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Today begins a two part series about how the Low countries modern day Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg shifted out of the Holy Empire. These lands, with the exception of Flanders, had been part of the empire for hundreds of years, ever since Henry the Fowler acquired Lothringia for east Francia in 925 – not by conquest but through diplomacy – as was his way.There are two ways to tell the story of the split away from the empire, one is about the dynastic machinations, the marriages, poisonings and inability to produce male heirs, the other one is about economics and the rising power of the cities. This, the first episode will look at the dynastic story, the pot luck and cunning plans that laid the groundworks for the entity that became known as the Low Countries to emerge, whilst the next one will look at the economic realities that thwarted the ambitions of one of the most remarkable women in late medieval history, Jacqueline of Bavaria, countess of Holland, Seeland and Hainault, and why that was ultimately a good thing, not for her and not for the empire, but for the people who lived in these lands.The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.comIf you wish to support the show go to: Support • History of the Germans PodcastFacebook: @HOTGPod Threads: @history_of_the_germans_podcastBluesky: @hotgpod.bsky.socialInstagram: history_of_the_germansTwitter: @germanshistoryTo make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:The Ottonians Salian Emperors and Investiture ControversyFredrick Barbarossa and Early HohenstaufenFrederick II Stupor MundiSaxony and Eastward ExpansionThe Hanseatic LeagueThe Teutonic Knights

Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten. Aired: June 15, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada. For questions, email Rabbi Garten at rabbishg@templeisraelottawa.com For more CHRI shows, visit chri.ca

Entdeckt mit uns die schöne und abwechslungsreiche Nordeifel - das Mittelgebirge westlich von Koblenz und südlich von Aachen, das sich perfekt für einen vier bis fünftägigen Wohnmobil-Trip eignet und sich wunderbar mit den Niederlanden (u.a. Maastricht), Luxemburg oder der Mosel verbinden lässt! Alle Infos findet ihr auf unserer Homepage: https://www.abgefahrn-podcast.de/?post_type=podcast&p=2504

Van onze correspondent is een serie van de makers van podcast De Dag. Iedere zaterdag maken we kennis met een van de correspondenten van de NOS, het land waar ze wonen, en de verhalen die wat hen betreft meer aandacht verdienen. Vandaag: Kysia Hekster, correspondent voor de EU, NAVO, België en Luxemburg.  Haar standplaats is Brussel maar Kysia Hekster is voor haar correspondentschap veel op reis, vooral om het EU- en NAVO-nieuws te volgen. Die portefeuilles slokken veruit de meeste van haar tijd op, vanwege de radicaal veranderende wereldorde na de inval van Rusland in Oekraïne en de herverkiezing van Trump in Amerika. Vroeger was de NAVO iets wat een Brussel-correspondent er een beetje naast deed, maar tegenwoordig ligt hier een belangrijke focus.  Kysia vertelt hoe de alliantie onder druk staat en hoe er achter de schermen wordt nagedacht over een terugtrekkende beweging van de Amerikanen uit de NAVO binnen vijf tot tien jaar. 'Rutte probeert uit alle macht de NAVO bij elkaar te houden,' aldus Kysia, en het verhaal naar buiten toe is een stuk positiever dan dat je achter de schermen hoort.  Verder vertelt ze over haar drang - van jongs af aan - om zich 'overal mee te bemoeien', zich in te zetten en uit te spreken. Bijvoorbeeld toen ze voorzitter was van de Landelijke Studenten Vakbond en grote studentenprotesten leidde. Waarom is ze eigenlijk de politiek niet in gegaan? 'Het is me wel gevraagd.' Gevaarlijke reizen maakte ze ook, zoals naar Kirgizië toen ze nog Rusland-correspondent was en een Kalasjnikov op haar gericht kreeg, of naar het front in Oekraïne waar de raketten over haar hoofd vlogen. 'Mijn brein werkt zo dat ik op dat soort gevaarlijke momenten rustig word, pas later ga ik het verwerken.' Er kwamen ook veel luisteraarsvragen voor Kysia binnen, onder meer één van iemand met een rolodex vol contacten van wereldleiders waar Kysia graag even in zou neuzen. Kysia's cultuurtips: De podcast Het mirakel van Schuman -  https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/luister/podcasts/programma/het-mirakel-van-schuman~program-c4156e38-4eb4-4d8c-bfbe-ab778cdd5e06/ En de uitvoering van L'Enfer van Stromae bij Tiny Desk van de NPR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dkDepLX0rk&list=RD6dkDepLX0rk&start_radio=1&ab_channel=NPRMusic  Reageren? Mail dedag@nos.nl Presentatie en montage: Elisabeth Steinz Redactie en eindredactie: Rosanne Sies 

