BBC World Questions is in Brussels
The BBC World Service is holding a series of public debates with politicians and opinion formers across the world. BBC World Questions - an international series created with the British Council - is lead entirely by questions from the audience.
Published: 4 April 2019
This is a key moment for the EU as it is for Britain. World Questions was in London last month and now we bring the debate to Brussels to find out what’s next for Europe, and for Britain.
On 9 April, BBC World Questions is at the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels to discuss Brexit and the future of the European Union.
The European Union has elections coming up - a new leadership to find - and of course Brexit - with the United Kingdom spending the last three years arguing over how and when it should leave the Union. The UK is the second largest economy in the EU, and represents more than one in ten of its population. Is the loss of Britain a threat to Europe, or a new opportunity? The European Union faces the challenges of migration, security, the economy and a rise in Euroscepticism across much of the continent. So what next for Europe? And what does an audience in Brussels and a European panel of politicians think of what Britain is doing?
Following on from a debate about Brexit in London, Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of leading politicians will debate questions raised by the audience in Brussels.
In Brussels, the panel will include:
- Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
- Mairead McGuinness MEP, First Vice President of the European Parliament
- Bas Eickhout MEP, Leading Candidate of the European Greens
- Pieter Cleppe, Brussels Director of Open Europe
Stephen Titherington, Senior Commissioning Editor, BBC World Service English says: “This is a key moment for the EU as it is for Britain. World Questions was in London last month and now we bring the debate to Brussels to find out what’s next for Europe, and for Britain. Having heard a British perspective in the last edition of World Questions, it’s time to hear what Europe thinks is right for Europe.”
Ciarán Devan, CEO British Council says: “Creating space for open debate and connecting people globally is a core component of our cultural relations mission. The British Council has been working with our European neighbours for over eighty years and we will continue to do so. We are therefore delighted to be partnering with the BBC to bring World Questions to Brussels, supporting a platform for discussion at this critical moment in European history.”
BBC World Questions is created in partnership with the British Council and will be recorded for radio broadcast worldwide.
BBC World Questions will be recorded in English on 9 April at the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels at 19.00 CET.
BBC World Questions: Brussels will air on BBC World Service English on Wednesday 10 April 08.00-09.00 BST, and available online after that at www.bbc.com/worldserviceradio
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