Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter
Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News.
This year he has led the Channel 4 News coverage of events in Ukraine from the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17, to the tensions in Crimea and reported live from Independence Square on Kiev’s bloodiest day. He has also secured major interviews with Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Prior to his appointment as Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, Frei was the Washington Correspondent for two years and has reported on the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world.
He is also part of the presenting team across Channel 4's news and current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme.
Matt previously anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. He presented a weekly radio show called Americana, and in two decades at the corporation reported from Bonn, Rome, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is the author of two books: Italy: The Unfinished Revolution published in 1996 by Random House and Mandarin books and Only In America published in 2008 by 4th Estate.
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Macron and Le Pen parties neck and neck in polls
In France, Marine Le Pen’s party has been neck and neck in the polls with President Macron’s party before this week’s European elections.
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Green co-leader Sian Berry: ‘There has to be confirmatory vote’ on new Brexit deal
We spoke to Sian Berry, the co-leader of the Green Party, and began by asking her if the Greens would support Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement if there was a second referendum.
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Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen: Future parliamentary alliance with Brexit Party ‘probably a necessity’
Joining us is Andrew Bridgen – a vocal Eurosceptic on the Conservative backbenches.
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Lord Heseltine: Tory Party ‘trying to be a mini version of Nigel Farage’ over Brexit
We’re joined by Lord Michael Heseltine, who served as a minister under three different Conservative PMs over a twenty-five year timespan, and current MP Andrew Bridgen – a vocal Eurosceptic on the Conservative backbenches.
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Alastair Campbell: Labour need ‘clarity and leadership’ on Brexit ‘instead of Jeremy Corbyn trying to face both ways’
We’re joined by Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former Director of Communications and now a leading campaigner for a second Brexit referendum.
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Europe’s populist right rallies as Austria’s Vice-Chancellor resigns
Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache angrily denounced the sting that provoked his resignation as “a targeted political assassination”. A spontaneous demonstration of several thousand people outside the Chancellor’s office in Vienna demanded fresh elections. Less spontaneous was the rally in Milan for a gathering of Europe’s populist right, a campaign season finale ahead of next week’s…
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Venezuela situation is ‘partly of our own doing’, admits former US security advisor
National security advisor to both President Obama and President Trump, Fernando Cutz, considers whether the attempt to remove President Maduro from power had failed.
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Climate expert: ‘Energy efficiency is a no-brainer’
Farhana Yamin and Bob Ward discuss whether a 2050 zero carbon target is realistic.
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Tory MP Julian Lewis on Gavin Williamson: ‘Obviously sackable offence for cabinet minister to leak contents of cabinet committee meeting’
The chairman of the defence select committee, the Conservative MP Julian Lewis, discusses Gavin Williamson’s sacking.
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Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson on Gavin Williamson: ‘There should be criminal investigation’
Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader and a former defence minister, discusses Gavin Williamson’s sacking.
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Socialists win Spain elections as far-right makes gains
In Spain, the governing Socialists are celebrating victory after yesterday’s general election, a rare moment of triumph for Europe’s centre left, although they didn’t win an outright majority.
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Chris Patten on voting Conservative in Euro elections: ‘I can certainly think of some candidates I couldn’t conceivably vote for’
We spoke to Chris Patten, who was the last British governor of Hong Kong. We talked about a range of pressing issues, including Brexit, the Tories and Huawei – but first we asked him what his reaction was to the sheer size of the protests in Hong Kong.
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Far-right nationalist party Vox expected to do well in Spanish election
Polls are about to close in the third general election in Spain in four years.
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SNP Deputy Leader in Westminster: “We’re still continuing to fight for a People’s Vote”
The SNP’s Deputy Leader at Westminster, Kirsty Blackman, joins us from Edinburgh.
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Notre-Dame at heart of French culture for centuries
“This is the place where we have lived all of our great moments, the epicentre of our lives. It is the cathedral of all the French.” So declared President Macron, attempting to put into words the huge importance of Notre-Dame, not just as historical monument but as the very symbol of a nation. From art and literature…