The Food Professor Podcast closes out its fifth season (sort of) with a sizzling, two-guest double feature and a feast of food industry insights.Co-hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois kick things off with a robust news round-up, starting with the Competition Bureau's lawsuit against DoorDash. The case alleges deceptive pricing practices that could set a major precedent in Canada's rapidly evolving food delivery sector. Next up is a conversation about GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, and their surprising ripple effects across the food and restaurant industries. With major players like McDonald's flagging GLP-1's impact on consumer demand, the hosts unpack how appetite suppression could force chains to rethink menus and marketing.Turning to politics, the duo dives into the return of Bill C-202, which aims to legislate permanent protection for supply-managed sectors like dairy. Sylvain, fresh from testifying before Senate, challenges the notion that legislation ensures economic security, arguing that this approach stifles innovation and shrinks global opportunities for Canada's dairy sector. The conversation highlights deeper questions about food affordability, trade readiness, and long-term resilience in Canadian agriculture.The episode then shifts to the guest segment, welcoming Daniel Vaughn, Texas Monthly's Barbecue Editor and the man behind the publication's iconic “Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas” list. Daniel shares his personal journey from Ohio to Texas BBQ fanatic, reveals the meticulous tasting process behind the prestigious list, and highlights innovations shaping the future of craft barbecue—from smoked lamb to Vietnamese fusion. He also reflects on the human side of the industry, including stories of pitmasters overcoming illness, personal loss, and economic challenges, all while pursuing culinary greatness.Wrapping the episode, Ransom Hawley, CEO of Caddle and presenting sponsor of the podcast, joins to share exclusive insights from a new back-to-school consumer study. He reveals that two-thirds of Canadian parents begin planning in late spring, and that private-label grocery products are increasingly popular—especially among families with younger children. He discusses emotional purchase behavior, the importance of online research, and how grocers and retailers can tailor promotions for maximum impact.With bold opinions, brisket, and back-to-school tips, this finale serves up equal parts smoke and strategy. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

This episode of The Food Professor Podcast, recorded live at the SIAL Food Innovation Show in Toronto, opens with co-hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois breaking down the week's top food and retail stories.First, they tackle the evolving Canadian political stance on supply management. Prime Minister Carney's reversal in support of Bill C-282 suggests renewed government protectionism in agricultural trade, potentially complicating future international deals. Sylvain, who testified against the bill, argues for a smarter, more competitive dairy sector rather than entrenching status quo inefficiencies.Next, they examine the return of Trump-era tariffs, including a 50% levy on aluminum. This move could squeeze margins in the canned food and craft beer sectors. Sylvain praises the Canadian government's decision not to retaliate immediately, calling it a strategic pause rather than knee-jerk nationalism. Then they discuss NielsenIQ data revealing that Canadians are cutting back on U.S. goods—not necessarily out of patriotism, but due to anti-American sentiment—while failing to significantly boost local Canadian brands.The final news item highlights the surprising