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- EP63: War in Europe
Today's episode of ConsEUmer is fully dedicated to talking about the situation in Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:
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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 our guest had to say. Also, I mistakenly referred to the episode at the beginning as "episode 62". This is obviously episode 63!
March 3, 2022
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34 min - EP62: Booze regs, Cancelling NordStream, and Cory Spartacus Booker (co-hosted w/ Elizabeth Hicks)
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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35 min - EP61: African connection, Expensive chips, and Europe/US ag headaches (w/ Paul Brian)
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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34 min - EP60: Petrol car ban scepticism, Gas import alternatives, and Maastricht's Dirty 30 (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
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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37 min - EP59: Ukraine conflict affects imports, shorter green certificates, and Europes ghost flights (w/ Gary Leff)
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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29 min - EP58: Austria's vaccine mandate, and Paper money controversy (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
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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36 min - EP57: Minimum tax rates, France v trade, and Macron's war on tech (w/ Cécile Philippe)
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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24 min - EP56: Green nuclear power, CBAM, and New Dutch Government (w/ Stefan De Koning)
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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29 min - EP55: Merry Christmas! ... and talking COVID-19 rules w/ Luca Bertoletti
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. 🇮🇹
Thanks so much to our audience for supporting this podcast by rating it positively, listening, downloading, and donating!
December 23, 2021
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21 min - EP54: Green taxonomy, Synthetic fuels, and Avoid Christmas Scams! (co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes)
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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About The ConsEUmer Podcast
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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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