Month: March 2024

Five Meta myths – what the tech giant gets wrong about pay-or-consent

Meta is unwavering in its efforts to justify how its pay-or-consent model serves consumers' best interests. Frithjof Michaelsen, from our French member UFC-Que Choisir, dismantles five of Meta's most pervasive myths on the subject.

/ March 29, 2024

Lobbying Hangover: How intense alcohol industry pressure put Commission labelling plans on the rocks

All food and drinks companies in the EU must display ingredients and nutritional information on the label. All? Not exactly. The alcohol industry is exempted…for now. BEUC Senior Food Policy Officer Emma Calvert unveils how official meeting documents prove that...

/ March 26, 2024
A globe showing Europe and Africa laid out on dark grass to illustrate whether trade policy can be sustainable sustainable

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