global shortage of black pepper, linked to poor climate and farming shifts. As Sylvain jokes, barbecue fans like Michael may want to stock up on their secret weapon: 16-mesh pepper!The spotlight then shifts to special guest Vince Sgabellone, Food Service Industry Analyst at Circana Canada. Vince shares compelling insights from the frontlines of Canadian food service. A major trend? The explosion of global cuisine. Whether it's falafel shops, Nepalese momo dumplings, or Ethiopian cafés, Canadians are craving authentic international flavors—even from mainstream chains like Recipe Unlimited.Vince attributes much of this shift to immigration and younger generations of diners. One-third of all restaurant visits now come from people of color, and that number is even higher among Gen Z. These consumers are reshaping the restaurant landscape, fueling growth in fast casual dining and independent eateries with strong ethnic roots.He also reveals that dining out remains resilient in Canada, especially compared to a softening U.S. market. Delivery and takeout are climbing again, even as lunch remains the industry's weakest segment due to remote work. The growing popularity of solo dining, driven by changing social patterns and younger demographics, is creating new design opportunities for restaurant operators.This episode is rich in data, spiced with insights, and ends with a wild story about an elephant raiding a grocery store in Thailand—a perfect reminder that food always finds a way to surprise us. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

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I had the absolute joy of talking with Dr. Dave Jones—and what a powerful conversation it was! He shared his personal journey from religion to deep Kingdom revelation, and how a divine encounter opened his eyes to the truth of who we really are in Christ.Dave carries a bold vision to see sons and daughters awakened to their true identity and walk in Kingdom authority—not someday, but now. We talked about leaving behind fear-based thinking, accessing the unseen realm, and living from the spirit as a daily reality.His story is full of heart, hunger, and Holy Spirit fire. Get ready to be stirred!BIO:Dave grew up in Western Pennsylvania and spent most of his early childhood and adult life in and out of hockey rinks around the world; playing in cities such as Ottawa, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids. His love and skill for hockey lead into a professional career in Europe playing in many countries including Luxemburg, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and finally Germany.For over 13 years, Dave has worked NHL, NFL, Track and Field, and CrossFit athletes with their mental preparation, and hundreds of organizational leaders and executives around the world. Dave's personal vision is to unify excellence in the marketplace. He has founded 4 thriving companies in the Raleigh, North Carolina community. Dave Jones has B.S. in Management Studies from the University of Maryland, European Division.He also earned his Doctorate in Sport Psychology in 2024 after a long pursuit and determination. Dave is a sports consultant who coaches CEOs, executives, professional athletes to help achieve their vision, by executing and developing mental skills training, and enhancing thought blocking techniques.He works with organization leaders on their strategy, execution and communication, and managing the gaps between employees and management.As a thought leader and highly motivated individual, Dave engages executive teams by consulting on analytics, oversight of talent initiatives, and one-on-one coaching. He helps leaders improve the effectiveness of their organizations, by utilizing practices such as strategic planning, mental skills training, organizational assessment, and team interventions.Dave and his wife Laura currently reside in Raleigh, NC and have two young boys.HIGHLIGHTS:Slapshot to SalvationA literal slapshot to the face (yes, like broken-nose, nerve-damage kind of slapshot) became the divine wake-up call that pivoted Dave's life. Sometimes it really does take a hockey puck to the face to hear God clearly.Jesus Over HangoversAt 16, fresh off a state championship and a hangover, Dave had a holy interruption when his brother from Moody Bible Institute asked him if he wanted to keep living like that—or receive Jesus. Hungover or not, Dave said yes to Jesus.Grace-Fueled GritHe barely passed high school, but chased knowledge like a beast and just finished his PhD (hello, Dr. Dave!)