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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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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
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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)
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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)
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August 11, 2022
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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.

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