The ConsEUmer Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The ConsEUmer Podcast is a weekly program that covers the news & politics of the European Union and its member states.
Produced by the Consumer Choice Center, we focus on consumer issues such as free trade, science-based policy-making, product safety, and privacy — but we won't shy away from commentary on the day to day of the European Union's institutions.
Stay tuned for exclusive interviews with policy-makers and experts, hosted by our Senior Policy Analyst Bill Wirtz.
The EU is mandating a carry-on bag to be included for all airline tickets sold in the EU. But is this really the priority we should be talking about? Gary Leff from ViewFromTheWing joins the ConsEUmer podcast to talk about it.
July 16, 2026
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Should the price of a resold ticket be capped? David Clement joins us from Canada to tell us more about the economics of the ticket resale controversy.
July 9, 2026
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The ConsEUmer podcast is back after a break, and we're burning up here in Europe. Liz Hayes joins us to break down the European air-conditioning debate. How does regulation play into our woes?
Our policy paper on the issue: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/keeping-it-cool-removing-hurdles-for-air-conditioning-availability-in-europe/
July 2, 2026
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Carlo Stagnaro explains on the ConsEUmer podcast how Italy has built a very complicated system to reduce consumer energy prices, and why he doesn't think it'll end up working.
His article on this topic: https://truthonthemarket.com/2026/04/24/the-price-of-watching-prices-italys-slow-slide-from-markets-to-management/
May 14, 2026
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This week, we're joined by the Managing Director of VivaTech to discuss Europe's tech future. While are talking Europe down, he is talking it up, and giving us an optimistic vision for the future.
May 7, 2026
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In this episode of Kesz Files, Zoltan Kesz explores why renting in Spain has become so difficult. From strict tenant requirements to rent control, regulation, and shrinking supply, we break down how well-intentioned policies can make housing harder to access—and why the real issue isn’t just price, but availability.
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All hands on deck for the 200th episode of the ConsEUmer podcast this week. The Big Beautiful Energy Crisis that is affecting us all... maybe Liz has some coupons left for us?
April 23, 2026
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In this special episode, we're joined by Zoltán Kész: economist, activist, and former member of the Hungarian parliament, ahead of Hungary's April 12th elections. Zoltán cuts through the political noise to examine what 16 years of government economic policy actually meant for ordinary Hungarian consumers: dismantled private pensions, vanishing rural banks, price caps that emptied shelves, and energy bills designed to impress rather than inform. A must-listen before one of the EU's most important votes of the year. Because, as Zoltán puts it, economic reality doesn't negotiate.
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In this week's episode, Fabio Fernandes joins us to talk about the latest news in tech gadgets, and about the call by Members of the European Parliament to act on dynamic pricing for FIFA World Cup tickets.
April 2, 2026
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The President of KEFIM joins us from Athens this week to lay out the details of the government's taxi reform, and where he thinks leaders should go much further.
March 26, 2026
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This week we are joined by Dr. Antonios Nestoras from EPIC. He is the editor on a European Liberal Forum paper on liberal housing policy. What could help Europe's housing crisis?
Find the paper here: https://liberalforum.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Building-Freedom.pdf
More about EPIC: https://thinkepic.eu/
March 19, 2026
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Yaël Ossowski discusses the latest contoversies surrounding encrypted messaging and keeping good digital hygiene in the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast.
March 12, 2026
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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
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In the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Bill Wirtz and Mike Salem tackle the conversation surrounding courier services around the world. What are our expectations of e-commerce?
January 22, 2026
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Liz Hayes joins us this week to zoom out and discuss our daily commute. Where does public transit make sense, and what are the key differences between Europe and the U.S?
January 15, 2026
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Fabio Fernandes joins us on the ConsEUmer podcast this week to discuss a Politico article about Italian "gastronationalism".
The full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-italian-right-is-weaponizing-food/
January 8, 2026
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CCC UK Country Associate Mike Salem is joining us this week to discuss the UK budget and its implication for consumers.
December 4, 2025
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In this week's episode:
- Foodflation in France shows the difficulties of sustainable food production
- Can the French government ban Shein?
- The COP/FCTC conference is kicking off soon, Michael Landl joins us to explain
Find out more about the World Vapers Alliance on their website: https://worldvapersalliance.com/
November 13, 2025
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What is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and why are you yawning while reading about it? With Yaël Ossowski we dive deep into ESG reporting this week, and what it means for energy policy and consumers.
November 6, 2025
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Short solo episode this week, with some news updates.
October 30, 2025
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Fabio is back to co-hosting with Bill. In this episode we're discussing the finishing line for the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, as well as the push by Brussels to age-gate social media platforms.
October 23, 2025
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More liquid allowance and carry-on bags, there's good and bad news for air passengers in Europe. Also, Juan Taborcía from Considerate Pouchers to talk about threats to nicotine alternatives out of both France and the European Union.
October 16, 2025
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We're really tired of Trump's tariffs by now, but at least there's news out of the U.S signalling changes to the scheduling of cannabis. Elizabeth Hicks joins us to discuss it all.
October 9, 2025
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The ConsEUmer podcast is back after a long break. Unfortunately bad policy persists, so in this week's episode we're bringing on CCC UK Policy Associate Mike Salem to discuss the EU's housing policy plan as well as the UK government's proposal to introduce digital ID.
October 2, 2025
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This is the trailer for the new Consumer Choice Center original podcast series Control Freaks, a show about people who seek to tell consumers what to do. Season 1 will cover Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration.
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In this week's solo episode: some of Haribo's cola candy in the Netherlands contains... cannabis, the airline compensation review is dragging on, and Flixtrain expands its network in Europe.
May 29, 2025
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Should you get the extended warranty on a new MacBook? Fabio Fernandes joins the podcast this week to discuss how to handle your electronics. Also: are highly processed foods bad for you?
May 15, 2025
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In this week's episode, Justin Leventhal, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Consumer Institute and our own Research Manager Emil Panzaru join us to discuss sports betting regulation and implications in both Europe and the United States.
May 1, 2025
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Yaël Ossowski joins the podcast this week to give us a rundown on the upcoming federal election in Canada, discuss mandatory bike helmets in the Netherlands, and the latest in the scandal surrounding EU funding of NGOs.
April 24, 2025
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This week's episode is co-hosted with our own Elizabeth Hicks, and we can't help but notice that after our long break, the world of international trade got a lot worse.
April 17, 2025
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There will be a new season of the Fun Police podcast, which is why there haven't been new episodes of this podcast as of late. Please go over to the "Fun Police" channel on the podcast app you're currently using, subscribe and hit the notification bell so you don't miss the weekly episode update that is starting on March 5th ! Thank you for listening, and we will be back to regularly scheduled episodes in the near future.
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This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the introduction of the common charger (USB-C) in the European Union. We also discuss the announcement by Meta to reverse its content moderation policies.
January 16, 2025
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Merry Christmas ! Thank for listening to this podcast in 2024, and we'll be back with new episodes in the coming year.
