Interview-heavy episode this week, as I’m feeling slightly under the weather: 🔌 Buying an electric easy isn’t always easy (w/ Liz Hicks) 💨 The World Vapers’ Alliance launches new campaign (w/ Michael Landl) 🇱🇹 Fred Roeder interviews a Lithuanian MP on vaping (w/ Morgana Daniele) 🇧🇾 Do the sanction on the regime in Belarus work? […]
New week, new episode of ConsEUmer! This week: ⛽ The EU is planning the end of the petrol car 🦠 How to travel Europe in COVID times 🏘️ UK NIMBYs and where they’re wrong (w/ Tom Spencer) You can follow Tom Spencer on Twitter @TomJackSpencer June 24, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
A new episode of ConsEUmer! This week: 🇨🇭The Swiss voted well ✈️ Bad bailouts (w/ Fred Roeder) 🚘 Crony rental car companies (w/ Yaël Ossowski) June 17, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
My latest article was published on Journal. It can be found HERE. A recent verbal attack on the Grand Duchy put Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on the radar of many Luxembourgers. But what exactly is the deal with Azerbaijan, and why should we care a lot more than we do now? If you want to support […]
The decision by the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords has the rest of the world thinking globally ahead of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) scheduled for November. Attending countries will discuss the ongoing process of reduction targets on global carbon dioxide emissions. But a look at the EU shows that in […]
ConsEUmer is back with new episodes! This week: 📝 The EU wants to reform the Emissions Trading System (ETS) 🦠 Maria Chaplia presents the Pandemic Preparedness Index 2021 💨 Michael Landl explains how World Vape Day went this year 🚜 More on the Farm to Fork strategy (w/ Benjamin Franke) You can follow the MEP […]
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The Farm to Fork Strategy of the European Union attempts to foster sustainability in the agricultural sector. While sustainability is a laudable goal in a general sense, it has a wide range of possible meanings and applications. EU institutions have adequately defined the word. It is necessary to establish a clear and precise definition of […]
L’Union européenne élabore ses plans pour taxer les services numériques : vraie avancée pour le consommateur et l’équité commerciale… ou moyen de renflouer les caisses après une année de Covid-19 très coûteuse pour les autorités ? A l’heure actuelle, la Commission européenne envisage trois options pour taxer les services numériques. La première consisterait en un supplément d’impôt […]
En novembre 2020, la “European Round Table on Climate Change” a accepté un document sur le concept de taxe carbone prélevé à la frontière, également connu sous le nom de taxe carbone. Il est maintenant largement entendu que l’UE envisage sérieusement de mettre en œuvre un nouveau régime de taxes carbone dans le cadre de […]
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