EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row

<p>As drama unfolds across the English Channel, we look at where things stand with the EU's migration policy and examine EU-Australian relations. We also review a revealing new documentary on Emmanuel Macron's international diplomacy efforts and explain why interpreters in the European Parliament are upset with their post-COVID working conditions.</p><p>Brussels Playbook co-author Suzanne Lynch hosts this episode, which begins with our French politics reporter Clea Caulcutt giving us the skinny on a new <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-russia-diplomacy-france-documentary/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">behind-the-scenes documentary</a> on Macron’s diplomatic efforts to stop the war in Ukraine. Clea also explains the political calculus behind Macron's recent <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-cabinet-brace-tough-second-term-france-election-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cabinet reshuffle</a> and what it means for Brussels. And POLITICO's Maïa de La Baume joins the discussion to explain the latest <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/strike-european-parliament-interpreters-walk-off-the-job/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tangle</a> between the EU and its all-important interpreters.</p><p>Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, joins Suzanne on the podcast to discuss the EU's migration policy — what progress has been made since unveiling its plan in September 2020 and where the sticking points remain. She also highlights the challenges for EU countries from taking in over 3 million Ukrainians fleeing war in recent months.</p><p>And we welcome a delegation of visitors from Australia to hear about the state of relations with the EU. Stuart Lau, our EU-China correspondent, sits down with Professor Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at the Australian National University and a thought leader on the Indo-Pacific, and Professor Duncan Lewis, an imminent military and security expert