This week our guest is Karen Melchior, a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark, who is part of the Renew Europe parliamentary group. We’re talking about content moderation on social media platforms, and what role algorithms play. Also in this episode: 🛬 European cities increase their tourist taxes to disincentivise travellers 🇪🇺 Ursula von […]
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 […]
In this week’s episode: 🌱 The Pesticide Reduction Act was struck down in the European Parliament 🇳🇱 The Netherlands have voted 📲 The U.S flip-flops on digital trade (w/ Nathalie Voit) Nathalie Voit’s article in Real Clear Markets: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/11/20/the_biden_administration_stands_down_to_wto_protectionism_993405.html Start following the Fun Police podcast series ! Now on Spotify and elsewhere, episode first dropping […]
Note: Whoops this episode went up too early (but lucky you in that case!) In this week’s episode: ⏲️ Is the time up for gas stoves ? (w/ Stephen Kent) 🛩️ New flight rules impact European consumers (w/ Gary Leff) Follow Stephen Kent on X: https://twitter.com/Stephen_Kent89 Follow Gary Leff on X: https://twitter.com/garyleff Start following the Fun […]
In a recent op-ed for The Hill, (now) independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid out the case for his candidacy. Among his grievances, he lists the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the victims of corporate capture by business interests. As a tort lawyer and environmental activist, Kennedy has long considered the EPA […]
In this week’s episode we’re talking to Marek Tatała from the Economic Freedom Foundation in Poland about last weekend’s Polish parliamentary elections, and the changes that the country will be facing as a result. Follow Marek Tatała on X @MarekTatala. October 19, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Le prochain président élu s’alignera-t-il sur les ambitions économiques et sécuritaires de l’Europe ? L’élection présidentielle américaine s’apprête à devenir le sujet politique le plus brûlant en 2024. Le président sortant, Joe Biden, tente de défendre sa politique économique qui fait la part belle aux grandes dépenses à travers sa loi sur les infrastructures, tandis que […]
In 2016 and 2020 , farmers overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump for president. The track record of his administration justifies the choice, as Trump appointed agency directors who reversed unnecessarily strict Obama-era regulations on chemical crop protection products that are essential for fighting pests and preserving yields. Now, with President Joe Biden nearing the end of his term and having gone back to much […]
The Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB), won big in the recent Dutch provincial elections, raking up a whopping 15 of the 75 seats in the Senate. This makes it the strongest party in the Netherlands’ upper chamber, with the ability to undermine the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The BBB was created in 2019, […]
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