In this week’s ConsEUmer podcast: 🛢️ The Energy Charter Treaty is coming under fire 🇲🇹 Malta will legalise cannabis, but not every is happy 📱 Sharing Economy Index 2022 (w/ Emil Panzaru) Follow Emil Panzaru on Twitter @EmilPanzaru. Support the war effort in Ukraine: https://www.recyclerussia.com/ November 24, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP57: Minimum tax rates, France v trade, and Macron’s war on tech (w/ Cécile Philippe)
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 […]
The lasting effects of the Diesel controversy
I was recently reminded of the effects of the long-lasting Diesel controversy on a trip to the Netherlands. The city centre of Amsterdam is a restricted traffic zone for certain types of engines, for the purpose of protecting air quality. The website of the city government says: “City traffic is a major polluter of the […]
Give patients more access: We need zero VAT on medicines in Europe
As Europeans face a public health crisis, we should increase patient accessibility by abolishing VAT on the most essential of goods. The COVID-19 pandemic has put health policy back into the hearts and minds of European decision-makers. Before the outbreak, Europe had been in a debate about drug pricing, but it only involved the upper […]
[10ème Homme] Nouvelle lettre sur le pacte migration
Chers lecteurs, Comme je vous avais annoncé au mois d’avril 2019, je contribue une fois par mois à la newsletter “10ème Homme”, produit par Vauban Editions en Suisse. Au mois d’août et de septembre ma lettre (et ma vidéo) expliquaient le nouveau budget colossal de l’Union européenne et la dispute maritime entre la Turquie et […]
[Reportage] Récapitulatif Strosbuerg : Mënscherechter, Malta, Mercosur
Dëse Reportage ass den 20. Dezember op RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg iwwerdroe ginn. USO : A senger leschter Plénières-Woch zu Strosbuerg huet d’Europäescht Parlament sech nees ville Sujet’en ugeholl. Vu Mënscherechter iwwer d’Situatioun zu Malta, bis op de Schutz vun de Beien. De Bill Wirtz huet d’Detailer. D’Woch zu Strosbuerg war zu engem Deel zeremoniell. Gefeiert gouf […]