These topics in this episode:
– New EU Commission wants to make your flights more expensive (again)
– Keep some cash at home, says the Dutch National Bank
– Legal weed will debut in some Dutch cities in April
December 19, 2024
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CCC Research Manager Emil Panzaru joins us on this episode to discuss the latest Sharing Economy Index and how they got to their findings.
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December 5, 2024
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Yaël Ossowski is co-hosting this week's episode. We're talking about the French government getting its priorities wrong by planning on banning nicotine pouches. Also, the EU continues to struggles to push the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement over the line.
November 28, 2024
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Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of Lisbon bans night flights.
November 14, 2024
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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
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In this week's episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Fabio Fernandes and Bill Wirtz discuss the future of Airbnb, as well as pending regulations on auto-play and infinite scroll on social media platforms.
Note: sorry about missing last week's episode due to sickness!
October 31, 2024
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In this week's episode, Donald Kimball from the Washington Policy Center mistakenly said institute on the recording, apologies , joins us to discuss what the potential breakup of Google would mean for consumers. Also, meat producers lobbying against the use of the word "sausage" in meat substitute products lost at the ECJ, and rail competition with private companies has boosted rail use in the Czech Republic.
October 17, 2024
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Going solo in this week's episodes, where I'll tell you more about the procedures establishing the next European Commission. Also in this episode: the Netherlands opposes blanket screening of instant messaging services like WhatsApp, and the mayor of Paris faces a major battle over the reduced speed limits on Paris' peripheral roads.
October 3, 2024
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This week's episode is co-hosted with the CCC's U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks. We talk about the U.S presidential election, and the latest proposals by both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for price controls.
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September 26, 2024
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This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the competitiveness and innovation report by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, as well as the release of the iPhone 16 and some of the missing features that Europeans won't be able to enjoy.
September 12, 2024
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We're back from our summer break ! In this week's episode: dropshipping companies are under fire by a Dutch consumer watchdog, Brazil has banned the use of the social media platform X -- our colleague Lucas Palma joins us to discuss the details, and Matthias Bauer from ECIPE is on the programme to talk us through the latest news in the EU-China EV tariff saga.
Check out ECIPE's work on their website: https://ecipe.org/
September 5, 2024
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In this last episode before the summer break, we address falling beer sales in the Netherlands, and the ongoing Council battle of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Also, Amrit Nanda from Plant ETP joins us to explain the latest on the Commission's regulatory changes on gene-editing.
Check out their "Plantastic Discoveries" on their website: https://www.plantetp.eu/information-hub/
July 18, 2024
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A brief hello this week. No regular episode. Last one out next week. Hustling before the summer break!
July 11, 2024
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Yaël Ossowski joins us this week to discuss the latest regulatory news for end-to-end encryption and artificial intelligence in the European Union. Regulators seemingly doing, again, more harm than good.
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July 4, 2024
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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 scammed.
June 27, 2024
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Jan Burdinski is back on the podcast to discuss the most recent decision by the European Commission to consider tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
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June 20, 2024
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Pieter Cleppe joins us on this week's episode to discuss the European elections that happened last week. Also in this episode: online retailers face fines in the Netherlands for deceptive discounts, and Swiss legislators criticise the ECHR for its climate change ruling.
June 13, 2024
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This week's episode is co-hosted with CCC board member Chad Swarthout, who joins us to discuss his views on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and the use of VR headsets like the Apple Vision Pro.
June 6, 2024
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Due to last minute changes, no guest this week, but a short episode with two news stories regardless: Paris faces Airbnb prices and hotels during the Olympics that do not increase as much as planned, and the European elections are happening next week, but are they inclusive?
May 30, 2024
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In this episode we talk about the incoming Dutch government, a new CCC project in Europe called EU Tech Loop, and we host EPICENTER Director Adam Bartha to discuss the protests in Georgia against the foreign agents law, and how the law will jeopardise the relationship between Georgia and the EU.
May 23, 2024
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Fabio Fernandes is helping us unpack the latest tech news this week. We're talking about why your iPhone's battery is draining way too quickly, and what we make of the latest innovations in LLM's, as well as Sam Altman's idea for "Universal Basic Compute".
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May 16, 2024
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Today's episode is co-hosted with the CCC's US Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks! We're talking about Florida's ban on alternative meat products, and a UK law going after hidden fees and fake reviews.
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May 9, 2024
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This week I have some audio from last weekend's FDP party convention in Berlin, as well as stories about probes in Meta for disinformation tracking, and Bulgaria's new gambling ban.
May 2, 2024
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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
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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
April 18, 2024
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Going solo this week, with these topics:
🇸🇰 Slovakia considers controversial anti-NGO bill
🎰 Latvian court overturns Riga ban on casinos
🇨🇭 Swiss lawmakers want to protect local wine with subsidies
April 11, 2024
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Our guest this week is Donald Kimball, he is the Communications Manager at the Washington Policy Center and a Contributor at Young Voices. We talked about social media content moderation, showing the stark differences between the European approach, and what some lawmakers are pushing for in the United States.
Also in this episode:
🛫 KLM misled consumers on green credentials
🍫 Chocolate prices soar as West Africa grapples with changing climates
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April 4, 2024
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As the CCC gathers for a staff retreat in Dubai, UAE, we're bringing on Elizabeth Hicks, Yaël Ossowski, and Zoltán Kész from the CCC team to talk the news and their ongoing projects!
March 28, 2024
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Our guest this week is a returning guest: Pieter Cleppe from Brussels Report joins us to discuss the upcoming elections in Belgium.
Also in this episode:
🕰️ What happened to scrapping Daylight Savings Time?
🏆 Zoltán Kész joins us to explain Consumer Champs, our new project
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March 21, 2024
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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 engine
🩸 Romanian blood donations are up... for good reasons
🚄 German rail strikes... again
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March 14, 2024
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Our guest this week is Deirdre Clune, a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland. We talk about nutritional health claims, and how they are regulated in the European Union.
Also in this episode:
⛷️ The Dutch are getting worse at skiing
🇪🇺 The European People's Party makes key changes to its election manifesto
March 7, 2024
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In this week's episode we talk to Kristen Sukalac from the Biocontrol Coalition about what biocontrol is and what it can do for European agriculture.
Also in this episode:
🇩🇪 Germany legalises cannabis... sort of
🇨🇳 PES revisits its position on China
Find out more about the Biocontrol Coalition: https://biocontrolcoalition.eu/
February 29, 2024
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This week our guest is Karen Melchior, a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark, who is part of the Renew Europe parliamentary group. We're talking about content moderation on social media platforms, and what role algorithms play.
Also in this episode:
🛬 European cities increase their tourist taxes to disincentivise travellers
🇪🇺 Ursula von der Leyen seeks a second term as Commission president
February 22, 2024
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer we talk to Young Voices contributor Benjamin Ayanian about the push by Republican lawmakers to get private airlines to disclose information about migrant passengers. Also in this episode:
🇵🇱 In Poland and beyond, farmers continue protesting
🇨🇦 What's happening with the CETA trade agreement?
