The future of payments: why we need an inclusive digital euro
In an increasingly digitalised world, a digital euro offers many advantages but only if it can mirror the key characteristics of cash, writes Anna Martin.
Food Label Ambush: How intense industry lobbying halted EU plans
Countless meetings, disinformation and even threats of increased immigration… how lobbyists turned the Commission’s food information plans on their head – to the detriment of consumers.
Safe and eco-friendly period: menstrual cups to the rescue
This month, the EU Ecolabel – Europe’s trustworthy green label – introduces stronger requirements for hygiene products, writes Miriam Thiemann. We’re having a closer look at the newcomer - menstrual cups – and answer some common questions.
If Amazon is not a ‘Very Large Online Platform’, who is?
Last year, the EU adopted a landmark regulation which aims to create a safer and more accountable online environment for consumers, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA). But internet giant Amazon seems to be playing legal tricks to delay...
Why competition authorities must act now against ‘greedflation’
The cost of living crisis is putting consumers' budgets under pressure. What's more, there's increasing evidence that some of the inflation driving this is being caused by corporate profiteering writes Vanessa Turner.
Carbon-neutral food? Too good to be true
‘Carbon neutral’, ‘CO2 neutral’, ‘carbon positive’, ‘carbon neutral certified’. These days it’s difficult to miss these powerful claims on products and services when we’re shopping. The supermarket shelves are no exception: from bananas to pork, blueberries to milk, the variety...
One year on from our complaints against Google and its fast track to surveillance
It is now one year since BEUC and ten of its members alerted about Google’s ‘Fast Track to Surveillance’ when consumers create a Google account, but little has happened since, write Maryant Fernandez Pérez and Sébastien Pant.
Agricultural agreements cannot be a smokescreen for greenwashing and profiteering
Consumers are increasingly worried about the impact of their consumption, including the food they eat. But draft guidelines for the food sector could lead to minimal sustainability improvements as a pretext to restrict competition, writes Emanuela Antolovic.
To get the best energy deal, do we all need to become experts now?
Getting the best energy deal is easier said than done. Do we now all need to become energy experts, asks BEUC Energy team leader Jaume Loffredo.
Only regulation with teeth can stop the greenwashing of financial products
Lost in a sea of sustainability claims, Julian Müller explains that only regulation with teeth can stop the greenwashing of financial products in this blog.