One of the principles of the EU’s common transport policy is the freedom to provide services in the field of transport. This freedom includes access to international transport markets for all EU carriers without discrimination on grounds of nationality or place of establishment. The second Mobility Pack is encouraging the liberalisation the inter-city bus market […]
Dësen Dossier gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 4. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Déi grouss europäesch Parteifamilljen hunn eng ganz Rei Problemkanner, dorënner Parteien an Polen oder Ungarn. Wéi genau mat dësen Parteien emgaange soll ginn, do scheeden sech d’Geeschter. De Bill Wirtz […]
This week has seen massive strikes in the French public railway services. While the unions are holding the French transport system hostage, only a fraction of both regional and high-speed intercity trains are operational. France is a notable example of what happens when unions gain the upper hand. But whom do they really protect?
In the attempt to limit the effects of climate change, and with the conscience that resources on planet Earth are scarce, many advocate for limiting the consumption of natural resources. However, having access to natural resources is essential for our economic development, and particularly to make social mobility possible: without a growing economy, there are […]
On my short stay in Sofia, I was interviewed by Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on the Varna summit for a migration deal between the European Union and Turkey.
The largest finance magazine in the Czech Republic, Kurzy, has quoted me on the issue of immigration to Germany. The post was referring to a recent column of mine for the Foundation for Economic Education, in which I praised the economic benefits that migrants coming into Germany could be, if only the government doesn’t make […]
Since the end of the steel industry in the Greater Region (the area of Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia and the rest of the French-speaking community of Belgium, and the German-speaking community of Belgium), the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has focused on the tertiary sector, especially investment and insurance companies. One regulatory advantage which Luxembourg was […]
The murder of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman, has rekindled debates on the state of anti-Semitism in France. The Holocaust survivor was found burnt in her Paris apartment, after she was stabbed 11 times and set on fire to cover up the murder. Local police have arrested two suspects, a 29-year-old neighbor with a […]
Marion Le Pen caused a minor scandal when when she appeared at CPAC last month. Matt Schlapp insisted that she was “a classical liberal.” Others suggested that the Le Pen family and the National Front represented something very different from classical liberalism. At the very least, Marion Le Pen is the standard bearer of a distinctly European form […]
The Scotch Enlightenment is a podcast which I produce together with Daniel Fallenstein. In this episode, Steve Horwitz joins us to talk about the right way to promote liberty, contrarianism and the many ways in which the world is improving.
Bill Wirtz 