Author: Bill Wirtz

Targeting meat misses the point. The leaked EU Beating Cancer Plan layed out that Brussels wants to crack down on red meat, in an effort to reduce cancer in Europe....

A lot of the Brussels conversation over the precautionary principle is misguided. By 2030, the European Union’s “Farm to Fork” strategy aims to reduce the use of pesticides significantly. The...

Brands are flashy, but they aren’t malicious. Have you ever bought something because of the branding? Surely you have, especially when the packaging is very flashy and enticing. If we...

L’Union européenne souhaite lancer une révolution agricole sur le continent européen. Admirable intention… si elle avait des chances de fonctionner, et surtout si elle n’était pas si dangereuse. La Commission...

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Le Royaume-Uni est en train de revoir ses réglementations sur le génie génétique, une technologie innovante qui peut révolutionner l’agriculture. Si Westminster se décide pour une légalisation de cette technologie,...

We have created a public policy monster that lurks out from the backroom once we eye the cookie jar. Not a day goes by without a public health campaigner knocking...

The International Agroecological Movement For Africa, (I am Africa) aims to revolutionise African agriculture on a sustainable and environmentally friendly basis. This desire, which was started on the fringes of...

Exempting drugs from VAT is a great tool to give patients a break. COVID-19 has heightened public awareness on the question of drug prices. After vaccine prices had been leaked...

New vaccines use genetic engineering, but the European Union has generally remained opposed to this technology… The most prominent version of a COVID-19 vaccine was developed through genetic engineering. The...

Plastic taxes are good intentions but bad economics. The European Union’s new plastic tax has come into effect on January 1. You’ll see this new tax often described as an...

Lorsque nous entendons des cri tiques à propos des réseaux so ciaux, l’une des principales préoccupations est la publicité ci blée. On nous explique que cette pu blicité exploite les...

The ambitious targets of the F2F strategy will cause headaches for the EU’s trade policy. The European Commission has laid out an ambitious plan with the Farm to Fork strategy,...