Expensive hotels, beach resorts, and staggering travel costs: the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) would have some tough questions to answer, if only the countries that funded it would ask them.
[REPORTAGE] Europaparlament wëll spezifeschë Budget fir « Europäesch Valeuren »
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 19. Oktober ausgestraalt ginn. Am Kader vum neie Buget vun der EU fuedert d’Europäescht Parlament spezifesch Gelder fir « Europäesch Valeuren ». Unkloer ass bis elo wéi genau dat soll ausgesinn, a wéivill Sue solle vergesi ginn.
Luxembourg’s government caves on the digital tax
So, Macron won. That should be the essential takeaway from the Luxembourgish government’s U-turn on digital taxation. Last month, finance minister Pierre Gramegna announced that the government would not hold back the introduction of a French-proposed tax on “digital presence”, provided it contains a sunset clause making it temporary – until a solution can be […]
Low flat taxes should be Luxembourg’s future
In February last year, Swiss voters sent their government back to the drawing board by rejecting a proposal that would have overhauled the corporate income tax system in the country.
The case against press subsidies
In the effort of maintaining “quality journalism,” publishers and journalists around the world make the case for press subsidies. In Europe, this phenomenon is largely present, with many papers completely dependent on, or even owned by, the government. But is the state really needed to produce quality content?
The “free school books” aren’t free
The Luxembourgish government prides itself in its education policy, which, on a practical level, attempts make every aspect surrounding education “free”. Children starting school this month will be the first to have access to school books free at the point of use. They also benefit from 20 “free hours” of pre-school and “free” public transport […]
[REPORTAGE] Tilly Metz: “Mat neiem EU-Investmentprogramm kënne mir Klimaziler errechen”
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 19. September ausgestraalt ginn. 650 Milliarden Euro sollen am InvestEU Investitiounsprogramm festgehale ginn. Dëse neie Projet soll fir de multiannuelle Budget 2021 bis 2027 vun der EU gëllen, a regroupéiert eng ganz Rei vun anere Fongen, wéi zum Beispill de COSME-Fong fir kleng a […]
Italy’s funding threat will force the next European Commission to make fundamental choices
In a recent statement, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi de Maio said that if the European Union cannot agree on a comprehensive redistribution system of migrants coming from Africa, the government could withhold funds to Brussels. This would be a first in the history of the EU, and presents some key questions about the federalism […]
EU cohesion spending is non-cohesive and out of control
In a crushing report, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) went after EU spending on plans for a European high-speed rail network. The institution calls current plans “very unlikely”, and describes them as having “low added” value. And yet, the Juncker Commission does little to nothing to reduce cohesion spending, which, according to its own […]
Il nous faut une Union européenne plus modeste
À Bruxelles, les discussions sur le budget de l’Union européenne pour 2021-2027 continuent de se poursuivre. Il semble que l’Union va encore décider d’augmenter le budget, se rapprochant du 1,1 ou 1,2% du PIB des pays membres, vu que les critiques sont rares. Mais l’augmentation du budget n’est pas dérivée d’une nécessité, c’est un signal […]
Bill Wirtz 