Brian Maguire

April 12, 2021

Brussels-based journalist, producer, broadcaster, and events moderator, Brian Maguire, hosts live radio and television debates with European Commissioners, Ambassadors, Members of the European Parliament and independent experts. A EURONEWS and Irish television contributor, he also presents the EURACTIV digital technology series ‘The Presidency’ and the political interview series ‘Over A Coffee’. He specialises in European politics and business, producing short documentary films and news reports exploring Europe’s competing policy dimensions, including the digital economy, the Green Deal, human rights, and the rule of law. A graduate in Government and Law, he is currently completing a Master in Laws pecializing in Tech, Media and Telecoms, at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London, in Paris.

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