✈️ Republicans want more information, or less privacy, for airline passengers (w/ Benjamin Ayanian)
Benjamin's article on Free The People: https://freethepeople.org/conservatives-should-think-twice-before-roping-airlines-into-immigration-policy/
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February 15, 2024
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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
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February 8, 2024
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This week's episode is joined by the CCC's U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks! We're talking about the theft happening in major retail brands through self-checkout counters. Also in this episode: which regulations make sense for online influencers?
February 1, 2024
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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/
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January 25, 2024
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We're coming to you live from Davos, where Consumer Choice Center was a sponsor at the annual Swedish Lunch side-event. You're hearing from guests and the CCC team live from the mountain.
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January 18, 2024
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Happy new year 2024! We're back, and got these stories this week:
🇩🇪 Germany's farmers are mad at the government
🐈 Amsterdam wants cats to wear a bell
🇪🇺 What's in store for 2024 in the EU? (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
Pieter's article in Brussels Report: https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2024/01/02/whats-in-store-for-the-eu-in-2024/
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January 11, 2024
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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
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November 30, 2023
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In this week's episode:
🌱 The Pesticide Reduction Act was struck down in the European Parliament
🇳🇱 The Netherlands have voted
📲 The U.S flip-flops on digital trade (w/ Nathalie Voit)
Nathalie Voit's article in Real Clear Markets: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/11/20/the_biden_administration_stands_down_to_wto_protectionism_993405.html
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November 23, 2023
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LAUNCHING TOMORROW:
Fun Police is an original podcast series produced by the Consumer Choice Center. We take a look at the perpetrators of neo-prohibitionism, the movement that attempts to ban "vices" such as vaping, smoking, drinking, gambling, and others. We host high-level guests to discuss the history and current expression of prohibitionism.
Written and produced by Bill Wirtz & Yaël Ossowski.
New episodes dropping week by week, starting November 15, 2023.
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Note: Whoops this episode went up too early (but lucky you in that case!)
In this week's episode:
⏲️ Is the time up for gas stoves ? (w/ Stephen Kent)
🛩️ New flight rules impact European consumers (w/ Gary Leff)
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November 16, 2023
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This week we are talking to Donald Kimball, Communications Manager at the Washington Policy Center and contributor at Young Voices. We talked about net neutrality (what is that anyway?) and why is it so popular with some policy-makers in the United States and in Europe.
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November 9, 2023
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In this week's episode we talk about the Australia-EU trade agreement, which failed in negotiations once again. Can the EU overcome its protectionist streak? Also, Bill talks to our new Head of Digital & Innovation Policy Egle Markevičiūtė.
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November 2, 2023
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The days are getting shorter, and so are the episodes (temporarily), as we are gearing up for the release of the Fun Police podcast series - our very first Consumer Choice Center original podcast series!
This week we're also talking about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Read more about the effects of the legislation here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/mcdonalds-warns-eu-packaging-law-will-cause-plastic-surge/
October 26, 2023
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In this week's episode we're talking to Marek Tatała from the Economic Freedom Foundation in Poland about last weekend's Polish parliamentary elections, and the changes that the country will be facing as a result.
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October 19, 2023
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Going solo this week with these topics:
✈️ Schiphol airport's battle over flight reductions
🇺🇦 Poland and Slovakia attack Ukraine's grain food safety
🇫🇷 France bans meat denominations for plant-based products
October 12, 2023
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In this week's episode, we are talking to Frédéric Jollien, Swiss Policy Fellow at the Consumer Choice Center. As the Swiss government gears up to implement its controversial energy agenda, what are the consequences of the move away from nuclear power, and how will Swiss voters react in the upcoming election?
Our report: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/energy-security-in-switzerland/
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September 28, 2023
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In this week's episode, Michael Landl from the World Vapers Alliance joins the podcast to talk about the UK's plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes, and Luca Bertoletti lays out why Switzerland's plans to phase-out nuclear energy are misguided.
You can read the CCC paper on energy security in Switzerland here: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/energy-security-in-switzerland/
(Also yes, I probably said the date wrong in my intro)
September 21, 2023
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This episode was recorded in person in Washington D.C! Joining Bill is CCC Media Director Stephen Kent, who you can follow on X @Stephen_Kent89.
Related article: https://www.newsmax.com/billwirtz/consumer-choice-government-regulations/2023/09/06/id/1133412/
September 14, 2023
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This week's episode contains the following topics:
✈️ Dutch government defines maximum number of flights
🇫🇷 France wants a minimum price for flights
🛴 Paris ban on e-scooters comes into force
September 7, 2023
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Since Bill is sick this week, the ConsEUmer replays a great interview previously played on Consumer Choice Radio recently.
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Evan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SayreEvan
Check out "The Dynamist" Podcast: https://apple.co/44rDi8w
Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on July 1, 2022.
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The last episode before the summer break is co-hosted together with Yaël Ossowski. We're talking about the future of car mobility, and rant about Just Stop Oil protesters.
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July 27, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇧🇷 What is the future of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement?
🌱 Europe opens shop for the plants of the future (w/ Amrit Nanda)
Follow Plants for the Future on Twitter @Plant_ETP.
Note: I did say "European Technology Forum" in the intro. Should have been Platform.
The European Commission video on NGTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuG9jF9wZGw
July 20, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🛫 KLM struggles with limiting the number of flights
🥤 Is aspartame really dangerous to you?
💻 The happenings in AI regulation (w/ Luke Hogg)
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Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/
July 13, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
📱 Meta launches competitor to Twitter
🇩🇪 Germany bans new fossil fuel heating from 2024
🌐 Should streaming services pay telecom companies ? (w/ Konstantinos Komaitis)
Note: It was announced after we recorded the episode that Meta's new platform "Threads" won't be available in EU app stores.
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Find out more on his website: https://www.komaitis.org/
July 6, 2023
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This week's episode is co-hosted with Yaël Ossowski from Consumer Choice Radio. In this episode:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands might require you to speak Dutch in their universities
📱EU Commissioner Breton targets U.S tech firms
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June 29, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇫🇷 France bans "eco-terrorist" group
♸ New plastic taxes are paid by consumers
🏥 Instead of a doctor, will the NHS make you see an "empathist"? (w/ Kristin Niemietz)
You can follow Kristin Niemietz on Twitter @K_Niemietz. Follow the IEA @iealondon
Find Kristian's book: https://iea.org.uk/publications/universal-healthcare-without-the-nhs/
June 22, 2023
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This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We cover:
👨💻 Are there any dangers associated with AI chat bots?
🇪🇺 The political realities of the European Green Deal
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
June 15, 2023
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In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer:
🧳 New regulation might affect pre-payed package travel
🫁 Sweden beats lung cancer and there’s a reason (w/ Fred Roeder)
🐁 The importance of animal research (w/ Kirk Leech)
You can follow Kirk Leech on Twitter @kirk_EARA.
Find out more about the European Animal Research Association here: https://www.eara.eu/
June 8, 2023
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This week's episode is aviation-heavy:
💶 The study by T&E on kerosene taxes is just very wrong
🇵🇹 The political scandal surrounding Portugal's national airline (w/ Jorge Teixeira)
(also, the date is June 1st for this episode, not June 2nd as I said in the episode... my bad!)
