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Only the individual can solve Britain’s obesity crisis
As Britain becomes the fat man of Europe, a blanket approach to large-scale policy-making will not solve Britain’s obesity crisis. Only the individual can do the work. Am I overeating? This question is, in essence, a modern one. Our ancestors would have stood in awe at the sheer availability of refrigerated and affordable meat in […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP17: Milk fight, AstraZeneca, and the Nanny State (w/ Jason Reed)
In this new episode of ConsEUmer: 🥛 Milk is milk, says the ECJ 💉 AstraZeneca controversy (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇩🇪 Germany reaches CO2 targets because of COVID-19 🇬🇧 Nanny State rules in the UK (w/ Jason Reed) You can follow Jason Reed on Twitter @JasonReed624.
Are we thinking correctly about rail passenger rights?
“Rail passenger rights” are paid by consumers… The European Parliament’s TRAN committee recently approved new rail passenger rights legislation. With this new text, rail companies will be obligated to re-route passengers for delays of more than 100 minutes, provide bike racks, and assure “through-ticketing” under a single operator. This last requirement means that passengers will […]
The EU’s Grandiose U-Turn on “Vaccine Solidarity”
How do you vaccinate over 400 million people in a short amount of time? That is the question that the European Union tasked itself to answer when early in the COVID-19 it sought to organize vaccine distribution for the entire bloc. At heart, Brussels was coming from the right place: after many member states had […]
[Podcast] Consumer Choice Radio: Beware the Vaccine Passport
I was a guest on Consumer Choice Radio, hosted by my colleagues David Clement and Yaël Ossowski. We talked about vaccine passports, carbon border adjustments, and plastic taxes. https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ Listen in, and make sure to subscribe!
ConsEUmer podcast / EP16: Petrol car ban, Bad procurement, and EU-Mercosur trade (w/ Bruno Capuzzi)
Are you ready for a new episode of ConsEUmer? Topics in this show: 🚘 9 EU member states ask for petrol car ban 💉 Former EU medicines chief criticises vaccine strategy 🇷🇺 Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine causes problems in Europe 📦 Trade with Mercosur (w/ Bruno Capuzzi)
[Video] Discussion sur le nucléaire
Cette vidéo a été enregistré avec et pour le Lëtzebuerger Journal en février 2021, dans le cadre du show “Elo mol éierlech” (Soyons honnêtes). La vidéo est disponible sur le site web de Journal. Voici un court extrait: Si vous souhaitez soutenir le journalisme indépendant au Luxembourg, vous pouvez vous abonner à Journal pour 168 €/an […]
How Vaccine Passports Contribute to Global Inequality
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, cases are going down globally and vaccinations are ramping up. But we’re not in the clear yet, and it will take a while to get enough people vaccinated. What can we do to let people enjoy the activities they’ve been missing out on while still keeping vulnerable people safe […]
“An Zéro” – ARTE film disavowed by its own director
My latest article was published on Journal. It can be found HERE, and is for free! The ARTE-NDR docu-fiction “An Zéro” imagines Luxembourg after a nuclear disaster. Director Myriam Tonelotto speaks about how the broadcaster twisted her work into a sensationalist film that goes after the Grand-Duchy – and about the alleged attempt at suppressing her […]