Les consommateurs sont souvent victimes de pratiques malhonnêtes. Ce n’est un secret pour personne : la compagnie aérienne à bas prix Ryanair est très active en Europe, qu’il s’agisse de lutter contre l’attribution de créneaux horaires dans de nombreux aéroports ou contre les milliards d’euros de renflouements accordés aux compagnies aériennes traditionnelles et publiques. Le […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP163: Barcelona removes Airbnb licenses, Apple facing fines and Ryanair’s OTA fight (w/ Dara Brady)
In this week’s episode, we discuss the mayor of Barcelona’s measure to cut Airbnb licenses, we bring on Yaël Ossowski to explain Apple facing new potential fines for self-preferencing, and Chief Marketing Officer of Ryanair joins us to discuss their fight with Online Travel Agents (OTAs), and how his airline believes that consumers are being […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP154: Lower phone bills, quick scanner, and the end of the Green Deal
Going solo again this week, with no guest, but in turn I do have these stories for you: 📱 The EU wants to lower your phone bills, but can it really? 🛫 Amsterdam airport makes security checks faster 🇪🇺 The European Green Deal is done for April 25, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP153: French Meat battle continues, Poland’s silly ride-sharing law, and dangerous Maltese buses
Going solo again this week, with no guest, but in turn I do have these stories for you: 🥩 French court suspends the ban on meat names for alternative products 🇵🇱 Polish law requiring local driver’s licenses for ride-sharing apps comes into effect 🇲🇹Malta has free bus service… but it’s actually dangerous to use them […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP148: Consumers against car ban, Romanian blood, and Portugal elects (w/ Jorge Teixeira)
Our guest this week is Jorge Teixeira, parliamentary assistant for Initiativa Liberal, a political party in Portugal. He will comment on the parliamentary election in Portugal last Sunday, and what we can expect to happen from here on out in the coalition talks. Also in this episode: 🚗 Consumers reject a ban on the internal combustion […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP143: TikTok double-standard, Polish rail, and Welcoming Mike Salem (w/ Mike Salem)
In this week’s episode we’re talking to our UK Country Associate, our new colleague Mike Salem, about himself and politics in the UK. Also in this episode: 📱 The European Parliament will use TikTok despite the ban 🇵🇱 The Polish government says it will open up the rail market to competition earlier than expected Follow […]
Les carburants durables, entre réalismes et utopies
Les carburants durables pour l’aviation (SAF) sont un objectif louable pour les décideurs politiques, mais la promotion des SAF devrait dépasser les frontières et favoriser la collaboration entre les nations, les régulateurs et les autres parties prenantes. Dans leur quête d’un ciel plus vert, les régulateurs du monde entier s’efforcent de rendre les carburants d’aviation […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP141: Farmer protests, City traffic, and Portugal at high speed
Solo this week as we keep working on the second season of Fun Police. Still, we have these topics for you this week: 🚜 Farmer protests are now sweeping France 🚦 A new ranking shows which European cities are the most congested 🇵🇹 Portugal works on improved high-speed rail The ranking : https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ Listen to […]
Augmentation des billets de train: à quand la véritable concurrence?
Pourquoi la SNCF augmente ses prix tandis que sa concurrence, qui doit aussi payer ses trains, son personnel et son énergie, réduit les siens ? Les associations d’usagers de Normandie ont déjà exprimé leur mécontentement concernant les tarifs des trains, suite à la hausse moyenne de 6% mise en place pour 2023. De plus, il a […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP138: Glyphosate & Portugal’s scandals (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
It’s the last episode of ConsEUmer until the new year. This episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes, with these issues: 🛫 What is realistic on sustainable aviation fuels? (w/ Fred Roeder) 🌱 Glyphosate renewal is approved 🇵🇹 Portugal’s scandals come to haunt the government Fred’s article in Parliament Magazine: https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/navigating-the-turbulent-skies-of-sustainable-aviation-fuels Start following the Fun Police […]