—proving that being “not academic” doesn't disqualify you when God's the one writing your story.Marketing Ministry that Moves MountainsDave has been running M is Good for 24 years, managing $1.6 million a month in ad spend for 38 Christian orgs globally. It's not just marketing; it's ministry with strategy and Holy Spirit-led messaging.Turtle on a Fence Post WisdomHis favorite analogy: if you see a turtle on a fence post, you know it didn't get there by itself. That's how he sees his journey—with God as the one lifting him higher than he could ever climb on his own.God doesn't always pick the obvious candidates—so relax.Dr. Dave reminds us that God tends to use the least expected people to do powerful things. You don't have to be a marketing guru to start a Christian marketing business (he sure wasn't)—you just have to say yes and be willing to figure things out as you go.Confidence isn't always spiritual—it can come from just doing what you love.Confidence doesn't have to float down from heaven on a cloud. Sometimes it's built in the trenches—or on the ice rink. Dr. Dave leaned on the grit and resilience he learned from sports to push through early business doubts and roadblocks.Ask the hard question: “Am I usable?”While soaking in a worship song about being used by God, Dr. Dave had a wake-up moment. He asked himself if he was actually in a place where God could use him. That led to some personal soul-searching and change. A humbling reminder that being “called” doesn't mean skipping character work.Don't over-spiritualize—just listen, think, and align.Dave's not the type to claim burning bush moments. Instead, he hears from God through alone time, journaling, and reading Scripture. His method? Follow peace, check the fruit, and if it's not hurting anyone (including himself), take a step forward and see if things line up.What knocks you down doesn't define you.That slapshot to the face (literal blood and trauma) taught him a deep truth: Painful events don't get to label you. Whether it's a business failure or personal screw-up, it's just a moment—not your identity. Shake it off, reset, and remember who you are.“If you don't like who you are, you can change it” — and Dave did!One simple statement from a mentor changed everything for Dave. He turned off the TV for two years, devoured 30 books, and jumpstarted a whole new trajectory for his life. Bookworm phase = Destiny shiftThose two years of focused reading didn't just upgrade his mindset—they altered his impact. Talk about a ripple effect! Sometimes the quiet seasons with a stack of books are what set you up for legacy-level impact.Divine ambush in GermanyOn what was supposed to be just a business trip, Dave gets singled out by an apostle at church, receives a powerful word, hits the floor, and has a Holy Spirit encounter that shakes him to his core. Not your average business travel story.The birth of “R7” from a spiritual downloadThat prophetic moment planted a seed that grew into his full-blown life and business framework: R7. It came through soaking, wrestling, believing—and waiting. God even sent mentors for each piece of it, for free. That's what we call Kingdom provision.He didn't shelve the word—he stewarded itEven though he didn't act right away, Dave didn't dismiss or forget the word he got in Germany. He sat with it, prayed about it, and waited on God's timing. That's a masterclass in how to honor a word from the Lord without rushing it.LINKS for DR. DAVE:- Connect with Dr. Dave and hire his team: https://misgood.com/- Check out the R7 Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNymoCsuTXqOuaLQH08GglTouuDJ91qYyLINKS for BRALYNN: – Get Clarity on your PURPOSE!  FREE Masterclass: Purpose & Passion: Overcoming the 3 Biggest Challenges to Living Fully Alive and Fully Alignedhttps://bit.ly/scbpurpose– Coaching for Business and Breakthrough Encounters: http://SpiritCenteredBusiness.comCopyright 2025 - Bralynn Newby Int'l, LLC. All rights reserved.

