On 17 May, Agence France-Presse (AFP) – a member of the European Newsroom – launched a podcast about the European Parliament entitled “Le Compromis”. The podcast looks into the EU’s Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
From June 6, Europeans choose their representatives in the European Parliament. This is one of the most important elections of the year worldwide. And for a good reason: European laws have an impact in 27 states and can change the world.
For two years, journalist and producer Yann Ollivier immersed himself behind the scenes of the European parliament, to understand how they are made. Together with filmmaker Fanny Tondre, he followed the path of a crucial law, the corporate due diligence directive. This law obliges multinationals active in Europe to respect human rights and the environment worldwide.
The story of its adoption was strewn with pitfalls, emotion, and sleepless nights, and it is worthy of the best political series. The story is told in podcast format in five episodes. In this series, Yann Ollivier follows the fight of the three women who defended this law in the European Parliament: rapporteur Lara Wolters and her co-negotiators Manon Aubry and Heidi Hautala.
You can listen to the podcast here. It is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Deezer .
More information about the podcast:
Authors: Yann Ollivier and Fanny Tondre, with the participation of James Kanter
Interviews: Yann Ollivier and Fanny Tondre, with the participation of James Kanter
Editing and production: Emmanuelle Giry and Régis Diebold
Mixing: Régis Diebold
Music: Charlie Nguyen Kim
Editorial supervision: Julien Girault
Editor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer
This AFP Audio podcast is taken from the investigation carried out by the team of the film Le Compromis, broadcast by Arte, co-produced by FACTSTORY and ZADIG Productions.