In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🇫🇷 France bans “eco-terrorist” group ♸ New plastic taxes are paid by consumers 🏥 Instead of a doctor, will the NHS make you see an “empathist”? (w/ Kristin Niemietz) You can follow Kristian Niemietz on Twitter @K_Niemietz. Follow the IEA @iealondon Find Kristian’s book: https://iea.org.uk/publications/universal-healthcare-without-the-nhs/ June 22, 2023 Follow […]
This week’s episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We cover: 👨💻 Are there any dangers associated with AI chat bots? 🇪🇺 The political realities of the European Green Deal You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva. Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher June 15, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
L’objectif des décideurs politiques en Europe serait-il que les citoyens cessent complètement de voyager ? De façon régulière, de nouvelles lignes de trains de nuit sont annoncées avec tambours et trompettes. La dernière en date est la compagnie « European Sleeper », qui a inauguré fin mai sa ligne entre Bruxelles et Berlin, en passant par Anvers, […]
Un outil se démocratise qui permet d’accéder à plus de contenus… tant que l’Etat ne s’en mêle pas directement. De plus en plus de consommateurs utilisent des VPN sur leurs appareils qui accèdent à Internet. Ce qui était autrefois une technique plutôt obscure permettant d’accéder à des sites différents par l’intermédiaire de serveurs virtuels est […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🧳 New regulation might affect pre-payed package travel 🫁 Sweden beats lung cancer and there’s a reason (w/ Fred Roeder) 🐁 The importance of animal research (w/ Kirk Leech) You can follow Kirk Leech on Twitter @kirk_EARA. Find out more about the European Animal Research Association here: https://www.eara.eu/ June 8, […]
Si le principe de précaution est louable dans son principe, il semble aujourd’hui dévoyé de son ambition première. De fait, par des précautions excessives, un abus réglementaire et parfois une forme de populisme, le Vieux Continent est aujourd’hui en retard dans bien des domaines. Et si laisser le choix aux consommateurs était la solution ? Mon […]
As the World Trade Organization is meeting in Geneva this week, Biden administration officials have taken aim at Europe’s protectionist trade policies. The US Ambassador to the WTO, Maria Pagán, laid out ‘persistent barriers’ that American goods and services face to enter the European market. High on the agenda were EU food and wine standards, […]
This week’s episode is aviation-heavy: 💶 The study by T&E on kerosene taxes is just very wrong 🇵🇹 The political scandal surrounding Portugal’s national airline (w/ Jorge Teixeira) (also, the date is June 1st for this episode, not June 2nd as I said in the episode… my bad!) June 1, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🍷 Italy is still fuming over Ireland’s alcohol label 🇪🇺 The EU fines Meta over a billion Euros 💱 What are the dangers of CBDCs? (w/ Parker McCumber) You can follow Parker McCumber on Twitter @Parker_McCumber. Read his article in the American Thinker here: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_centralized_bank_digital_currency_would_harm_our_economy.html May 25, 2023 Follow […]
Is the farm bill a welfare program for slackers or the last-ever chance to create a sustainable food model for the future? Listening to Republicans and Democrats, those seem to be the only two choices. The $1 trillion-plus spending package that is the 2023 farm bill is set to become an unprecedented point of contention […]
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