En 2018, le mouvement des Gilets jaunes avait mis en lumière la taxe TICPE sur l’essence, mais, en ce début d’année 2022, le prix à la pompe est encore plus élevé qu’alors. Le prix du baril de brut sur les marchés mondiaux joue un peu, mais les causes sont plutôt à chercher au niveau national… […]
This week’s ConsEUmer podcast is once again co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. Our topics: ⛽ EU lawmakers voice scepticism over petrol car ban timeline 🇪🇺 It’s the EU’s birthday this week 🏭 Europe looks to Azerbaijan for gas imports [Note: Luxembourg’s debt-to-GDP is actually only 22%, not 30%.] You can follow Fabio on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva. February […]
The highest inflation in 13 years is hitting American consumers. Since September 2020, overall food prices have risen by 4.6 percent, with eggs, poultry, meat, and fish being the most affected. As consumers scramble to make ends meet in a labor market that remains volatile, it stands to reason that U.S agriculture policy should follow […]
Some myths have the tendency of never going away. Lightning does, in fact, strike at the same place twice, your zodiac sign doesn’t mean anything, and a penny dropped from the Empire State Building wouldn’t kill a person. More elaborate myths have benefited from popular supporters and even made their way into parliaments and governments, […]
Vite oublié par le grand public, le plan de relance européen existe pourtant bien, et nécessite que des emprunts soient réalisés au niveau supranational, qui devront ensuite être remboursés. Avec des financements qui tomberont des poches des citoyens, plutôt que du ciel. L’Union européenne n’aura pas la tâche facile pour rembourser le montant massif de […]
La Commission européenne a pour projet de rendre l’Europe climatiquement neutre d’ici 2050. En France comme ailleurs, notre mobilité individuelle sera affectée, et le clivage entre zone urbaines et rurale aggravé. L’Union européenne a, par la voix de la Commission, acté la fin de l’existence légale du moteur à combustion interne. D’ici 2035, dans le […]
Happy new year! The ConsEUmer podcast is back! These are the topics of the week: ☢️ EU Commission considers nuclear power as green 📦 A carbon border adjustment might soon increase import prices 🇳🇱 The priorities of the new Dutch government (w/ Stefan De Koning) You can follow Stefan De Koning on Twitter @stefandekoning1. January […]
This week’s episode is once again co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! These are our topics: ☢️ What will Von der Leyen decide on nuclear as a sustainable energy source? ⛽ Synthetic fuels are sparking conversations in Brussels 🎄 Fabio’s tips for avoiding Christmas scams this season You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter at @DeFariaeSilva. Note: […]
It’s episode 50 (!) of ConsEUmer! This week: 🔌 German car manufacturers criticise new U.S electric car subsidies ⛽ Fuel taxes are too damn high (w/ Anna Arunashvili) 🇫🇷 France under fire from Germany and Spain for delaying trade deals ☢️ Germany’s lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute) You can follow Rainer Klute on Twitter @Rainer_Klute. […]
Different episode of ConsEUmer this week: together with Yaël Ossowski and David Clement of Consumer Choice Radio, we recorded a special joint episode on COP26, which is still ongoing. The episode already aired on CCR, but is now also available on the ConsEUmer podcast. Make sure to follow Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly radio hour […]
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