I was quoted in Daily News Hungary regarding my recently published paper on the needed reforms in Hungarian agricultural policy, which you can read here. Here are the quotes in Daily News Hungary: The study identifies adapting to drought as one of the most pressing issues facing Hungarian farmers. The record drought of 2022 alone […]
In the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Zoltán Kész and Bill Wirtz discuss the implications of the upcoming elections in Hungary. N.B.: Just realised I didn’t upload properly, and this didn’t come out last week as intended. Apologies! February 12, 2026 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Sous prétexte de lutter contre le tabagisme, la Commission européenne veut taxer les produits nicotiniques… pour remplir ses propres caisses. Comme chacun peut le constater, la politique européenne se déroule actuellement sans heurts et sans encombre… ou presque. La France sombre dans un chaos politique inédit, la coalition néerlandaise roule sur des jantes, et la […]
Solo for this week’s episode, but with these stories: 🇺🇸 Trump’s election breeds bad news for EU-US trade ⛐ 2035 car ban might go off-road 🇭🇺 Hungary’s Commissioner pick facing opposition November 7, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
This is the second part of a news article by Daily News Hungary. The entire piece can be read here. Hungary’s opposition to new genomic techniques does farmers and consumers a disservice By Bill Wirtz The European Commission recently announced new legislation that will structurally grant authorisation for cultivating gene-edited plants in the EU. Until […]
It’s the last ConsEUmer episode of the year, this time as a special roundtable edition with CCC staff, and special guest Niko Jilch ! This episode is all about prices! Prices of houses, food, and Bitcoin (on which Niko had some thoughts). (Note: we dealt with some audio quality issues, but we did the best […]
In this week’s episode of the ConsEUmer podcast: 🇫🇷 The effects of France’s ban on domestic flights 🇭🇺 Hungary implements price caps (w/ Zoltán Kész) 🎵 Is TikTok a threat? (w/ Adam Kovacevich) Follow Zoltán Kész on Twitter @KeszZoltan. Follow Adam Kovacevich on Twitter @adamkovac. Zoltán’s press release: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/orbans-price-caps-on-food-and-fuel-will-lead-to-shortages/ Adam’s post: https://www.smerconish.com/exclusive-content/tiktok-is-a-runaway-success-but-its-chinese-ownership-is-problematic-for-the-u-s/ Support the war […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 💉 What is TRIPS and what can go wrong? (w/ Luca Bertoletti) 🇭🇺 How Orbán hagelled on Russian energy sanctions (w/ Adam Bartha) Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A You can follow Adam Bartha on Twitter @bartha_adam. Check out EPICENTER: https://www.epicenternetwork.eu/ June 2, […]
We’re back! In this week’s ConsEUmer episode: 💰 Poland and Hungary want to slow down minimum corporate tax rates 🇫🇷 Macron says he’s proud to oppose free trade 💻 Digital taxation is not the way (w/ Cécile Philippe) Learn Liberty video: https://youtu.be/Bsc2xNuIXlQ You can follow Cécile Philippe on Twitter @CecPhil. January 20, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer […]
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