New week, new ConsEUmer episode hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). This week: 🇪🇺 Agriculture was missing in the State of the Union speech 🚫 EU Commission announces ban on forced labour products from China 🍻 Sébastien Morvan chats to us about the Brussels Beer Project Can you find the Brussels Beer Project on http://www.beerproject.be September […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP40: French protectionism, Swedish freedom, and Czech PM vs. the EU (w/ Jan Mošovský)
Episode 40 of ConsEUmer is out! This week: 🇫🇷 France wants stricter rules for food imports 🇸🇪 Sweden drops restrictions on September 29 🇨🇿 Czech PM Babiš targeted by the EU You can follow Jan Mošovský on Twitter @JanMosovsky. September 9, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
[Podcast] Oppen Dieren Episod 9: LGBT-Rechter an Ungarn a Polen
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ConsEUmer podcast / EP37: Right-to-die, Facebook goes shopping, and the EU’s free-market neighbour (w/ Zurab Tchiaberashvili)
It’s a new episode of ConsEUmer, with these topics: 🚲 The “Dutch Cycling Embassy” makes spurious claims 🇪🇺 The EU doesn’t like Facebook’s latest purchase (w/ Yaël Ossowski) 🇮🇹 Italians campaign for the “right to die” 🇬🇪 Georgia is the EU’s free-market neighbour (w/ Zurab Tchiaberashvili) Link to “Dutch Cycling Embassy” post: https://bit.ly/3sqP813 You can […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP36: The organic lobby, Germany votes, and Protests in Bulgaria (w/ Nikolay Filibev)
Mid-summer episode of ConsEUmer, with your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In this week’s episode: 🌱 Environmental groups want organic-only by 2035 🧳 Travelling to the EU from visa-exempt countries will be harder from next year on 🇩🇪 Germany is voting next month (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇧🇬 Bulgarians protest government over wiretapping scandal (w/ Nikolay Filibev) […]
Europe Has Its Own Vaccine Mandate Woes
“Non au pass sanitaire!” The signs in the streets of Paris speak a clear language—“No to health passes”—as thousands opposed to the government’s implementation of COVID-19 health passes descend on the streets. More than 200,000 people nationwide have protested on a weekly basis against measures that prevent those without a valid QR code from entering […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP33: Russia bans champagne, DST on hold, and Europe’s Cannabis Awakening (w/ Deepak Anand)
Another week, another episode of ConsEUmer! This week: 🍾Russia bans champagne 💻 Digital Services Tax on hold 🌿Europe’s challenges in legalising cannabis (w/ Deepak Anand) You can follow Deepak Anand on Twitter @_deepakanand. July 22, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
ConsEUmer podcast / EP31: Euro Tech Demolition Team (Hosted by Yaël Ossowski)
Last week’s episode of the ConsEUmer podcast was guest-hosted by my colleague Yaël Ossowski. Give it a listen!
ConsEUmer podcast / EP20: Vial trial, Electric drop, and Vaccine business (w/ Ivana Jeremić)
New episode of ConsEUmer with these topics: 💉 EU member states fight over extra doses of COVID-19 vaccines 🔌 Electric car sales drop in the Netherlands 🪧 Fridays For Future is back (yay…?) 🇷🇸 Serbia’s business with vaccines (w/ Ivana Jeremić)
ConsEUmer podcast / EP19: Meat peak, Serbian jab, and Export bans (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
April Fool’s ! Got you good, didn’t I? In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🥩 Meat consumption might peak in 2025 🇷🇸 Luca Bertoletti goes to Serbia ☢️ Nuclear power qualifies as green 💉 Export bans are a bad look for the EU (w/ Pieter Cleppe)