More liquid allowance and carry-on bags, there’s good and bad news for air passengers in Europe. Also, Juan Taborcía from Considerate Pouchers to talk about threats to nicotine alternatives out of both France and the European Union. October 16, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
We’re really tired of Trump’s tariffs by now, but at least there’s news out of the U.S signalling changes to the scheduling of cannabis. Elizabeth Hicks joins us to discuss it all. October 9, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
October 12 is National Farmers’ Day in America, and the federal government is shut down, again, with at least 42,000 employees of the Department of Agriculture furloughed. A time usually reserved for thanking farmers for providing safe, affordable, and sustainable food is obscured by political bickering and brinksmanship. All the while, no one is able to move the […]
The ConsEUmer podcast is back after a long break. Unfortunately bad policy persists, so in this week’s episode we’re bringing on CCC UK Policy Associate Mike Salem to discuss the EU’s housing policy plan as well as the UK government’s proposal to introduce digital ID. October 2, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
Sous couvert d’un « cadre équitable », Bruxelles a accepté un accord commercial qui ressemble davantage à une capitulation qu’à une victoire. Une photo pour le moins étrange : la présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, et Donald Trump, tous deux faisant le signe du pouce levé caractéristique de Trump, entourés de leurs équipes respectives chargées […]
L’Union européenne prépare une législation controversée visant à scanner automatiquement toutes les communications privées afin de lutter contre les abus sexuels sur mineurs. Une mesure qui ouvre la voie à une surveillance de masse inédite. En mai 2022, Ylva Johansson, alors commissaire européenne chargée des affaires intérieures, a présenté le Règlement établissant des règles visant […]
Spain’s left-wing government is moving to ban ads for gas-powered cars, short flights, and fossil fuels, the latest salvo in a decades-long effort on the part of leftist European governments to crack down on industries that don’t align with their political ideology. Now some in Washington including progressive leader of “The Squad,” Rep. Ilhan Omar, […]
This article was co-authored with Fred Roeder and was published by Conservative Home. When it comes to access to life-changing new medicines, the UK is becoming increasingly isolated and not in a good way. Patients here face a rigid system that denies them options available in other universal health systems. In June, NICE rejected two […]
Finale. We’re discussing what we’ve heard with Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director at the Consumer Choice Center. Does RFK Jr. believe what he says? What the regulatory and political ramifications of his actions going forward? Released on August 13, 2025. More resources of the Deliver For Patients campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/deliver-for-patients/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/
Quand la peur d’un buzz l’emporte sur le bon sens, c’est toujours le consommateur qui paie. Le ministère bulgare de la Santé a décidé de restreindre davantage la vente de médicaments via les distributeurs automatiques, mettant fin à la distribution de plusieurs produits pour des raisons de sécurité. Cette décision fait suite à l’affaire du […]
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