The FNCTTFEL – the union for railway and other public transport service workers in Luxembourg – said in a public statement last week that it was worried about the introduction of driverless vehicles on the towns of Contern and Pfaffenthal. The union warned that hundreds, even thousands of jobs could be at stake, particularly if […]
While France and Spain are heavily lobbying for the adoption of a “GAFA” tax (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple), also known as “Google tax”, Germany has chosen a more careful approach. Rightfully so.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 19. September ausgestraalt ginn. No den Auto’en, ginn an der Europäescher Unioun d’Diskussiounen iwwer d’CO2-Niveau’en bei Camion’en un. D’Europäescht Parlament ass ambitiéis, d’Lëtzebuerger Regierung och. De 17. Mee dëst Joer huet d’Europäesch Kommissioun ee Gesetzesvirschlag gemaach, deen d’CO2-Emissioune vu Camion’en géif erof setzen. D’Zil […]
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 […]
Elon Musk’s rise to fame through SpaceX, his Tesla car brand, and his extravagant personality as a whole, comes with questions about his efficacy vis-a-vis his promises. SpaceX itself published a video in September last year mocking its regular failures in landing rocket boosters. Those spectacular “fails” might be amusing to viewers, but it becomes more nuanced […]
Back in November, I wrote an FTN piece about the fight of students such as Frédéric Jollien, against the mandatory media royalties in Switzerland. They campaigned for the abolishing of a yearly tax of 450 CHF (€385/$453), used to finance public TV and radio stations. One of the most vile criticisms howled at them was that such […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared in a hearing in the European Parliament. EU legislators wanted to re-create a similar situation than the hearing conducted in the U.S Congress. Once again, Zuckerberg found himself at a public trial, being used for the self-aggrandisement of politicians. Why does nobody appreciate the value created by Silicon Valley […]
When we think about people in the public eye we should thank, we think of figures such as Mother Teresa (we’ll let Christopher Hitchens spin in his grave at this mention) or Princess Diana, who virtuously stood out because of their charity work. However, it is demonstrably true that the people who create the technology […]
The European Union wants to implement a framework that would incentivize the production of movies and music inside the EU at the expense of American creations. For a political project that wants itself to be an alternative to the nation-state mentality, this is surely a nationalistic suggestion.
Have you returned to the office from your holiday weekend to find your email inbox flooded with privacy policy updates from every company you’ve ever crossed paths with? Well, you can thank an avalanche of new rules from the European Union for that. But the harms imposed by the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation […]
Bill Wirtz 