“Don’t let us become more like the United States.” This was the message from German agriculture minister, Cem Özdemir, regarding the farmer protests that have shaken Germany for months. Farmers spoke out and organized against planned tax hikes on agricultural vehicles and diesel fuel amid a cost-of-living crisis already stressing German life. “This is a dangerous rift […]
I was a guest on The Impact Farming Show to talk, at length, about farmer protests in Europe. You can watch the entire exchange by clicking the video below:
I was a guest on the Aussie Wire to talk about the farmers protests in Europe. Click the video below to see the entire segment:
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer we talk to Young Voices contributor Benjamin Ayanian about the push by Republican lawmakers to get private airlines to disclose information about migrant passengers. Also in this episode: 🇵🇱 In Poland and beyond, farmers continue protesting 🇨🇦 What’s happening with the CETA trade agreement? ✈️ Republicans want more information, […]
In this third episode, we look at the role of international institutions when it comes to litigation. IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, uses a method of analysing hazard, not risk, opening up companies to expensive litigation. This appears to be used as a method to impose quasi bans. Act 1: Precaution Act […]
A travers toute l’Europe, les agriculteurs expriment leur mécontentement… à juste titre. Dans de nombreux pays européens, les agriculteurs protestent et ils ont raison de le faire. Qu’il s’agisse des agriculteurs néerlandais qui protestent contre la réduction prévue du nombre d’éleveurs, des agriculteurs allemands qui s’opposent à la hausse prévue des taxes sur le diesel […]
I was a guest on the Morning Wire podcast to discuss the implications of the European farmer protests. Click down below to listen to the entire episode.
Solo this week as we keep working on the second season of Fun Police. Still, we have these topics for you this week: 🚜 Farmer protests are now sweeping France 🚦 A new ranking shows which European cities are the most congested 🇵🇹 Portugal works on improved high-speed rail The ranking : https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ Listen to […]
I was a guest on WIBC 93.1 FM in Indiana to talk about the German farmer protests. You can listen to the entire exchange by clicking below:
I was a guest on the Federalist Radio Hour about the farmer protests in Germany. You can listen to the entire interview below.
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