the Shrimp Welfare Report, an Alternative Shrimps report, a Supply & Demand economic analysis, a Consumer Research report, an Impact Roadmap, and coordinating academic research on the effectiveness of electrical stunning. Raising issue salience: Highlighting the issue of shrimp welfare through conferences/podcasts/articles in the shrimp industry, animal welfare, and Effective Altruism spaces. in addition to working in coalitions with other orgs in this space (i.e. EuroGroup for Animals, and the Aquatic Animal Alliance). As we are moving into our Exploit phase, we plan to focus our work on the following key projects: Humane Slaughter Initiative: Significantly accelerating the adoption of electrical stunning prior to slaughter in the farmed shrimp industry is a key goal of ours. We do this by purchasing the first stunner for a few different medium-large producers in different countries/contexts and in different farming systems in order to remove barriers to uptake. We believe we can realistically absorb ~$2,000,000 in funding over the next couple of years for our Humane Slaughter Initiative, at a cost-effectiveness of 1,500+ shrimps per $ per year, depending on producer volume and demand from their buyers.. Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India: Our farmer support project is still somewhat exploratory, but we are excited by the tractability of interventions we have tested, such as offering free welfare-focused technical advice to farmers via WhatsApp, and promoting additional pond preparation (such as sludge removal) and lower stocking densities. Shrimp Welfare Index: Building on the Shrimp Welfare Report, and our experience trying to standardise a set of Asks across all the shrimp production systems, we wanted to clearly define what "higher welfare" looks like across different contexts. The Index offers an assessment of current practices and provides clear, actionable processes for improving shrimp welfare depending on the issues present in each pond. V1 of the Index is nearly complete, but we expect to iterate and test it over the next year, with the Index likely becoming a core part of SWPs work in...
Before this century's first global financial crisis struck Europe in 2007-2012, only people in the Brussels bubble had heard of the Eurogroup. By then, finance ministers from countries using the euro had been meeting in this format every month for ten years but – as Joscha Abels writes in The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union (Routledge, 2023) - “the group had been almost invisible to the public". Over the next decade – and especially during the most acute phase of the Greek debt crisis in 2015 – that all changed. Devised in the 1990s as an informal body without decision-making powers, from 2010 onwards the Eurogroup assumed political authority for negotiating and approving bailout loans and making sure the conditions for those loans were met. Many memoirs have been written about these fraught years – including duelling books by former Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and short-lived Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis – but Abels has written the first book-length theoretical and institutional assessment of the Eurogroup itself. Joscha Abels is a research associate and lecturer in political economy at the University of Tübingen. Educated at Mannheim and Oslo, he completed his PhD at Tübingen with a dissertation on the role of the Eurogroup. His most recent research work is on infrastructure policy and geoeconomics. His new paper - Does the current crisis mark the end of the EU's austerity era? - published in Comparative European Politics (Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2023) can be found here. *The author's own book recommendations are The Political Economy of Geoeconomics: Europe in a Changing World edited by Milan Babić, Adam Dixon, and Imogen Liu (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (first published 1960 - Vintage Classics, 2013). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the Twenty-Four Two newsletter on Substack and hosts the In The Room podcast series on EU history from the inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Before this century's first global financial crisis struck Europe in 2007-2012, only people in the Brussels bubble had heard of the Eurogroup. By then, finance ministers from countries using the euro had been meeting in this format every month for ten years but – as Joscha Abels writes in The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union (Routledge, 2023) - “the group had been almost invisible to the public". Over the next decade – and especially during the most acute phase of the Greek debt crisis in 2015 – that all changed. Devised in the 1990s as an informal body without decision-making powers, from 2010 onwards the Eurogroup assumed political authority for negotiating and approving bailout loans and making sure the conditions for those loans were met. Many memoirs have been written about these fraught years – including duelling books by former Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and short-lived Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis – but Abels has written the first book-length theoretical and institutional assessment of the Eurogroup itself. Joscha Abels is a research associate and lecturer in political economy at the University of Tübingen. Educated at Mannheim and Oslo, he completed his PhD at Tübingen with a dissertation on the role of the Eurogroup. His most recent research work is on infrastructure policy and geoeconomics. His new paper - Does the current crisis mark the end of the EU's austerity era? - published in Comparative European Politics (Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2023) can be found here. *The author's own book recommendations are The Political Economy of Geoeconomics: Europe in a Changing World edited by Milan Babić, Adam Dixon, and Imogen Liu (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (first published 1960 - Vintage Classics, 2013). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the Twenty-Four Two newsletter on Substack and hosts the In The Room podcast series on EU history from the inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
