Artículo original publicado por Bill Wirtz el 15 de Noviembre 2020.Traducción de Inglés a Español realizada por Ibidem Group.Artículo original en Inglés en http://www.wirtzbill.com The translation was performed by Ibidem Group. Los desafíos a los que se tiene que enfrentar el presidente electo de EE. UU, Joe Biden, son impensables desde la perspectiva europea. Biden […]
Las redes sociales no deberían ser la nueva policía política
Artículo original publicado por Bill Wirtz el 4 de Septiembre 2020.Traducción a de Inglés a Español realizada por Ibidem Group.Artículo original en Inglés en http://www.wirtzbill.com The translation was performed by Ibidem Group. Da igual qué ideología política tengas, no se puede negar que las redes sociales están llenas de contenidos horribles: ciberacoso, chantaje, violación de […]
Police Violence—and an Unpopular New Bill—Spark French Protests
Thousands of people in the streets protesting police violence, opposing an administration that cracks down on civil liberties, and outrage sparked by a brutal assault on an innocent black man: What sounds like America’s summer describes the streets of Paris last weekend. More than 5,000 people in Paris and about 50,000 all over the country […]
The dangers of mould
Mycotoxin contamination is set to become a bigger problem as climate change evolves. In order to prevent food safety and food security, European farmers need adequate crop protection tools…. What do you do when you see a set of mould on the marmalade in your fridge? The unfortunate conventional household wisdom is to remove it, […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP3: Mobility win, UN reform, Vaping (w/ Michael Landl)
The third episode of ConsEUmer is out ! This week with Michel Landl from the World Vapers Alliance, talking about harm reduction and beating cancer. Other topics in this podcast: -> Win for ride-sharing in EU court -> UN has good news for medicinal cannabis -> EU might sanction Turkey this week
Organic food in Europe deserves a critical eye
The European Commission’s new Farm To Fork strategy aims at a significant increase in organic farming in Europe. The implication that organic is better seems to have become the predominant belief in agricultural politics. However, it doesn’t hold up to the… Organic farming benefits from special derogations in public discourse — it in fact does […]
Let European scientists participate in the gene-revolution
A French scientist has won a Nobel Prize for a technology that has been made illegal for use in agriculture by the European Union… One wonders how exactly the news was received in the European Commission when two female scientists, one of which French, received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for the development of […]
Our “sustainable” food policy leaves us with unsustainable trade
The ambitious targets of the F2F strategy will cause headaches for the EU’s trade policy… The European Commission has laid out an ambitious plan with the Farm to Fork strategy, which is set to flip agriculture in Europe upside down. For the EU, agriculture is to blame for much of the lack of sustainability in […]
[Reportage] Walreform 2024: Walrecht mat 16, Länner-iwwergräifend Kandidatur a paritéitesch Lëschten
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 4. Dezember iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Wéi kënnen déi nächst Europawale méi schmackhaft gi fir d’Wieler? Mat där Fro beschäftegt sech d’Europäescht Parlament. An enger rezenter Resolutioun denkt si iwwer Reformen no, wéi d’Walrecht ab 16, Länneriwwergräifend Kandidaturen, a paritéitesch […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP2: Cheap meds, pricey food (w/ Fred Roeder)
NEW ConsEUmer episode out today. This week with Fred Roeder, on the European Commission’s new pharma strategy, and on the European Green Deal. Other topics in this podcast: -> Lobsters go free of tariffs -> Where are the European tech giants?