This episode of The Food Professor Podcast is steeped in insights, storytelling, and smoky Texas flavour. Hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois kick off with a deep dive into the state of Canadian agri-food policy, tariffs, and food inflation before welcoming a very special guest: Tonia Jahshan, Founder and CEO of Sipology.Broadcasting remotely from Texas, Sylvain shares updates from his new role as head of the prestigious Masters in Agribusiness program at Texas A&M University—ranked #1 in the U.S. and #3 globally. He offers behind-the-scenes insights into the world of American ag education, donor-funded infrastructure, and his leadership plans. Amidst meetings with deans and exploring campus, Sylvain visits a Texas institution of another kind—Buc-ee's, the legendary convenience store-meets-theme-park known for its brisket, wall of jerky, and award-winning bathrooms. The hosts revel in Buc-ee's cult status and then Michael highlights the newly released Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list, the Michelin Guide of Texas barbecue. Sylvain, a BBQ enthusiast, is already planning future brisket pilgrimages.  Congrats to our guest on the #pod from earlier this year Chuck Charnichart from Barb's BQ for making the list!!From Texas to Toronto, the episode pivots to policy with an analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney's new mandate letter. Sylvain critiques its lack of clarity for the agri-food sector, calling for a shift from farm-gate thinking to value-chain strategy. The hosts then turn to the thorny issue of tea tariffs, which are hitting Canadian importers hard despite recent government reprieves. With tea being a $1.3 billion market in Canada—and nearly all of it imported—these tariffs are creating real cost pressures. The duo also revisits the long-running bread price-fixing investigation, discussing Loblaw's recent $500 million class action settlement and why the Competition Bureau's probe remains unresolved.In the second half of the episode, Tonia Jahshan joins the pod live from the SIAL Canada show floor. The inspirational founder of Sipology (formerly Steeped Tea) shares her origin story: how a single sip of loose-leaf Earl Grey in Nova Scotia after a miscarriage led to a wellness-focused tea empire. From launching a side hustle to pitching on Dragons' Den, growing to 8,000 consultants, and creating Health Canada-approved products like menopause relief teas and fizzy matchas, Tonia's entrepreneurial journey is one of resilience, reinvention, and remarkable growth. Now expanding globally and embracing an omni-channel model, she's brewing up a bold new future for Sipology.With a rich mix of policy insights, business strategy, entrepreneurial inspiration—and a side of Texas BBQ—this episode is a flavourful must-listen. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

Was sich derzeit im beschaulichen Limburg abspielt, sprengt alle Vorstellungen. Die Stadt, bislang eher bekannt für ihren Bischofssitz und mittelalterlichen Charme, wird jetzt international als „das deutsche Wuhan“ bezeichnet. Und das aus gutem Grund: Immer mehr Hinweise deuten darauf hin, dass die sogenannte Taubenpest – offiziell Paramyxovirose – kein natürliches Phänomen ist, sondern das Ergebnis eines heimlichen Laborexperiments. Eine gezielte Virenfreisetzung. Eine Plandemie gegen Tiere. Wie bei Corona beginnt alles mit einem plötzlichen Ausbruch. Einzelne Fälle, nervöse Tauben, Orientierungslosigkeit und Lähmungen. Die Behörden reagieren hilflos, dann auffällig koordiniert. Plötzlich gibt es Fütterungsverbote, Absperrungen, Desinfektionspläne. Und schließlich das Totschlagargument: „Wir müssen zum Schutz aller handeln.“ Was zunächst nach Vorsichtsmaßnahmen aussieht, ist für manche der Beweis: Die Pandemie unter den Tauben war von langer Hand geplant. Ein Mittel zum Zweck. Und der Zweck war von Anfang an klar – Ausrottung durch Infektion. Insidern liegt ein Tonmitschnitt aus einer städtischen Krisensitzung vor. Darin heißt es wörtlich: „Wenn wir den Tieren nichts antun dürfen, dann tun wir eben... nichts. Das Virus erledigt den Rest.“ Ein Satz, der in die Geschichte eingehen könnte. Taubenzüchter sind alarmiert. Tierschützer rufen zum Generalstreik. Und nun melden sich auch erstmals die Betroffenen selbst zu Wort: Querdenker-Tauben, die das Virus für eine Inszenierung halten. „Man will uns eiskalt ausrotten!“, gurrt eine besonders aufgebrachte Stadttaube vom Limburger Kornmarkt. Ihr Flügel trägt ein Band mit der Aufschrift „Plandemie 2.0“. Ein anderer Vogel ruft in die Menge: „Es gibt gar kein Virus! Das ist eine harmlose Erkältung!“ Und während Limburgs Bürgermeister schweigt, sickern immer neue Details durch: Eine Taubenklinik wurde über Nacht geschlossen. Die Futterausgabe am Bahnhof plötzlich versiegelt. Ein Impfstoff soll bereits entwickelt worden sein – von einer Firma namens „Columbae Moriendum Limited“, die laut Handelsregisterverzeichnis in Luxemburg sitzt. Wer steckt dahinter? Das Netz kocht. So schreibt eine bekannte Taube auf X: "Lasst euch den Firmennamen mal von Google Translate übersetzen. Das ist Latein und die Botschaft dahinter eindeutig!" Die Vögel rebellieren. Und Limburg steht vor einem Scherbenhaufen.