Before this century's first global financial crisis struck Europe in 2007-2012, only people in the Brussels bubble had heard of the Eurogroup. By then, finance ministers from countries using the euro had been meeting in this format every month for ten years but – as Joscha Abels writes in The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union (Routledge, 2023) - “the group had been almost invisible to the public". Over the next decade – and especially during the most acute phase of the Greek debt crisis in 2015 – that all changed. Devised in the 1990s as an informal body without decision-making powers, from 2010 onwards the Eurogroup assumed political authority for negotiating and approving bailout loans and making sure the conditions for those loans were met. Many memoirs have been written about these fraught years – including duelling books by former Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and short-lived Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis – but Abels has written the first book-length theoretical and institutional assessment of the Eurogroup itself. Joscha Abels is a research associate and lecturer in political economy at the University of Tübingen. Educated at Mannheim and Oslo, he completed his PhD at Tübingen with a dissertation on the role of the Eurogroup. His most recent research work is on infrastructure policy and geoeconomics. His new paper - Does the current crisis mark the end of the EU's austerity era? - published in Comparative European Politics (Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2023) can be found here. *The author's own book recommendations are The Political Economy of Geoeconomics: Europe in a Changing World edited by Milan Babić, Adam Dixon, and Imogen Liu (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (first published 1960 - Vintage Classics, 2013). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the Twenty-Four Two newsletter on Substack and hosts the In The Room podcast series on EU history from the inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies
Before this century's first global financial crisis struck Europe in 2007-2012, only people in the Brussels bubble had heard of the Eurogroup. By then, finance ministers from countries using the euro had been meeting in this format every month for ten years but – as Joscha Abels writes in The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union (Routledge, 2023) - “the group had been almost invisible to the public". Over the next decade – and especially during the most acute phase of the Greek debt crisis in 2015 – that all changed. Devised in the 1990s as an informal body without decision-making powers, from 2010 onwards the Eurogroup assumed political authority for negotiating and approving bailout loans and making sure the conditions for those loans were met. Many memoirs have been written about these fraught years – including duelling books by former Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and short-lived Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis – but Abels has written the first book-length theoretical and institutional assessment of the Eurogroup itself. Joscha Abels is a research associate and lecturer in political economy at the University of Tübingen. Educated at Mannheim and Oslo, he completed his PhD at Tübingen with a dissertation on the role of the Eurogroup. His most recent research work is on infrastructure policy and geoeconomics. His new paper - Does the current crisis mark the end of the EU's austerity era? - published in Comparative European Politics (Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2023) can be found here. *The author's own book recommendations are The Political Economy of Geoeconomics: Europe in a Changing World edited by Milan Babić, Adam Dixon, and Imogen Liu (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (first published 1960 - Vintage Classics, 2013). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the Twenty-Four Two newsletter on Substack and hosts the In The Room podcast series on EU history from the inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies
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Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Public Expenditure & President of the Eurogroup.
Greece's economic performance was in the spotlight again this week as Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe was in Athens to meet with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and to participate in the “Resilience, Progress, Perspective” conference on the Greek economy. The Eurogroup President highlighted Greece's economic progress pointing out that its growth is above the euro area average while inflation is among the lowest. Greece's economic progress was also placed within the broader context of important policy discussions taking place at the EU level - where Greece plays a key role. Eirini Zarkadoula, the Brussels correspondent for ERT - the Greek Public Broadcasting Company - and the Athens News Agency, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the main takeaways from the Eurogroup President's visit to Greece.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Donohoe in Athens, meeting with Mitsotakis and StaikourasEurogroup chief congratulates Greece on its economic progressWatch Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe's interview with ERTEgypt – Cyprus relations defined by shared principles, Christodoulides saysCypriot President wraps up Cairo visit‘Kurds will be decisive': Erdoğan opponent piles on Turkey election pressure from prison
A proposal to farm three-thousand tonnes of octopus for export in the Canary Islands has researchers and scientists alarmed. According to papers obtained by campaign group Eurogroup for Animals there'll be around 1 million octopus in around one-thousand communal tanks - averaging 10 to 15 octopuses per cubic metre. But more and more evidence points to the intelligence of these animals. Their brain extends the full length of their body, down their tentacles, they're playful and are intelligent enough to feel bored. Peter Ulric Tse is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he runs an optopus cognition lab. By studying octopus smarts, he hopes to learn more about our own cognition and consciousness, including our perception of how quickly, or slowly time passes, and the neuroscience behind our understanding of free will.
