In this week's broadcast, we interview Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB). Against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East, and with the EIB having quadrupled its funding for defence-related projects since 2024, Calviño asserts that Europe must "break free from its dependence on fossil fuels" and become autonomous in terms of security and defence as well.
The former Spanish Vice President and Minister for Economy also weighs in on the evolving relationship between Europe and the United States. In her opinion, "there is a seismic shift in the tectonic plates that underpinned the global order" and the European Union is finding its voice in this new scenario. "Our unity is clearly our strength; that is why there is so many wanting to divide us," she says.
We also speak to Blanca Hervás, a rising star in Spanish athletics who recently won two medals at the World Indoor Championships in Poland. Aside from discussing her latest successes, she talks about the implications of becoming an elite athlete and tells us how she has decided to leave her job to focus fully on her sporting career.
Finally, to mark World Health Day this week, we are joined by Dr Manuel Valiente, Head of the Brain Metastasis Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). His team has recently revealed a novel way in which tumours hijack immune cells to alter the brain and spread cancer, a discovery that could be valuable in treating not only brain metastases, but also other conditions.
