More liquid allowance and carry-on bags, there’s good and bad news for air passengers in Europe. Also, Juan Taborcía from Considerate Pouchers to talk about threats to nicotine alternatives out of both France and the European Union. October 16, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Sous couvert de protéger les passagers, le Parlement européen veut imposer à toutes les compagnies un bagage cabine de 7 kg inclus dans chaque billet. Derrière ce geste en apparence généreux, se cache une réalité moins flatteuse : hausse des coûts, retards à répétition et fin du modèle low cost compétitif. Une nouvelle législation, adoptée par le Parlement européen […]
Depuis 2004, les passagers aériens européens bénéficient d’une indemnisation obligatoire en cas de retard. Si ce dispositif a renforcé les droits des consommateurs, il soulève aujourd’hui des questions économiques et logistiques. Depuis 2004, les droits à indemnisation des passagers sont en vigueur dans l’Union européenne. Concrètement, cela signifie que les consommateurs reçoivent une compensation financière […]
In this week’s solo episode: some of Haribo’s cola candy in the Netherlands contains… cannabis, the airline compensation review is dragging on, and Flixtrain expands its network in Europe. May 29, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Merry Christmas ! Thank for listening to this podcast in 2024, and we’ll be back with new episodes in the coming year. These topics in this episode: – New EU Commission wants to make your flights more expensive (again) – Keep some cash at home, says the Dutch National Bank – Legal weed will debut […]
Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of Lisbon bans night flights. November 14, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Les consommateurs sont souvent victimes de pratiques malhonnêtes. Ce n’est un secret pour personne : la compagnie aérienne à bas prix Ryanair est très active en Europe, qu’il s’agisse de lutter contre l’attribution de créneaux horaires dans de nombreux aéroports ou contre les milliards d’euros de renflouements accordés aux compagnies aériennes traditionnelles et publiques. Le […]
In this week’s episode, we discuss the mayor of Barcelona’s measure to cut Airbnb licenses, we bring on Yaël Ossowski to explain Apple facing new potential fines for self-preferencing, and Chief Marketing Officer of Ryanair joins us to discuss their fight with Online Travel Agents (OTAs), and how his airline believes that consumers are being […]
Going solo again this week, with no guest, but in turn I do have these stories for you: 📱 The EU wants to lower your phone bills, but can it really? 🛫 Amsterdam airport makes security checks faster 🇪🇺 The European Green Deal is done for April 25, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your […]
Our guest this week is Donald Kimball, he is the Communications Manager at the Washington Policy Center and a Contributor at Young Voices. We talked about social media content moderation, showing the stark differences between the European approach, and what some lawmakers are pushing for in the United States. Also in this episode: 🛫 KLM […]
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