The dangers of mould

Mycotoxin contamination is set to become a bigger problem as climate change evolves. In order to prevent food safety and food security, European farmers need adequate crop protection tools…. What do you do when you see a set of mould on the marmalade in your fridge? The unfortunate conventional household wisdom is to remove it, […]

Organic food in Europe deserves a critical eye

The European Commission’s new Farm To Fork strategy aims at a significant increase in organic farming in Europe. The implication that organic is better seems to have become the predominant belief in agricultural politics. However, it doesn’t hold up to the… Organic farming benefits from special derogations in public discourse — it in fact does […]

Let European scientists participate in the gene-revolution

A French scientist has won a Nobel Prize for a technology that has been made illegal for use in agriculture by the European Union… One wonders how exactly the news was received in the European Commission when two female scientists, one of which French, received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for the development of […]

Our “sustainable” food policy leaves us with unsustainable trade

The ambitious targets of the F2F strategy will cause headaches for the EU’s trade policy… The European Commission has laid out an ambitious plan with the Farm to Fork strategy, which is set to flip agriculture in Europe upside down. For the EU, agriculture is to blame for much of the lack of sustainability in […]

[Reportage] Walreform 2024: Walrecht mat 16, Länner-iwwergräifend Kandidatur a paritéitesch Lëschten

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 4. Dezember iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Wéi kënnen déi nächst Europawale méi schmackhaft gi fir d’Wieler? Mat där Fro beschäftegt sech d’Europäescht Parlament. An enger rezenter Resolutioun denkt si iwwer Reformen no, wéi d’Walrecht ab 16, Länneriwwergräifend Kandidaturen, a paritéitesch […]

[10è Homme] Nouvelle lettre sur la Commission européenne

Chers lecteurs, Comme je vous avais annoncé au mois d’avril 2019, je contribue une fois par mois à la newsletter “10ème Homme”, produit par Vauban Editions en Suisse. Au mois de septembre et d’octobre ma lettre (et ma vidéo) expliquaient la dispute maritime entre la Turquie et la Grèce et le nouveau pacte migration proposé […]

[Reportage] Europäesch Unioun soll manner ofhängeg vu Medikamenter-Importer ginn

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 25. November iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Haut de Mëtten huet d’Europäesch Kommissioun eng nei Strategie fir pharmazeutesch Produkter an hir Industrie virgestallt. Mat dëser Strategie soll sécher gestallt ginn dass Medikamenter disponibel a bezuelbar sinn, an et soll fir méi […]

Introducing the ConsEUmer podcast / EP1: Targeted Fun (w/ Yaël Ossowski)

This week I launched the ConsEUmer podcast, the European podcast of the Consumer Choice Center. Broadcasting every Thursday, wherever you listen to podcasts. I will be updating you on the latest consumer choice issues in the EU and its member states, and will also host a weekly guest. This week with Yaël Ossowski, on targeted […]