A functional market economy requires informed consumers, who a sufficiently informed about the products and services that they consume. Despite there being difficulties to achieve an absolutely transparent market, suffice it to say that a level-playing field on the facts is desperately needed. However, both corporations and politicians are engaging in health scares to further a […]
In case you’re suffering from insomnia, I’d recommend getting interested in the different bodies of the European Union. Be that committee or plenary sessions of the European Parliament, or the public appearance of its representatives: rarely are there moments of exciting and lively debate that express the seriousness of the decisions that are being taken.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 23. Januar ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. USO: D’Brexit Négotiatiounen gi weider wéi em vergaangene Joer: Mat villen kontroversen Diskussiounen. De Bill Wirtz huet een Update vu Bréissel. Obwuel et esou schéngt wéi wa just a Groussbritannien Sträit wier, […]
The release of Electronic Art’s new video game Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has seen a new debate on gambling arise. The practice of having gamers pay for so-called “loot boxes” has come under investigation in Belgium, sparking multiple institutions to argue for stricter regulation.
Lors d’une initiative récente des sociaux-démocrates et des verts au Parlement européen, un appel a été lancé en faveur de l’élimination progressive de l’utilisation du phosphate dans le fast-food döner kebab. C’était, à tout le moins le titre des médias internationaux jusqu’à ce que la faction parlementaire des sociaux-démocrates qualifie la décision de “fake news”.
In a senate discussion on the price of cigarettes, French health minister, Agnès Buzyn, said that she is ready to clamp down on le problème le plus important: smoking in films.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 10. Januar ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO] Zënter e puer Joer schon ass Ungarn d’Problemkand an der Europäescher Unioun. Säit kuerzem steet och Polen an der Kritik zu Bréissel. De Bill Wirtz huet sech mam Europdeputéierten Frank Engel […]
Dësen Artikel gouf am Kader vun engem Projet geschriwwen dee “Bléckwénkel” heescht. Jonker mat verschiddene politische Philosophien äntwerten op preparéiert Froen, am Sënn vun der Informatioun vu jonke Lycée’s-Schüler. Den Original kann een hei liesen. “D’Zukunft vun der Europäescher Unioun a 350 Wieder ze beschreiwen ass keng sonnerlech einfach Aufgab, besonnesch net wann de Point de Vue […]
As the Brexit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union go into the next phase, the EU has suggested a transition period in which Britain essentially remains in the union for two more years. The government in London seems keen on the idea. The precedent, however, is incredible.
In a recent move by Social Democrats and Greens in the European Parliament, there has been a call to phase-out the use of phosphate in the fast-food product döner kebab. This was, at least, the headline of international news outlets, until the Social Democrat parliamentary faction reacted online, calling the decision “fake news”.
Bill Wirtz 