On Friday, the Consumer Choice Center hosted a live stream on Facebook with the entire staff team (which is all confined in one way or another due to the Coronavirus). We all gave our updates, and you can watch the entire stream down below. My bit is at 20:00.
“Papiere bitte!” (Papers please!) is an order that hasn’t been uttered in a long time at the border with Germany, but as a citizen of Luxembourg (a small monarchy between Germany, France, and Belgium) I would now hear it if I were trying to enter. Berlin has ordered the closure of the borders to Luxembourg, […]
Germany remains a political barometer for Europe. Following the happenings in Berlin and the 16 German state governments can give you a good idea of where the continent will be heading. During the sovereign debt crisis, German criticism of the euro as a common currency opened the floodgates for mainstream opposition (that ultimately did not […]
Seulement une fraction des Européens investit dans des actions, alors que les citoyens américains sont beaucoup plus susceptibles de prendre des parts dans des sociétés présentes sur les marchés financiers. L’Union européenne pourrait apporter des changements réglementaires stratégiques pour améliorer la situation. Avec des taux d’intérêt historiquement bas, les Européens regardent leurs comptes d’épargne avec […]
Disclaimer: Independently of my arguments in this blog post, it remains very important that sanitise your hands regularly, avoid physical contact with other people, and reduce your social interactions to the necessary levels. Particularly avoid contact with elderly people, and those with underlying health conditions. Consult your local government health websites for more information, particularly […]
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 6. Mäerz iwwerdroe ginn. Eng Grupp vun Députéierten am Europäesche Parlament setzt sech fir eng EU-wäit Strategie fir mental Krankheeten an, dorënner och d’Lëtzebuergerin Tilly Metz. Et bréicht ee Coordinatioun ze Bréissel fir besser mat deem Problem ëmzegoen. Déi Lëtzebuerger Europadeputéiert Tilly Metz erkläert […]
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 6. Mäerz iwwerdroe ginn. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Déi Lëtzebuerger Europadeputéiert Isabel Wiseler war op Auslandsmissioun an Amerika, fir sech d’Situatioun op der Grenz mat Mexiko unzekucken. Eng Woch hunn d’Europaparlamentarier vum Mënscherechtscomité an Amerika verbruecht, fir ze verstoen, wéi mat […]
The upcoming budget, as it has been suggested by the European Commission in May last year, excites itself over its own ambitions. With more contributions from the 27 member states, the European Commission wants to move all countries away from fossil fuel use for energy production, reform agricultural subsidies in a way that Central and Eastern […]
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 7. Mäerz iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Den Ausbroch vum Coronavirus huet déifgräifend Konsequenzen op d’Entreprisen an der Europäescher Unioun. Eng EU-wäit Strategie gëtt et awer net. De Coronavirus gëtt ëmmer méi een Home-office-Experiment. Entreprisë wéi Google a Microsoft erlaben et […]
‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.’ Those were the prescient words of US president Dwight Eisenhower. Today, debate about farming has been colonised by environmental activists with little regard for the realities of farming.
Bill Wirtz 