Brexit, the housing crisis and the covid pandemic have all presented challenges to Ireland's economy and public finances in recent years. Overseeing the Government's financial response has been Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohoe who served as Minister for Finance from 2017 until late last year, and is now Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Donohoe has also taken a leading role in the European Union's financial response to Brexit and the pandemic as President of the Eurogroup as which he has just begun as second term. In front of a live audience at Ireland's Edge, the Minister spoke to Other Voices founder Philip King. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As the right-hand man to Jean-Claude Juncker (chairman of the Eurogroup from 2005-13) and vice president of the Euro Working Group from 2011-14, Georges Heinrich found himself in the eye of the euro's financial storm in his late-30s. "Eventually, the right decisions were taken. Solidarity did prevail. Everybody chipped in,” he says. “But we had very, very long discussions on how to split the bill or whether to do a runner and leave one or two guys at the table who aren't so fit and who will then have to answer to the police or wash up the dishes". Edited and produced by davidstudio. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit twentyfourtwo.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eurozone finance ministers coordinate policy through the Eurogroup and its engine room is the Euro Working Group - a committee of top treasury officials from member states and the European Commission. Elected as the EWG's first full-time president in 2009, Thomas Wieser became the one true constant through the tsunami of solvency crises that hit Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Cyprus and threatened Italy, and the construction of the EU's financial firewalls. For the Obama Treasury, he was the answer to Henry Kissinger's famous question: "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?" Listen to his account of a truly unique European career. Edited and produced by davidstudio. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit twentyfourtwo.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, discusses how the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme will progress following approval by the European Commission.
The European Commission has today approved the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme, announced on Budget Day to assist businesses with their energy costs during winter. Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, told us how will this scheme work.
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Minister for Finance for Ireland. President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central Paschal Donohoe joined Pat this morning on the show.
Fionnán Sheehan, Ireland Editor with the Irish Independent, reports on the latest in political news as the Taoiseach visits Number 10, Michael McGrath says he wants the Eurogroup role, and Eamon Ryan comments on energy security.
As we head towards the end of the year, the time will come for Leo Varadkar to become Taoiseach, but also the plan is for Michael McGrath to become the new Minister for Finance. This will likely mean that Paschal Donohoe has to also step down from his position as President of the Eurogroup. Shane Ross is the former Minister for Transport joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss..
Taoiseach Micheal Martin told Ciara Kelly this morning on Newstalk Breakfast that Michael McGrath will become Finance Minister, in the cabinet reshuffle in December. It will mean that Paschal Donohoe will lose the presidency of the Eurogroup. For more on this, Kieran was joined by Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics and head of department at University of Limerick...
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Animal Welfare Fund: April 2022 grant recommendations, published by kierangreig on August 25, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Introduction The Animal Welfare Fund made the following grants in March and April 2022: Total grants: $2,215,000 Number of grantees: 25 Acceptance rate (excluding desk rejections): 29% Payout date: March - April, 2022 Report authors: Kieran Greig (Chair), Alexandria Beck, Karolina Sarek, Marcus Davis, Mikaela Saccoccio The three primary areas we granted to in this round were: Large-scale and neglected animal populations (for instance, farmed fish). Large-scale and neglected geographies (for instance, work in medium or large Asian countries). Exploratory work regarding policy and/or alternative proteins (for instance, attempting to secure government funding for research and development of alternative proteins). Would you like to get funded? Apply for funding. Highlights Notable grants for this round included: Anonymous($185,000): This grant will support piloting a new fellowship program to help address talent bottlenecks in Southeast Asia. We think the leaders of this program are thoughtful, aligned individuals with impressive track records. Southeast Asia is one of the areas that we're particularly excited about further work in, because it is a highly neglected area for farmed animal advocacy. We believe this fellowship program could become key infrastructure for scaling work in this region in the future. Australian Alliance for Animals ($50,000): Initial seed funding for a new organization to unite the Australian animal protection sector with the aim of increasing its political influence. This seed grant supports some very experienced and aligned advocates in transitioning into a full-time Australian policy/advocacy group. We believe this is particularly valuable because policy will be an area of significant growth for the movement. Shrimp Welfare Project ($45,000): This will support a relatively new group to work with farmers and the rest of the supply chain in India and Vietnam to improve farmed shrimp welfare. There is no other animal welfare group explicitly focused on shrimp. This could eventually impact upwards of several billion shrimp every year. Grant recipients In addition to the grants described below, 1 grant (totalling $42,000) have been excluded from this report at the request of their applicants. See below for a list of grantees' names, grant amounts, and brief grant descriptions: Wild Animal Initiative ($400,000): General operating expenses to cultivate an academic field dedicated to wild animal welfare. Rethink Priorities ($250,000): Support for wild animal welfare and invertebrate welfare research for a year. Anonymous ($185,000): A year's funding to continue the capacity-building work through the pilot Southeast Asia Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship. Cambridge Effective Altruism CIC ($130,000): Funding for Cambridge EA's alt-protein field-building efforts for a year. Africa Network for Animal Welfare ($105,000): Campaigns against battery cages in East Africa and researching the state of caged chicken farming in West Africa. Animal Alliance Asia ($100,000): Culture-specific workshops for animal welfare advocates to increase efficacy in Asia. Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (Farm Animals Protection Association) ($100,000): A year's salary for new hires and other costs to increase capacity for cage-free campaigns and fish welfare outreach in Turkey. Insect Welfare Project (temporary name) ($100,000): Launch lobbying, investor and producer campaigns in insect farming and to slow the growth of this sector. CellAg Germany ($98,000): 1-year salary for a general manager of CellAg Germany to accelerate cellular agriculture through policy work & services. Eurogroup for Animals ($96,000): Funding staff to hinder EU deregulatio...
