Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of Lisbon bans night flights. November 14, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Interdiction du “infinite scroll” sur les réseaux sociaux: du paternalisme pur et dur?
Face à l’addiction numérique qui gagne du terrain, les législateurs européens envisagent l’interdiction de certaines fonctions « addictives » des réseaux sociaux. Il y a environ un an, le Parlement européen s’est à nouveau penché sur la question désormais courante de la dépendance des réseaux sociaux, affirmant que des fonctions telles que le « infinite scroll » et la lecture automatique […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP173: Trump’s tariffs, Car ban reversal, and Varhelyi’s hell
Solo for this week’s episode, but with these stories: 🇺🇸 Trump’s election breeds bad news for EU-US trade ⛐ 2035 car ban might go off-road 🇭🇺 Hungary’s Commissioner pick facing opposition November 7, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Infinite scroll and auto-play unjustly under fire
About a year ago, the European Parliament addressed once again the now mainstream concern of the “addictiveness” of social media, claiming that features such as infinite scroll and auto-playing videos are to blame for hocking users to their apps.
ConsEUmer podcast / EP171: Sausage fight, Czech goes super on trains, and Google your breakup (w/ Donald Kimball)
In this week’s episode, Donald Kimball from the Washington Policy Center ** mistakenly said institute on the recording, apologies **, joins us to discuss what the potential breakup of Google would mean for consumers. Also, meat producers lobbying against the use of the word “sausage” in meat substitute products lost at the ECJ, and rail […]
On Free the Economy to talk European agriculture
I was a guest on Free the Economy, a podcast by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to talk about European agriculture regulation and what the future holds for trade.
Une Europe qui se droitise
Alors que l’Europe bascule vers la droite, les gouvernements de plusieurs grandes nations redéfinissent leurs priorités face à des défis économiques et sociaux sans précédent. Qu’il s’agisse du nouveau gouvernement de droite en France, de la remise en cause très réelle de la majorité gouvernementale en Allemagne ou de la poursuite du mandat de Giorgia […]
Fusion d’entreprises: quand la politique prend le pas sur l’économie
A l’approche des élections présidentielles américaines, les débats politiques s’intensifient autour des fusions d’entreprises. Alors que la course à la présidence américaine entre dans sa dernière ligne droite, les candidats exploitent tout le capital politique dont ils disposent dans les Etats clés, y compris les revendications syndicales et commerciales qui vont à l’encontre des intérêts […]
Playing Politics with Steel Mergers Sends the Wrong Signals
With the presidential race going into its final stretch, every and all political capital that candidates can make in key swing states is being exploited, including union and trade demands that counter long-term American interests. A recent steel merger controversy displays this problem in extensive detail. Since late last year, the planned acquisition of U.S. […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP170: Message screening, Paris speed limit, and EU Commissioning
Going solo in this week’s episodes, where I’ll tell you more about the procedures establishing the next European Commission. Also in this episode: the Netherlands opposes blanket screening of instant messaging services like WhatsApp, and the mayor of Paris faces a major battle over the reduced speed limits on Paris’ peripheral roads. October 3, 2024 […]