À Bruxelles, les discussions sur le budget de l’Union européenne pour 2021-2027 continuent de se poursuivre. Il semble que l’Union va encore décider d’augmenter le budget, se rapprochant du 1,1 ou 1,2% du PIB des pays membres, vu que les critiques sont rares. Mais l’augmentation du budget n’est pas dérivée d’une nécessité, c’est un signal […]
French president Emmanuel Macron had to endure significant criticism this week for implying that French welfare expenditure is “insane.” Instead of going after him for telling the truth, French people should hold Macron accountable for the fact that he is doing nothing to end it.
Dëse Beitrag sollt eigentlich als eng weider Contributioun an der Serie “Bléckwenkel” fir d’Associatioun Narin zu Lëtzebuerg verëffentlecht ginn. Dozou ass et awer net komm. Hei dofir de Beitrag wéi ech e verfaasst haat. Natierlech net! Et gëtt quasi keng méi schlecht Aart a Weis fir eng Entreprise ze steiren, wéi dass de Staat sech […]
In my first article for this blog, which happened to be republished from a column of mine for the Foundation for Economic Education, I asked what “European values” are supposed to be, and who gets to determine them. In the year leading up to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, this question is […]
When we think about people in the public eye we should thank, we think of figures such as Mother Teresa (we’ll let Christopher Hitchens spin in his grave at this mention) or Princess Diana, who virtuously stood out because of their charity work. However, it is demonstrably true that the people who create the technology […]
In a new report, the World Health Organization fails to endorse higher taxes on sugar in order to fight noncommunicable diseases. For the last two years, the U.N. body has been calling for even higher sugar taxes, which would lead to reduced consumption and therefore better overall public health. However, the WHO advocates are not […]
The European Union is cracking down on alcohol consumption. The newest idea: changing tax policy to incentivize the brewing of beers that are lower in alcohol percentage. This change will hurt craft breweries.
Dësen Dossier gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 29. Juni ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. Säit September 2016 läit d’Direktivpropose fir eng Reform vum Urherberrecht vun der Europäescher Kommissioun vir. Et ass de Versuch fir d’Reegelen an der Europäescher Unioun ze moderniséieren, an de Produzente vu Musek, […]
Dësen Dossier gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 21. Juni ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. Artikel 7 vum Lissabonner Vertrag gëtt dem Europäesche Parlament d’Méiglechkeet eng Prozedur géint ee Membersstaat ze starten, deen kloer géint Prinizipien vun der Rechtsstaatlechkeet verstéisst. De Zivilrechtscomité vum Europaparlament mengt dass d’Recht […]
My most of my teenage years I was unaware that Central and Eastern Europe were viable travel destinations. This I have partially blamed on the Western European education system, which spends long hours on details of European leaders in the West, with little concern for the working for anything East of Berlin. I could still […]
Bill Wirtz 