June 1, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🍷 Italy is still fuming over Ireland's alcohol label
🇪🇺 The EU fines Meta over a billion Euros
💱 What are the dangers of CBDCs? (w/ Parker McCumber)
You can follow Parker McCumber on Twitter @Parker_McCumber.
Read his article in the American Thinker here: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_centralized_bank_digital_currency_would_harm_our_economy.html
May 25, 2023
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This week's episode is dedicated to the full interview we did with Omar Chatah, Senior Government Affairs Manager at Careem, an app that started with ride-hailing, but now also brings you food and groceries.
You can follow Omar Chatah on Twitter @omarmchatah.
You can find the Careem documentary that Omar mentioned on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/TS-8Gl1KAPA
May 18, 2023
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In this week's episode:
🇪🇺 Some MEPs argue for an EU tax on multinationals
🇫🇷 Southern France bans garden swimming pools
💻 What are VPNs and why do you need them? (w/ Victor Vescei)
You can email IVPN for a free trial at trial@ivpn.net.
Their website: https://www.ivpn.net/
You can follow Viktor Vescei on Twitter @vonthedock.
May 11, 2023
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🌱 Farm ministers in the EU are sceptical on pesticide reduction targets
🇳🇱 The Netherlands had 33 strikes last year
🇸🇪 Sweden gets vaping right (w/ Michael Landl)
You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael.
May 4, 2023
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Sorry for missing last week's episode! This week we have for you:
✈️ The EU makes new rules on sustainable aviation fuels
🛅 What happens when an airline loses your bag?
🥀 Essential oils face a European regulatory threat (w/ Emil Panzaru)
You can follow Emil Panzaru on Twitter @EmilPanzaru.
April 27, 2023
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In this special episode of ConsEUmer, we're talking to CCC's very own Crypto Fellow Aleksandar Kokotović. Can we trust the banks after the collapse of SVB and its ripple effects?
You can follow Aleksandar Kokotović on Twitter @kokota.
April 13, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🍔 Plant-based alternatives are gaining market share in Europe
🛴 Paris residents vote to ban rental e-scooters
🇬🇧 New immigration bill in the UK causes debate (w/ Adam Bartha)
You can follow Adam Bartha on Twitter @bartha_adam.
April 6, 2023
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This week's episode of ConsEUmer is co-hosted with U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks! We're talking about:
📺 How many ads is too many?
🩺 What is the best healthcare system?
You can follow Elizabeth Hicks on Twitter @eohicks.
March 30, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇳🇱 Dutch farmer's party threatens Lelystad airport
☢️ Nuclear energy continues to be controversial in Brussels
🌱 How GMOs are a game-changer (w/ Dr. Graham Brookes)
March 23, 2023
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In this week's episode:
🤳 France to regulate influencer branding deals
⛐ Will the petrol car ban hit the brakes? (w/ Luca Bertoletti)
🚢 Is there another chance for TTIP? (w/ Matthias Bauer )
You can follow Matthias Bauer on Twitter @MatBauerEcon, and ECIPE as well @ECIPE.
March 16, 2023
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🇬🇧 UK consumers are buying own-label brands to cut costs
🧋 What are the effects of an EU single-use plastic ban? (w/ Emil Panzaru)
🚜 Modern agriculture and human progress (w/ Jusper Machogu)
Correction note: Jusper let us know that the numbers of mecanised farm material versus manual labour would be 120 hours, as opposed to the 300+ hours he mentioned.
You can follow Jusper Machogu on Twitter @JusperMachogu.
March 9, 2023
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In this week's episode:
🍲 The EU wants to phase out "unsustainable diets"
🛫 Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam cuts passenger numbers
🗄️ Regulators put a stop to air travel passenger data
You can follow Pieter Cleppe on Twitter @pietercleppe.
Check out Brussels Report: https://brusselsreport.eu/
March 2, 2023
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This week's episode is a joint episode with the friends at Consumer Choice Radio. One of our topics in this episode: Ireland attempts to stick warning labels on your booze, and we're not a fan.
February 23, 2023
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In this week's episode:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands makes stricter rules on aviation emissions
💨 World Vapers' Alliance is back in Strasbourg (w/ Michael Landl)
🚗 European Parliament supports petrol car ban
You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael.
Check out World Vapers' Alliance
February 16, 2023
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
💸 The EU considers its options in response to the Inflation Reduction Act
⚕️ Proposed Commission changes on patents are a bad idea (w/ Fred Roeder)
🧪 What makes us afraid of chemicals? (w/ Dr. Angela Bearth)
You can follow Dr. Angela Bearth on Twitter @a_bearth, or on her ETH Zurich profile : https://cb.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.angela-bearth.html
February 9, 2023
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We're back from Davos! In this week's episode:
🌱 What's the future of the EU Farm to Fork strategy?
🎵 Tick-tock for TikTok (w/ Zoltán Kész)
🌐 The importance of browsers (w/ Kush Amlani)
Zoltan quoted on TikTok: https://dailynewshungary.com/will-tiktok-be-banned-in-the-eu-and-hungary/
Mozilla research on browser competition: https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/
February 2, 2023
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It is episode 100 of the ConsEUmer podcast! Happy birthday to us!
Joining us this week as a co-host is Fabio Fernandes! These are our topics:
🪫 New consumer electronics tech presented at the ESC in Las Vegas
🎶 Does Netflix's "The Playlist" tell the whole story on Spotify?
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
January 19, 2023
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🇮🇪 Alcohol labelling rules in Ireland upset France, Spain and others
🇫🇷 French opposition bemoans effects of new ETS2 rules
🇭🇷 How does Croatia take the Euro? (w/ Ivan Bertović)
Follow Ivan Bertović on Twitter @ivbertovic.
January 12, 2023
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Happy new year 2023! In this special ConsEUmer/CCR collab episode, we're debating AI Art with members of the CCC team.
January 5, 2023
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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 we could in post-production!)
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December 22, 2022
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇨🇭 Switzerland unilaterally recognises FDA approval for medical devices (w/ Fred Roeder)
🇷🇺 How effective can sanctions on Russia be? (w/ Dr. Maria Shagina)
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December 15, 2022
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This week's episode of ConsEUmer is co-hosted with David Clement. These are our topics:
⚽ Controversies surrounding the World Cup in Qatar
🚢 Germany quickly built an LNG terminal
Canadian MP Michael Chong in Parliament:
https://twitter.com/MichaelChongMP/status/1593604955180498947
Follow David Clement on Twitter @ClementLiberty.