Vor einigen Jahren kam der Film »Die dunkelste Stunde« in die Kinos. Die Handlung beschreibt die ersten Jahre Winston Churchills als Premierminister und wie er sich darum bemüht, eine Invasion Englands durch Hitlerdeutschland aufzuhalten. Das stellt ihn vor riesige Herausforderungen. Denn die deutsche Wehrmacht überrollt innerhalb weniger Tage die Niederlande, Belgien und Luxemburg.Im Mai 1940 sind große Teile der französischen Armee und fast die gesamten britischen Expeditionsstreitkräfte an der französischen Kanalküste bei Dünkirchen eingeschlossen. Eine verheerende Niederlage scheint unausweichlich. Auch in Calais befinden sich britische Truppen, die möglichst lange die Stellung halten sollen. Während in einer spektakulären Rettungsaktion knapp 330 000 Briten und Franzosen aus Dünkirchen evakuiert werden können (»Das Wunder von Dünkirchen«), fällt im Film in Bezug auf die Soldaten in Calais der eindrückliche Satz: »Eine Evakuierung findet nicht statt.« Tatsächlich kommen viele dieser Soldaten um, und mehrere Tausend geraten in Kriegsgefangenschaft, da sie nicht gerettet werden können – im Gegensatz zu ihren Kameraden in Dünkirchen.Der Satz »Eine Evakuierung findet nicht statt« hat sich mir tief eingeprägt und mich an eine noch viel folgenschwerere Situation erinnert – nämlich an den Moment, als Jesus Christus als Mensch auf der Erde dem Tod ins Angesicht sieht. Er weiß, dass er sterben soll, und bittet seinen Vater, verschont zu werden. Aber auch bei ihm ist die Antwort ähnlich: »Eine Evakuierung findet nicht statt.« Jesus musste bis zum Tod gehen, er konnte seine Mission nicht vorzeitig beenden. Sein Sterben war notwendig, damit ich gerettet werden konnte.Michaja FranzDiese und viele weitere Andachten online lesenWeitere Informationen zu »Leben ist mehr« erhalten Sie unter www.lebenistmehr.deAudioaufnahmen: Radio Segenswelle

Yesterday, the self-styled San Francisco “progressive” Joan Williams was on the show arguing that Democrats need to relearn the language of the American working class. But, as some of you have noted, Williams seems oblivious to the fact that politics is about more than simply aping other people's language. What you say matters, and the language of American working class, like all industrial working classes, is rooted in a critique of capitalism. She should probably read the New Yorker staff writer John Cassidy's excellent new book, Capitalism and its Critics, which traces capitalism's evolution and criticism from the East India Company through modern times. He defines capitalism as production for profit by privately-owned companies in markets, encompassing various forms from Chinese state capitalism to hyper-globalization. The book examines capitalism's most articulate critics including the Luddites, Marx, Engels, Thomas Carlisle, Adam Smith, Rosa Luxemburg, Keynes & Hayek, and contemporary figures like Sylvia Federici and Thomas Piketty. Cassidy explores how major economists were often critics of their era's dominant capitalist model, and untangles capitalism's complicated relationship with colonialism, slavery and AI which he regards as a potentially unprecedented economic disruption. This should be essential listening for all Democrats seeking to reinvent a post Biden-Harris party and message. 5 key takeaways* Capitalism has many forms - From Chinese state capitalism to Keynesian managed capitalism to hyper-globalization, all fitting the basic definition of production for profit by privately-owned companies in markets.* Great economists are typically critics - Smith criticized mercantile capitalism, Keynes critiqued laissez-faire capitalism, and Hayek/Friedman opposed managed capitalism. Each generation's leading economists challenge their era's dominant model.* Modern corporate structure has deep roots - The East India Company was essentially a modern multinational corporation with headquarters, board of directors, stockholders, and even a private army - showing capitalism's organizational continuity across centuries.* Capitalism is intertwined with colonialism and slavery - Industrial capitalism was built on pre-existing colonial and slave systems, particularly through the cotton industry and plantation economies.* AI represents a potentially unprecedented disruption - Unlike previous technological waves, AI may substitute rather than complement human labor on a massive scale, potentially creating political backlash exceeding even the "China shock" that contributed to Trump's rise.