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Talking Europe interviews Irene Tinagli, who chairs the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and is a prominent member of Italy’s Democratic Party (PD). She calls for the completion of the EU’s Banking Union to protect people’s deposits, and for an EU budget that is up to the challenges the bloc faces today. We also touch on the post-Covid national Recovery and Resilience Plans, especially Italy’s plan, and on the Italian government’s decision to declare a state of emergency as a significant influx of migrants arrives on Italian shores.

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Netherlands on the 11th and 12th of April. On the agenda: strengthening the existing scientific, economic, and artistic collaborations between the 2 countries. FRANCE 24’s Khadija Hadjab went to a quantum start-up incubator to see where pooled European resources to stay ahead of the quantum race.

Italy’s cabinet on Tuesday announced a state of emergency on immigration following a “sharp rise” in flows across the Mediterranean, a statement said, in a move aimed at better management of migrant arrivals and repatriation facilities.