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December 1, 2022
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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)
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November 24, 2022
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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/
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November 17, 2022
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This week's episode is co-hosted with Elizabeth Hicks. We're talking about these issues:
🐦 Elon Musk buys Twitter
🛢️ Just stop glue (seriously)
⚖️ The cost of suing
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November 10, 2022
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We're back this week with these topics:
🚲 Bicycles still aren't the best way to get around the Netherlands
🇧🇷 Brazil held its presidential election. What it means for Europe (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
🛬 European Parliament wants to extend ETS to intercontinental flights
🚗 The Uber Files were addressed in the European Parliament
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November 3, 2022
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇷🇴 European Council will decide whether to allow Romania a.o. into Schengen (w/ Emil Panzaru)
🚉 15 European railway companies create flexible substitute tickets
🔌 Is car protectionism the way? (w/ Jan Burdinski)
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October 27, 2022
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We're back! This week with these topics:
🔌 Macron wants more protectionism on electric vehicles
☢️ Finland wants to upgrade its nuclear power capacity
🎤 CCC and World Vapers' Alliance hosted a press conference on vaping misperceptions
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October 20, 2022
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This week's episode of ConsEUmer is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. In this episode:
🇩🇪 Germany's Christian Lindner: dove or hawk on fiscal discipline?
📱 Should your boss be allowed to send you text messages after work hours?
The ConsEUmer podcast will be on a break until October 20th.
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You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
September 15, 2022
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In this week's ConsEUmer podcast:
🇬🇧 The UK has a new Prime Minister
🥗 Politico fact-checks claims on global veganism
🇨🇿 Protests in the Czech Republic (w/ Martin Pánek)
You can follow Martin Pánek on Twitter @mmister.
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September 8, 2022
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In this week's podcast:
🇫🇷 Wants tougher rules on private jets
💨 A new petition argues for the EU to ban people born after 2010 from buying nicotine products (w/ Michael Landl)
🇩🇪 Olaf Scholz argues for EU enlargement
Follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael
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September 1, 2022
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In this week's episode:
🇪🇸 Spain wants to ban automated customer service
🇫🇷 France bans fossil fuel advertising
🇮🇹 Italy votes in a month follow the resignation of Mario Draghi (w/ Alberto Mingardi)
Follow Alberto Mingardi think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni on Twitter @istbrunoleoni.
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August 25, 2022
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Bill is going solo in this week's episode of ConsEUmer, with these topics:
💶 Airlines oppose the existing EU air travel compensation scheme
☢️ Polish lawmakers suggest leasing German nuclear power plants
🇳🇱 The Dutch government wants to make COVID-19 lockdown powers permanent
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August 18, 2022
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Back this week with these topics:
🧳 Estonia and Finland want a ban on Russian tourists in Europe
🇩🇪 Germany is falling apart (w/ Fred Roeder)
🇬🇧 The British Conservative Party chooses a new Prime Minister (w/ Tom Spencer)
You can follow Tom Spencer on Twitter @TomJackSpencer
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July 28, 2022
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We're back! This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! Our topics:
🎧 What's a good choice of wireless headphone?
✈️ Chaos in the sky & will pilotless planes save us?
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July 28, 2022
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Greetings all! Yaël checking in here for a special broadcast. Your usual host Bill will be out for some time, but you can continue to tune in here for the best consumer news and analysis from a European perspective.
INTERVIEW: Matthew Mežinskis is an American of Latvian, Norwegian, and Irish descent, residing in Eastern Europe since 2006. He works in corporate finance, consulting investors across the real estate, hospitality, food & beverage, and online direct lending industries. He was an early board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities Latvija, serving as financial director. He holds a BBA in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Cincinnati. He has been following Bitcoin since 2011. Creator of Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics.
https://porkopolis.io/
https://twitter.com/crypto_voices
-Why people should still care about Ukraine
-The role of Russia in central and eastern Europe
-Growing monetary trends and the excitement of Bitcoin
-Why liberal democracies matter
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July 28, 2022
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In this week's episode:
United with the Consumer Choice Center team in Tbilisi, Georgia!
Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic weigh in on dollar-Euro parity, the so-called "Uber-files" crypto contagion, and much more.
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July 21, 2022
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This week's episode is broadcasted simultaneously with our friends at Consumer Choice Radio! w/ David Clement & Yaël Ossowski
This is the 80th episode of ConsEUmer - we will be on a short break, returning on July 21!
In this episode:
🥸 Politicians become jokers at the G7
🛢️ Macron makes case for American oil exports
🪙 How to tip in North America
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June 30, 2022
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In this week's episode:
🎮 France bans gaming anglicisms
💬 Telegram messenger targeted for disinformation
🚫 Understanding hazard and risk (w/ Prof. David Zaruk)
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June 23, 2022
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This week's episode is co-hosted with David Clement! We cover:
🌿 Germany's cannabis model is slowly being unveiled
⛽ The European Parliament signs off on petrol car ban
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June 16, 2022
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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.
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June 9, 2022
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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)
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You can follow Adam Bartha on Twitter @bartha_adam.
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June 2, 2022
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This week's ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. This week:
🦠 Monkeypox is making the rounds
🔒 China continues its zero-COVID policy
📱 Wireless charging: we weigh the benefits and downsides
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Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Esolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
May 26, 2022
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We're back! In this week's episode:
🧑✈️ RyanAir goes after state aid cases
🇩🇪 Fred Roeder explain "rumscholzen" and the German SPD's troubles
🌿 Germany considers cannabis legalisation (w/ Daniel Kaddik)
Follow Daniel Kaddik on Twitter @DKaddik.
Check out the European Liberal Forum: https://liberalforum.eu/
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May 19, 2022
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In this week's episode:
🇹🇷 The EU is questioning Turkey's reliability on food trade
🔎 Maria Chaplia takes us through the CCC's research in 2022
💨 Flavour confusion: what policy-makers don't understand about harm reduction and the importance of flavours (w/ Patrick Griffin)
Check out Vaporound Magazine: https://www.vapouround.co.uk/
Follow Patrick Griffin on Twitter @chattopatrick.
Patrick also recommends you checking out the ETHRA (European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates) survey 2020! https://ethra.co/eu-survey
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May 12, 2022
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Bill Wirtz going solo in this week's episode, with these topics:
🇫🇷 Macron re-elected in France's presidential election
🏭 Poland and Bulgaria cut off Russias natural gas
🚜 Commissioner Timmermans says tackles opportunistic critics of F2F
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May 5, 2022
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This week's episode of ConsEUmer is co-hosted with Elizabeth Hicks! We cover:
😷 Florida judge overturns mask mandate in the United States
🧑✈️ Airlines deal with staff shortages
🥘 Should you eat three times a day?
CNN Travel article: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/travel-chaos-summer-2022/index.html
BBC Future article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220412-should-we-be-eating-three-meals-a-day
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April 28, 2022
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🐟 Sanctions on Russian caviar don't mean much
🛬 Environmentalists target aviation
🌱 The importance of herbicides (w/ Prof. Jayson Lusk)
Interview of the week was conducted by Yaël Ossowski and David Clement at Consumer Choice Radio. Check them out :
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April 21, 2022
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In this week's episode:
🛢️ Will the EU impose an embargo on Russian oil?
🌻 Spain looks to Brazil to replace sunflower oil
🇫🇷 France voted in the first round of the presidential election (w/ Sacha Benhamou)
You can follow Sacha Benhamou on Twitter @sachabenhamou_
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April 14, 2022
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This week on the ConsEUmer podcast:
🚜 Farm to Fork hangs in the balance
😶🌫️ World Vapers' Alliance fights flavour bans (w/ Michael Landl)
🇱🇹 LNG has changed Lithuania's gas market (w/ Rytis Valūnas)
You can follow Rytis Valūnas on Twitter @rytisvalunas.
