I moderated a Consumer Choice Center live chat titled “For Mother Nature: Should We Stop Flying?”, hosting Gary Leff, who created the frequent flyer blog “View from the Wing”, as well as CCC’s very own Managing Director Fred Roeder. Click down below to rewatch the entire exchange.
As the back and forth on Brexit dominates political debate in the UK, the European Union, as ever, is working on new ways to make everyday life more irksome, intrusive, and overpriced.
I was quoted by Food&Drink International on a public consultation on proposals to introduce a 9pm watershed on TV and online adverts for food and drink high in fat, sugar or salt, launched by the UK government. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
Click down below to see my latest video on EU Updates. I’m talking about the “Eramus+”-coordinated Jean Monnet programmes.
The most fanatical of activists have an impact on actual policies. That is why they cannot be ignored.
O ministro da Educação, Claude Meisch, afirmou recentemente numa entrevista ao Luxembourg Times que iria exigir às escolas internacionais que ensinassem luxemburguês aos seus alunos. Isto faz parte de um plano de coligação para reformar o sistema de ensino internacional e criar uma educação internacional pública acessível, de forma a promover a “coexão social”.
Dans les résultats de comparaison internationale sur l’économie de partage, le Luxembourg est évalué comme un mauvais élève. Il s’avère que le système de réglementations est trop rigide et ne donne pas le droit à de nouveaux modèle d’entreprises de se développer. L’économie de partage n’est pas seulement une façon différente de présenter des services […]
La fourrure est devenue plus qu’une mode : elle est de plus en plus polémique, avec des célébrités, des grandes marques et des défilés de mode qui choisissent de ne plus en porter. Mais c’est surtout dans l’industrie du spectacle que l’on reprend volontiers les messages des militants des droits des animaux. Bien souvent, des […]
The European elections are coming up, and so are some predictable headlines. More stories have probably been written about “the rise of populism” than there are fish in the sea. It is easy to find who these populists are. A simple Google search does the trick: Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Jarosław Kaczyński. […]
In figures released by Eurostat this month, it was reported that only 6.4% of energy consumed in the Grand Duchy in 2017 came from renewable sources, making Luxembourg stand more than ten percentage points below the EU average of 17.5%as well as the member state producing the least amount from renewable energy. Granted, this number […]
Bill Wirtz 