Dësen Tëscheruff gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass den 3. Dezember ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. (www.wirtzbill.com) USO: D’Gilets jaunes hunn am Frankräich an an der Belsch fir vill d’Zerstéierung gesuergt, a gläichzäiteg eng wichteg Diskussioun iwwer de Niveau vun de Steieren ausgeléist. Een Tëscheruff vum Bill Wirtz.
Μπορεί το κράτος να επιταχύνει την καινοτομία
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση απαιτεί τα οχήματα να μειώσουν σημαντικά τις εκπομπές διοξειδίου του άνθρακα, θέτοντας φιλόδοξους στόχους για το μέλλον. Οι πολιτικοί όμως δεν αντιλαμβάνονται ότι η καινοτομία παράγεται από τα οικονομικά κίνητρα και όχι από τα πρόστιμα και τις επιδοτήσεις.
Are the yellow vests France’s Tea Party?
France is seeing large-scale protests against massive hikes in petrol prices, sparked by tax increases. Is the anti-tax uprising sustainable or bound to disappear?
[Video] The EU is building an army
Click down below to see my latest video on EU Updates. I’m explaining the specifics of the current EU army debate.
Může vláda nakopnout inovace?
Evropská unie se domáhá toho nižších emisí oxidu uhličitého a pro příští roky si stanovuje odvážné cíle. Politici ovšem nedokážou pochopit, že to, co je motorem inovací, jsou ekonomické důvody, nikoli pokuty a dotace.
L’Allemagne bloque à raison l’avancement de la taxe sur les GAFA
Alors que la France et l’Espagne font pression pour l’adoption d’une taxe GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook et Apple), également appelée «taxe Google», l’Allemagne a choisi une approche plus prudente.
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 […]
[REPORTAGE] D’Digitalsteier vun der Europäescher Unioun an der Diskussioun
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass den 12. September ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. (www.wirtzbill.com) Am Mäerz dëst Joer gouf d’Digitalsteier vun der Europäescher Kommissioun am Mäerz virgeschloen. D’Initiativ ass awer virun allem eng déi aus dem Frankräich kënnt, wou de Wirtschaftsminister Bruno Le Maire sech […]
EU institutions are back from their holidays, and so are Macron’s demands
Brussels has woken back up; but it’s not only the trams and metros that are seeing themselves filled to the last remaining standing spot, the political machinery has also been rebooted. For French president Emmanuel Macron, the pitch is out for his EU reforms; but unlike last time, the EU now has other priorities.
Macron is right: the French welfare system is a ludicrous expenditure
French president Emmanuel Macron had to endure significant criticism this week for implying that French welfare expenditure is “insane.” Instead of going after him for telling the truth, French people should hold Macron accountable for the fact that he is doing nothing to end it.