He also runs a podcast! Check out his most recent interview with EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius here: https://youtu.be/A9-3sY-o6AA
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April 7, 2022
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This week the Consumer Choice Center team is in the United Arab Emirates for a staff retreat. Joining this special episode: Fred Roeder, Fabio Fernandes, Simon Lee, and Luka Dzagania. Our topics:
⚡ Energy dependence in Europe
₿ Crypto under fire energy use
🍷 The latest in Nanny State rules
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March 31, 2022
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Another week, another episode of ConsEUmer! This week:
⚡ What happens to the EU's hydrogen policy?
₿ Bad crypto-currency amendments defeated in Brussels (w/ Aleksandar Kokotović)
☢️ Could Germany reverse policy on nuclear phase-outs? (w/ Rainer Klute)
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March 24, 2022
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This week's ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. This week we cover the ongoing war in Ukraine and the repercussions on the European economy.
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March 17, 2022
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🚜 The Farm to Fork strategy is coming under fire
🇮🇹 Italy looks for alternatives to Russian gas (w/ Luca Bertoletti)
🇺🇦 Martin Pánek talks about his experience on the Slovak-Ukrainian border
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You can follow Martin Pánek on Twitter @mmister.
March 10, 2022
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Today's episode of ConsEUmer is fully dedicated to talking about the situation in Ukraine. Our guest this week is Ihor Masiakin from Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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Note: Apologies for the drop notification sound in the background. I've edited it out as much as I could without distorting what Ihor had to say. Also, I mistakenly referred to the episode at the beginning as "episode 62". This is obviously episode 63!
You can follow Ihor Masiakin on Twitter @igorchernoffski.
March 3, 2022
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Elizabeth Hicks is co-hosting this week's ConsEUmer episode, in an epic transatlantic collab! (Note: we recorded this on Monday, so before NordStream 2 was actually cancelled)
🍷 Potential new alcohol regulations incoming in Europe
🇷🇺 Dependence on Russian gas
🌾 Cory Booker gets agriculture all wrong
You can follow Elizabeth Hicks on Twitter @eohicks.
February 24, 2022
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🌍 EU-Africa trade relations: can we talk about agriculture?
🇪🇺 Details on the EU's Chips Act (w/ Luca Bertoletti)
🚜 What divides the EU and the U.S on agriculture policy? (w/ Paul Brian)
Paul Brian’s article in InsideSources: https://insidesources.com/in-us-eu-agricultural-battle-biden-follows-in-trumps-footsteps/
Euractiv webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQFr3AclOpI
You can follow Paul Brian on Twitter @paulrbrian.
February 17, 2022
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This week's ConsEUmer podcast is once again co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. Our topics:
⛽ EU lawmakers voice scepticism over petrol car ban timeline
🇪🇺 It's the EU's birthday this week
🏭 Europe looks to Azerbaijan for gas imports
[Note: Luxembourg's debt-to-GDP is actually only 22%, not 30%.]
You can follow Fabio on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
February 10, 2022
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In this week's episode:
🇺🇦 The conflict between Russia and Ukraine might impact food security
🦠 COVID-19 green passes get shorter validity around Europe (w/ Fred Roeder)
✈️ What causes ghost-flights? (w/ Gary Leff)
You can follow Gary Leff on Twitter @garyleff. Also check out viewfromthewing.com !
February 3, 2022
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In this week's ConsEUmer podcast:
🇦🇹 Austria introduces mandatory vaccination
🤑 Discussing the Euro w/ Pieter Cleppe
You can follow Pieter Cleppe on Twitter @pietercleppe.
January 27, 2022
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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
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Happy new year! The ConsEUmer podcast is back! These are the topics of the week:
☢️ EU Commission considers nuclear power as green
📦 A carbon border adjustment might soon increase import prices
🇳🇱 The priorities of the new Dutch government (w/ Stefan De Koning)
You can follow Stefan De Koning on Twitter @stefandekoning1.
January 13, 2022
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It's episode 55, the last episode of 2021! This week Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill) looks back at a great first full year at the ConsEUmer podcast. Luca Bertoletti joins to take a look at the latest COVID-19 rules introduced in Italy. 🇮🇹
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December 23, 2021
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This week's episode is once again co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! These are our topics:
☢️ What will Von der Leyen decide on nuclear as a sustainable energy source?
⛽ Synthetic fuels are sparking conversations in Brussels
🎄 Fabio's tips for avoiding Christmas scams this season
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter at @DeFariaeSilva.
Note: Apologies for the bad audio quality at the end of the podcast. Bill's microphone ran out of batteries and we had to use desktop audio quality.
December 16, 2021
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Medeni Sungur joins this week's podcast to talk inflation in Turkey - origins, consequences, and solutions.
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December 9, 2021
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During out Venice retreat, same members of the CCC team join the ConsEUmer podcast for a special episode. Featuring: Anna Arunashvili, Aleksandar Kokotović, Yaël Ossowski, and David Clement.
We are talking:
🦠 COVID-19 lockdowns are back in Europe
🚘 Ride-sharing remains contentious in some countries
₿ Crypto adoption is progressing
⛽ Petrol taxes fuel inflation
December 2, 2021
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Shorter episode of ConsEUmer this week, with these topics:
💼 Danish and Swedish labour unions oppose minimum wage directive
🇪🇺 Michael Landl talks about his pro-vaping activism in Brussels
You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael.
November 25, 2021
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It's episode 50 (!) of ConsEUmer! This week:
🔌 German car manufacturers criticise new U.S electric car subsidies
⛽ Fuel taxes are too damn high (w/ Anna Arunashvili)
🇫🇷 France under fire from Germany and Spain for delaying trade deals
☢️ Germany's lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute)
You can follow Rainer Klute on Twitter @Rainer_Klute. Find Nuklearia on www.nuklearia.de
November 18, 2021
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Different episode of ConsEUmer this week: together with Yaël Ossowski and David Clement of Consumer Choice Radio, we recorded a special joint episode on COP26, which is still ongoing. The episode already aired on CCR, but is now also available on the ConsEUmer podcast.
Make sure to follow Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly radio hour on the news of politics and consumer issues in North America:
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We'll be back next week with the regular show!
Also make sure to follow Yaël Ossowski on Twitter @yaeloss and David Clement on @clementliberty.
November 11, 2021
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This week's ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! On the agenda:
🇪🇺🤝🇹🇼 European Parliament wants deeper ties with Taiwan
💶 The EU keeps spending
🌾 New studies undermine the Farm to Fork strategy
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter at @DeFariaeSilva.
November 4, 2021
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It's the end of October! In this week's episode:
🇫🇷 French agriculture minister turns on Nutri-Score labelling
🧪 The truth about PFAS chemicals (w/ David Clement)
🇩🇪 Germans reject phase-out of internal combustion engine
🇨🇿 What's next in Czech politics? (w/ Martin Pánek)
You can follow Martin Pánek on Twitter at @mmister.
