Contribution in Politico on public health

The magazine Politico asked me to contribute to a health policy debate for both their online and magazine publication. The contribution were made under following headline: HEALTH CARE 2024 How to solve Europe’s obesity problem Experts tackle the bloc’s crisis of lifestyle diseases. Life expectancy in Europe is steadily increasing. But the World Health Organization […]

Tax credits aren’t subsidies

American superstar congresswoman Alexandria Occasio-Cortez prided herself in being instrumental in chasing Amazon out of her home district of Queens, New York City. The tech giant had found a deal with the city to be granted tax credits in return for building an HQ in New York which would employ thousands of people. Cortez had […]

La 5G nous rappelle l’importance de la vie privée des consommateurs

Cet article a été co-écrit avec Mikołaj Barczentewicz. Presque tous les jours, nous entendons parler de nouveaux cas de vol d’identité, de criminalité financière et d’autres formes d’attaques ou d’ingérence malveillante. Les manquements de sécurité chez British Airways et Marriott/Starwood en 2018 ont compromis les données privées de centaines de millions de clients.

[REPORTAGE] Anti-Korruptiounsprotester a Serbien

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 9. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. (www.wirtzbill.com) Zënter 4 Méint fannen a Serbien reegelméisseg Protester géint d’Regierung statt, där virgeworf gëtt net genuch géint d’Korruptioun ze maachen. 

The European Parliament thinks you’re too stupid to know that a veggie-burger doesn’t contain meat

“Consumer Protection” The European Parliament Agriculture Committee (AGRI) supported compromise Amendment Number 41 on April 1. The amendment calls for a ban on denominations of plant-based food products as containing meat or dairy products. In essence, names such as “veggie burger” or “soy milk” would not be allowed anymore, as they mislead consumers into believing […]

Interviewed by Dat Goda Samhället

Some of the readers of this blog will be aware at this point that I lost a contract with a newspaper, merely for making fun of climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Swedish blog Dat Goda Samhället interviewed me about the situation. You can find the whole interview HERE. For those interested: it is in Swedish, […]