Asian equities hit their lowest levels in two years following tech weakness on Wall Street ahead of key inflation data and the start of earnings season. Increased recession fears in Europe pushes the euro close to parity with the dollar which is strengthened by further expected rate hikes by the Fed. In corporate news, Twitter is preparing to file a lawsuit against Elon Musk after the billionaire dropped his $44bn takeover bid. Eurogroup finance ministers meet in Brussels with gas prices top of the agenda. This as the Nord Stream 1 pipeline shuts down for scheduled maintenance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Joe Moran, from Eurogroup for Animals joined Sean on the show today...
Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance & President of the Eurogroup
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Please complete a survey to influence EU animal protection policies, published by PeterSlattery on January 7, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Sharing this here quickly, as I have been made aware of it, and it seems very important to publicise. Please complete/share it where relevant. The EU is currently in the process of revising its animal protection policies and using a survey to collect input between 15 October 2021 and 21 January 2022. I have been told that it is one of the most significant opportunities for animal welfare progress on a legislative level ever seen in the EU. Anyone can participate, including research institutions. In many countries, there have been relatively few responses. Only 21 people in Ireland have responded to the survey, for instance. People from these countries can potentially have a more outsized response on their representatives or local policy. [Not sure how it works, but I imagine EU representatives will be particularly sensitive to responses from their citizens.]To participate, you need to sign up for an account by email. It took about five minutes from asking to create an account, to being sent the sign-up email and arriving at the survey page. How should I fill out the survey? Please see this guide from Anima International, or contact animal advocacy organisations in the Open Wing Alliance (OWA) and Eurogroup for Animals (EfA) networks (the links show who the member organisations in your country are). [Thanks to Neil Dullaghan for making me aware of the organisations and initatives]. Contents of the survey The survey probably take 5-15 minutes to complete. The most important questions appear to be near the bottom Revision of EU animal welfare legislation (EN) Fields marked with are mandatory. Introduction Why are we consulting? This initiative will explore several options for addressing the shortcomings identified in the recent evaluation of the EU legislation on animal welfare. The aim is to revise this legislation. We would like to hear your views and experience on the fitness of the current rules and on how they could be improved. Target audience any group directly affected by the legislation, such as farmers and other food business operators members of the public (possibly) animal welfare NGO's and consumer organisations. About you [removed] Fitness check and revision of current legislation: In 2020, the European Commission adopted its Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F), to promote a shift towards a sustainable food system. Because animal welfare is a cornerstone of sustainable food production, Farm to Fork committed the Commission to revising the current EU animal welfare legislation by 2023, and to consider options for animal welfare labelling. The purpose is to improve animal welfare and broaden the scope of the legislation, by aligning it with the latest scientific evidence, current political priorities and public expectations – all while making the legislation easier to enforce.The EU legislation under review is: a Directive concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes 4 Directives laying down minimum standards for protecting: laying hens broilers pigs calves a Regulation on animal transport a Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing. These EU acts regulate animal welfare at farm level, during transport and at slaughter, and cover animals – including fish – that are bred and kept for farming purposes, as well as cats and dogs that are transported for commercial purposes. The acts do not cover wild animals (except when they are killed for the purpose of depopulation), experimental or laboratory animals (except when they are being transported) or any invertebrate animals. The goal is to improve the welfare of animals while ensuring sustainable production and fair competition for EU bu...