October 28, 2021
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New week, new ConsEUmer episode! This week:
🇱🇻 Lativa locks down for a month
✈️ Alitalia is dead, long live Alitalia? (w/ Luca Bertoletti)
🏭 Energy prices go through the roof
🇦🇹 Austria in turmoil & its need for reforms (w/ Franz Schellhorn)
Euractiv link: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/whos-to-blame-for-high-energy-prices/
You can follow Franz Schellhorn on Twitter at @franzschellhorn.
October 21, 2021
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It's episode 45 of ConsEUmer! This week:
🇧🇪 Belgium imposes a new tax on short-haul flights
🇫🇷 France invests into small nuclear plants
₿ Geo-fencing is an issue in the crypto space (w/ Aleksandar Kokotović)
You can follow Aleksandar Kokotović on Twitter at @kokota.
October 14, 2021
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ConsEUmer this week is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes (@DeFariaeSilva). These are our topics:
🔌 The EU wants the common charger
🚗 Brussels fights Uber
📈 Inflation hits Europe
October 7, 2021
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In the last ConsEUmer episode in September:
₿ Looking at crypto regulation (w/ Yaël Ossowski)
🍅 Gene-edited tomatoes are new in Japan
🇬🇧 Where will the UK diverge with Brexit? (w/ Tom Spencer)
You can Tom Spencer on Twitter @tomjackspencer.
September 30, 2021
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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
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New week, new ConsEUmer episode hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). This week:
🇪🇺 Agriculture was missing in the State of the Union speech
🚫 EU Commission announces ban on forced labour products from China
🍻 Sébastien Morvan chats to us about the Brussels Beer Project
Can you find the Brussels Beer Project on www.beerproject.be
September 16, 2021
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Episode 40 of ConsEUmer is out! This week:
🇫🇷 France wants stricter rules for food imports
🇸🇪 Sweden drops restrictions on September 29
🇨🇿 Czech PM Babiš targeted by the EU
You can follow Jan Mošovský on Twitter @JanMosovsky.
September 9, 2021
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How's this September for you, and how about a new episode of ConsEUmer? This week:
🇫🇷 France reprimands airlines for not properly checking QR codes
🏟️ CCC ranks the best football stadiums (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
🌱 Mycotoxins are real and dangerous (w/ Kanniah Rajasekaran PhD)
September 2, 2021
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🌟 Your regular scheduled programming is interrupted by Bill's holidays, but there's a replay of an interview that many CCC social media followers haven't seen yet. Kathleen Hefferon PhD gives unique insides into plant pathology, emphasising the importance of crop protection.
🐦 You can follow Dr. Kathleen Hefferon on Twitter @KHefferon
August 26, 2021
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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 follow Zurab Tchiaberashvili on Twitter @ZTCH
August 19, 2021
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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)
You can follow Nikolay Filibev on Twitter @filibev.
August 12, 2021
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It's August, so let the sun shine and ConsEUmer play in your ears! ☀️In this week's episode:
📦Amazon gets fined by Luxembourg over data use
💨 The World Health Organization gets vaping wrong (w/ Michael Landl)
🇨🇭Switzerland backs out of trade negotiations with the EU (w/ Frédéric Jollien)
You can follow Frédéric Jollien on Twitter @JollienF.
August 5, 2021
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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
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Another week, another episode of ConsEUmer! This week:
🍾Russia bans champagne
💻 Digital Services Tax on hold
🌿Europe's challenges in legalising cannabis (w/ Deepak Anand)
You can follow Deepak Anand on Twitter @_deepakanand.
July 22, 2021
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Your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill) is back this week with a new episode! In this show:
🚀 Billionaires are going to space, but not everyone is happy
🇪🇺 The EU releases climate package, but who pays?
🇬🇪 Georgia's protests (w/ Liza Katsiashvili)
You can follow Liza Katsiashvili on Twitter @LizKatsiashvili.
July 15, 2021
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Yaël Ossowski (@YaelOss) guest hosting for Bill Wirtz this week. The EU Commission sets out its Digital Markets Act plan to demolish the US tech sector Why there isn't a European Google Why antitrust actions won't serve consumers The European Climate Plan and Technology Neutrality Bill Gates and the Breakthrough Catalyst Program INTERVIEW: Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) – President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and several books on climate science and economics. He is the author of the newly released False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
Book: https://amzn.to/3fP97PQ Real Climate Solutions The Impact of the Paris Climate Accords A crisis begets crisis-level spending but not action
July 8, 2021
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Interview-heavy episode this week, as Bill is feeling slightly under the weather:
🔌 Buying an electric easy isn't always easy (w/ Liz Hicks)
💨 The World Vapers' Alliance launches new campaign (w/ Michael Landl)
🇱🇹 Fred Roeder interviews a Lithuanian MP on vaping (w/ Morgana Daniele)
🇧🇾 Do the sanction on the regime in Belarus work? (w/ Adam Bartha)
You can follow Adam Bartha on Twitter @bartha_adam
July 1, 2021
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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
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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
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Back with a new episode, this one even including live protest reporting from your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill):
💸 G7 leaders want a minimum corporation tax
💨 A vape activist (Jorn Borgart) explains his journey with vaping
🇹🇷 Turkey is cracking down on booze (w/ Israfil Özkan)
You can follow the Israfil Özkan on Twitter @zknisrafil and the Turkish Public Alcohol Policy Watch @AlkolPolitika.
June 10, 2021
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ConsEUmer is back with new episodes! This week:
📝 The EU wants to reform the Emissions Trading System (ETS)
🦠 Maria Chaplia presents the Pandemic Preparedness Index 2021
💨 Michael Landl explains how World Vape Day went this year
🚜 More on the Farm to Fork strategy (w/ Benjamin Franke)
You can follow the MEP Ulrike Müller on Twitter @UliMuellerMEP
June 3, 2021
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The last episode of ConsEUmer before a two-week break. In this week's episode:
🚬 Fake cigarettes are a threat
📦 Amazon wins appeal in tax case
👶 Chris Snowdon presents the Nanny State Index 2021
You can follow Chris Snowdon @cjsnowdon.
May 14, 2021
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It's the latest in ConsEUmer news, hosted by Bill Wirt (@wirtzbill). This week:
💉 How the EU COVID pass will work
🍔 Maria Chaplia talks about her new paper on junk food ad restrictions
🍷 Ireland introduces minimum alcohol pricing
🛴 E-scooters are taking over (w/ Yaniv Rivlin)
May 6, 2021
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Welcome back to a new episode of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In the show this week:
🚆 Privat rail companies ask for a ban on short flights
🏥 The EU wants more competences in the field of health (w/ Fred Roeder)
🥡 David Clement presents his new policy on the War on Plastic
You can follow David Clement on Twitter @ClementLiberty
April 29, 2021
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Episode 22 is here, hosted as always by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). This week:
🍔 The EU wants to crack down on junk food ads
💽 Yaël Ossowski presents his new policy note on data privacy
🇨🇿 The Czech Republic drops anti-consumer rules
🇲🇽 Mexican streaming quotas are bad (so are the European ones) (w/ Fernando Valdés)
You can follow Fernando Valdés on Twitter @fervaldes_ and the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness @imcomx
April 22, 2021
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EP21 of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill), with these topics:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands experiments with parties
🛫 Fred Roeder takes a flight to nowhere
🇨🇾 Cyprus wins its case on halloumi cheese
🖥️ Advertising restrictions online (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
April 15, 2021
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It's April 8! New episode of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill), with these topics:
💉 EU member states fight over extra doses of COVID-19 vaccines
🔌 Electric car sales drop in the Netherlands
🪧 Fridays For Future is back (yay...?)
