Afleveringen
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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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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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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/
Listen to the trailer of Fun Police Season 2 wherever you get your podcasts.
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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