The European Council killed the “Spitzenkandidaten” process. It was never great, but a return to the old appointment system will have consequences of its own.
[Video] Hands off my cheap flights
Click down below to see my latest video on EU Updates. I’m addressing the proposal for new flight taxes in the European Council.
In its war against disinformation, the European Union goes too far
The European Union wants to do more to combat the spread of fake news. The tools it uses, however, will hand too much power to the government.
The new “middle ages” for science is on
It’s usually an upper-middle-class elite, living in the metropolitan centre, that shops for organic and GMO-free food items from fancy stores. That’s fine, nobody really has an issue with people paying more for green carton packaging and food with no added health benefits. What is concerning, however, is that, increasingly, the same people want to […]
Macron uses climate change to block free trade
The European Union is in the midst of concluding a free trade deal with Mercosur, the trade bloc also known as the South American Common Market. Its members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela (which has been suspended since December 2016). Current associate countries are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Mercosur […]
[Video] How European is the European Union?
Click down below to watch my presentation on the European Union at Paralelná Polis in Bratislava, Slovakia. If you’re ever in Prague or Bratislava, make sure to check out the cryto-anarchists at both Paralelná Polis and Paralelní Polis!
[Feature] Wéi gouf an de Visegrád-Länner ofgestëmmt?
Dëse Reportage ass fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert ginn an ass den 28. Mee iwwerdroë ginn. De ganze Beitrag kann een hei lauschteren. De Visegrád Grupp besteet aus 4 Länner: Ungarn, Polen, Tschechien, an d’Slowakei. Si sinn déi direkt Nopere vun Däitschland an Éisträich, a waren Deel vun der Osterweiderung vun der EU am Joer […]
How the EU polarises
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union later than expected, and will therefore participate in the upcoming European elections. The implications of that are significant.
[Reportage] EU-Reform vu Waffegesetzer ass net populär an Tschechien
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass den 28. Mee iwwerdroë ginn. De ganze Beitrag kann een hei nolauschteren. Déi iwwerschafften EU-Direktiv zum Gebrauch vu Schosswaffen trëfft net an all Land op offen Oueren. Tschechien stäipt sech um Europäesche Geriichtshaff zu Lëtzebuerg géint déi geplangte Changementer.
EU elections: double-standard campaigning
Note: this piece was initially supposed to be published by a media outlet prior to the European elections. This unfortunately did not work out in the end, but I still want to share this op-ed with the readers of this blog. The countdown is on for the European elections, which will give some new direction […]
Bill Wirtz 