🇷🇸 Serbia's business with vaccines (w/ Ivana Jeremić)
You can follow Ivana Jeremić on Twitter @ivonezy.
April 8, 2021
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April Fool's ! Got you good, didn't I?
In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🥩 Meat consumption might peak in 2025
🇷🇸 Luca Bertoletti goes to Serbia
☢️ Nuclear power qualifies as green
💉 Export bans are a bad look for the EU (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
April 1, 2021
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Ready for episode 18 of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill)? We are !
Topics for this week:
🥕 EU wants to boost organic farming
📉 The Turkish Lira is going down
💉 Differences between vaccine programmes in the EU and the U.S (w/ Matt Purple)
March 25, 2021
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In this new episode of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill):
🥛 Milk is milk, says the ECJ
💉 AstraZeneca controversy (w/ Fred Roeder)
🇩🇪 Germany reaches CO2 targets because of COVID-19
🇬🇧 Nanny State rules in the UK (w/ Jason Reed)
You can follow Jason Reed on Twitter @JasonReed624.
March 18, 2021
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Are you ready for a new episode of ConsEUmer? Topics in this show:
🚘 9 EU member states ask for petrol car ban
💉 Former EU medicines chief criticises vaccine strategy
🇷🇺 Russia's Sputnik V vaccine causes problems in Europe
📦 Trade with Mercosur (w/ Bruno Capuzzi)
March 11, 2021
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It's Thursday, so time for a new episode of ConsEUmer hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill), with these topics:
🇬🇧 The UK opens up to gene-editing
✈️ Alitalia needs another rescue (w/ Luca Bertoletti)
🐒 Didier Reynders has a monkey
🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸 Will Biden save us? (w/ Ryan Heath)
You can follow Ryan Heath at @PoliticoRyan.
March 4, 2021
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In episode 14 of ConsEUmer, your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill) presents the following topics:
🇱🇹 Lithuania bans Chinese airport scanners
📝 CCC livestream on intellectual property rights
🧪 EU coordinates rapid tests
🇵🇱 New Polish taxes (w/ Marek Tatała)
You can follow Marek Tatała on Twitter @marektatala.
You can follow the Civil Development Forum @FundacjaFOR.
February, 25 2021
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It's Thursday, so time for a new episode of ConsEUmer, hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In this episode:
💉 Watch out for fake vaccines
🚗 Uber defends its platform workers (w/ Yaël Ossowski)
🛂 Germany introduces new border closures
🌾 The EU reforms agriculture (w/ Kerry Halferty Hardy)
You can follow Kerry Halferty Hardy on Twitter @khhardy.
February, 18 2021
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In EP12 of ConsEUmer, your host Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill) is bringing you new exciting topics:
🍷 New mandatory labels for alcohol
🏥 Private hospital and pandemic preparedness (w/ Fred Roeder)
☢️ European Parliament groups release new pro-nuclear energy study
₿ Cryptocurrencies as payment systems (w/ David Stancel)
You can follow David Stancel on Twitter @dave_stancel.
February, 11 2021
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In the eleventh episode of ConsEUmer, Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill) is bringing you the latest news of consumer choice in Europe. In this week's episode:
🥩 EU wants to restrict red meat
🇨🇿 CZ wants food nationalism
🍔 Veggie-burger fight continues
🚫 Geo-blocking for streaming (w/ Ryan Khurana)
Follow Ryan Khurana on Twitter @RyanKhurana
February, 4 2021
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Episode 10 features two old guests, hosted as always by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In this ConsEUmer episode:
-> EU-Mercosur trade agreement is a good call
-> Mastercards increases fees in the UK (w/ Fred Roeder)
-> EU Beating Cancer Plan is bad news for vaping (w/ Michael Landl)
-> Turkey increases taxes on electronics and cars (w/ Nazlıcan Kanmaz)
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- January 2021
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It's episode 9 of the ConsEUmer podcast with Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill). In this week's podcast:
🚘 Uber wins and loses in court 🚫 Stop geo-blocking for good 🪱 Should you eat worms? ✈️ Airline reimbursements
Special guest this week is Barbora Mičková (@Barbora_Mickova), Senior Policy Advisor at ALLRAIL (@ALLRAIL_EU) on the issue of rail liberalisation in Europe.
- January 2021
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It’s episode numero 8 of ConsEUmer, still hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill).
In this week’s episode:
-> Social media networks ban Donald Trump -> Poland introduces new sugar tax -> UK reviews GMO rules -> Vaccine passports in the making
Hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill)
- January 2021
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It’s the first ConsEUmer episode of 2021, still hosted by Bill Wirtz.
Our guest is Brussels-based writer and researcher James Holland.
This week on ConsEUmer:
-> Hope for e-scooters in Ireland
-> Lab-grown meat creates opportunities and challenges
-> It’s Brexit time
Hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill)
- January 2021
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Last 2020 ConsEUmer episode out today! This week with CCC’s own David Clement on the CANZUK free trade agreement.
Other topics in this podcast:
-> New EU plastic tax tomorrow -> GMO derogation -> UK travel bans
Hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill)
- December 2020
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Christmas Eve episode of ConsEUmer out today! This week with Adam Bartha, on the EU’s new rule of law conditionality for the budget.
Adam Bartha is the Director of EPICENTER
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Other topics in this podcast:
-> European Year of Rail 2021 -> Dangerous gifts under your Christmas tree -> New EU rules for drones
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- December 2020
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NEW ConsEUmer episode out today. This week with Brussels policy analyst Pieter Cleppe, on the latest Euro Summit in Brussels, and on the new EU budget.
Other topics in this podcast:
-> EU reforms airline slots -> RyanAir opposes bailouts -> Nutri-Score battle continues
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- December 2020
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The third episode of ConsEUmer is out today! This week with Michel Landl from the World Vapers Alliance, talking about harm reduction and beating cancer.
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Other topics in this podcast:
-> Win for ride-sharing in EU court
-> UN has good news for medicinal cannabis
-> EU might sanction Turkey this week
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- December 2020
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NEW ConsEUmer episode out today!
This week with Fred Roeder, on the European Commission’s new pharma strategy, and on the European Green Deal.
Other topics in this podcast: Lobsters go free of tariffs Where are the European tech giants?
Hosted by Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill)
- December 2020
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In the very first episode of the ConsEUmer Podcast, your host Bill Wirtz is taking you through this week's plenary in the European Parliament.
Topics: planned obsolescence cancelled flights artificial intelligence EU trade The CCC's Yaël Ossowski joins this episode to talk about targeted advertising, and how the European Parliament wants it banned
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