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Full TranscriptAndrew Keen: Hello, everybody. A couple of days ago, we did a show with Joan Williams. She has a new book out, "Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back." A book about language, about how to talk to the American working class. She also had a piece in Jacobin Magazine, an anti-capitalist magazine, about how the left needs to speak to what she calls average American values. We talked, of course, about Bernie Sanders and AOC and their language of fighting oligarchy, and the New York Times followed that up with "The Enduring Power of Anti-Capitalism in American Politics."But of course, that brings the question: what exactly is capitalism? I did a little bit of research. We can find definitions of capitalism from AI, from Wikipedia, even from online dictionaries, but I thought we might do a little better than relying on Wikipedia and come to a man who's given capitalism and its critics a great deal of thought. John Cassidy is well known as a staff writer at The New Yorker. He's the author of a wonderful book, the best book, actually, on the dot-com insanity. And his new book, "Capitalism and its Critics," is out this week. John, congratulations on the book.So I've got to be a bit of a schoolmaster with you, John, and get some definitions first. What exactly is capitalism before we get to criticism of it?John Cassidy: Yeah, I mean, it's a very good question, Andrew. Obviously, through the decades, even the centuries, there have been many different definitions of the term capitalism and there are different types of capitalism. To not be sort of too ideological about it, the working definition I use is basically production for profit—that could be production of goods or mostly in the new and, you know, in today's economy, production of services—for profit by companies which are privately owned in markets. That's a very sort of all-encompassing definition.Within that, you can have all sorts of different types of capitalism. You can have Chinese state capitalism, you can have the old mercantilism, which industrial capitalism came after, which Trump seems to be trying to resurrect. You can have Keynesian managed capitalism that we had for 30 or 40 years after the Second World War, which I grew up in in the UK. Or you can have sort of hyper-globalization, hyper-capitalism that we've tried for the last 30 years. There are all those different varieties of capitalism consistent with a basic definition, I think.Andrew Keen: That keeps you busy, John. I know you started this project, which is a big book and it's a wonderful book. I read it. I don't always read all the books I have on the show, but I read from cover to cover full of remarkable stories of the critics of capitalism. You note in the beginning that you began this in 2016 with the beginnings of Trump. What was it about the 2016 election that triggered a book about capitalism and its critics?John Cassidy: Well, I was reporting on it at the time for The New Yorker and it struck me—I covered, I basically covered the economy in various forms for various publications since the late 80s, early 90s. In fact, one of my first big stories was the stock market crash of '87. So yes, I am that old. But it seemed to me in 2016 when you had Bernie Sanders running from the left and Trump running from the right, but both in some way offering very sort of similar critiques of capitalism. People forget that Trump in 2016 actually was running from the left of the Republican Party. He was attacking big business. He was attacking Wall Street. He doesn't do that these days very much, but at the time he was very much posing as the sort of outsider here to protect the interests of the average working man.And it seemed to me that when you had this sort of pincer movement against the then ruling model, this wasn't just a one-off. It seemed to me it was a sort of an emerging crisis of legitimacy for the system. And I thought there could be a good book written about how we got to here. And originally I thought it would be a relatively short book just based on the last sort of 20 or 30 years since the collapse of the Cold War and the sort of triumphalism of the early 90s.But as I got into it more and more, I realized that so many of the issues which had been raised, things like globalization, rising inequality, monopoly power, exploitation, even pollution and climate change, these issues go back to the very start of the capitalist system or the industrial capitalist system back in sort of late 18th century, early 19th century Britain. So I thought, in the end, I thought, you know what, let's just do the whole thing soup to nuts through the eyes of the critics.There