In this week’s episode: 🥂 Minimum alcohol pricing doesn’t work 🚄 Germany’s €9 public transport ticket causes chaos 💻 David Clement explains what a PFAS ban would mean for consumers ₿ Bitcoin & the digital euro (w/ Niko Jilch) You can follow Niko Jilch on Twitter @NikoJilch. Check out Fix the Money: https://fixthemoney.substack.com Check out […]
“Vous y allez par quel moyen de transport?” Une question innocente, dont la réponse a provoqué un “shitstorm” sur Twitter pour la conseillère parsienne EELV Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu en début de mois. Elle avait tweeté: “Mon premier déplacement durant la campagne #NUPES sera donc sur la circonscription où LREM investit Manuel Valls. Arrivée à Valencia vendredi !” Elle […]
My latest article was published on Journal. It can be found HERE. Luxembourg and Georgia are two countries separated not just by a large metric distance, but also by significant differences in perception. Both countries are known for something else than wine, and yet both countries pride themselves in the art of their vineyards. We brought […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: ⛽ Two airline CEOs are critical of green fuels 🚗 Germany debates speed limits (w/ Fred Roeder) 🧑🌾 Farmers criticise the Farm to Fork strategy 🇬🇧 The UK national insurance tax hike (w/ Alys Watson Brown) You can follow Alys Watson Brown on Twitter @alyswatsonbrown. September 23, 2021 Follow […]
It’s a new episode of ConsEUmer, with these topics: 🚲 The “Dutch Cycling Embassy” makes spurious claims 🇪🇺 The EU doesn’t like Facebook’s latest purchase (w/ Yaël Ossowski) 🇮🇹 Italians campaign for the “right to die” 🇬🇪 Georgia is the EU’s free-market neighbour (w/ Zurab Tchiaberashvili) Link to “Dutch Cycling Embassy” post: https://bit.ly/3sqP813 You can […]
Mid-summer episode of ConsEUmer, with your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In this week’s episode: 🌱 Environmental groups want organic-only by 2035 🧳 Travelling to the EU from visa-exempt countries will be harder from next year on 🇩🇪 Germany is voting next month (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇧🇬 Bulgarians protest government over wiretapping scandal (w/ Nikolay Filibev) […]
A special episode this week, feature some members of the CCC team! We talk about: 💉COVID-19 vaccinations 🔌Switching petrol cars for electric, does it work? 🚗The divide in the sharing economy Featuring Maria Chaplia, Liz Hicks, Luka Dzagania! July 29, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
My latest article was published on Journal. It can be found HERE. Luxembourg’s passenger airport Findel transported over four million people in the reference year 2019. As the airport is grappling with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hosting summer holiday travellers again, we’re taking a look at the personnel that makes flying from Luxembourg […]
New week, new episode of ConsEUmer! This week: ⛽ The EU is planning the end of the petrol car 🦠 How to travel Europe in COVID times 🏘️ UK NIMBYs and where they’re wrong (w/ Tom Spencer) You can follow Tom Spencer on Twitter @TomJackSpencer June 24, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
A new episode of ConsEUmer! This week: 🇨🇭The Swiss voted well ✈️ Bad bailouts (w/ Fred Roeder) 🚘 Crony rental car companies (w/ Yaël Ossowski) June 17, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
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