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The EU’s trade policy can be sustainable – and here is how

With the failure of the World Trade Organisation to address climate issues in trade, BEUC's Mykyta Sobko looks at how to tackle the pressing issues of sustainability and consumer concerns in trade policies.

/ March 14, 2024
The EU's new Digital Markets Act

Digital Markets Act: Is big tech attempting to thwart new EU rules?

Big tech 'gatekeepers' will have to comply with the EU's new DMA on 7 March 2024. But there are already signs some big tech companies might be trying to thwart the rules, writes Frithjof Michaelsen from our French member, UFC-Que...

/ February 28, 2024

How reliable is the EU Transparency Register?

Transparency is key to ensure citizens’ trust and accountability of EU institutions. To make it happen, the EU set up the Transparency Register. Yet as the European Ombudsman highlighted in a recent decision about obscure lobbying practices against the Nutri-Score...

and / February 21, 2024
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Can you spot greenwashing? Consumer experiences in the EU and the US

Consumers need trustworthy environmental information to shift to a more sustainable lifestyle, but misleading claims are all around. A recent survey by BEUC dived into consumers' perceptions of this greenwashing.

and / January 22, 2024
Merger control is essential to ensuring consumer choice.

Why consumers need strong EU merger control

Some big merger decisions are coming down the tracks. To ensure consumer choice and value for money, we need strict merger control write BEUC's Agustin Reyna and Vanessa Turner.

and / January 19, 2024
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Green Santa is coming to town – a year clamping down on greenwashing

BEUC has been involved in fighting greenwashing for many years and 2023 was the year where we stepped up our game. We expanded our effort cross-teams, looking at different areas of consumers’ lives and how we can make them free...

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Car electrification must go hand-in-hand with promoting alternatives to car use

Consumers must be able to break out of a mobility system that fundamentally relies on fossil fuels. Both car electrification as well as the promotion of alternatives to car use are needed here.

and / December 5, 2023
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Bursting the crypto bubble – why it’s time to act against social media platforms

The misleading promotion of crypto is rife on social media. BEUC's Andrew Canning explains why it's time to take action against the platforms in order to protect consumers.

/ November 30, 2023
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Will consumers be able to choose what happens to their health data through the European Health Data Space?

From our latest medical prescriptions to our exercise habits, everything related to our health says something about us.

/ November 10, 2023

What’s for lunch? Helping consumers make healthy and sustainable food choices

Consumers do not have a “free choice” of what foods they want to eat. The less healthy and less sustainable option is the widely available and often more affordable one. It's time to make the healthy and sustainable choice the...

/ October 20, 2023