have obviously been many, many histories of capitalism written. I thought that an original way to do it, or hopefully original, would be to do a sort of a narrative through the lives and the critiques of the critics of various stages. So that's, I hope, what sets it apart from other books on the subject, and also provides a sort of narrative frame because, you know, I am a New Yorker writer, I realize if you want people to read things, you've got to make it readable. Easiest way to make things readable is to center them around people. People love reading about other people. So that's sort of the narrative frame. I start off with a whistleblower from the East India Company back in the—Andrew Keen: Yeah, I want to come to that. But before, John, my sense is that to simplify what you're saying, this is a labor of love. You're originally from Leeds, the heart of Yorkshire, the center of the very industrial revolution, the first industrial revolution where, in your historical analysis, capitalism was born. Is it a labor of love? What's your family relationship with capitalism? How long was the family in Leeds?John Cassidy: Right, I mean that's a very good question. It is a labor of love in a way, but it's not—our family doesn't go—I'm from an Irish family, family of Irish immigrants who moved to England in the 1940s and 1950s. So my father actually did start working in a big mill, the Kirkstall Forge in Leeds, which is a big steel mill, and he left after seeing one of his co-workers have his arms chopped off in one of the machinery, so he decided it wasn't for him and he spent his life working in the construction industry, which was dominated by immigrants as it is here now.So I don't have a—it's not like I go back to sort of the start of the industrial revolution, but I did grow up in the middle of Leeds, very working class, very industrial neighborhood. And what a sort of irony is, I'll point out, I used to, when I was a kid, I used to play golf on a municipal golf course called Gotts Park in Leeds, which—you know, most golf courses in America are sort of in the affluent suburbs, country clubs. This was right in the middle of Armley in Leeds, which is where the Victorian jail is and a very rough neighborhood. There's a small bit of land which they built a golf course on. It turns out it was named after one of the very first industrialists, Benjamin Gott, who was a wool and textile industrialist, and who played a part in the Luddite movement, which I mention.So it turns out, I was there when I was 11 or 12, just learning how to play golf on this scrappy golf course. And here I am, 50 years later, writing about Benjamin Gott at the start of the Industrial Revolution. So yeah, no, sure. I think it speaks to me in a way that perhaps it wouldn't to somebody else from a different background.Andrew Keen: We did a show with William Dalrymple, actually, a couple of years ago. He's been on actually since, the Anglo or Scottish Indian historian. His book on the East India Company, "The Anarchy," is a classic. You begin in some ways your history of capitalism with the East India Company. What was it about the East India Company, John, that makes it different from other for-profit organizations in economic, Western economic history?John Cassidy: I mean, I read that. It's a great book, by the way. That was actually quoted in my chapter on these. Yeah, I remember. I mean, the reason I focused on it was for two reasons. Number one, I was looking for a start, a narrative start to the book. And it seemed to me, you know, the obvious place to start is with the start of the industrial revolution. If you look at economics history textbooks, that's where they always start with Arkwright and all the inventors, you know, who were the sort of techno-entrepreneurs of their time, the sort of British Silicon Valley, if you could think of it as, in Lancashire and Derbyshire in the late 18th century.So I knew I had to sort of start there in some way, but I thought that's a bit pat. Is there another way into it? And it turns out that in 1772 in England, there was a huge bailout of the East India Company, very much like the sort of 2008, 2009 bailout of Wall Street. The company got into trouble. So I thought, you know, maybe there's something there. And I eventually found this guy, William Bolts, who worked for the East India Company, turned into a whistleblower after he was fired for finagling in India like lots of the people who worked for the company did.So that gave me two things. Number one, it gave me—you know, I'm a writer, so it gave me something to focus on a narrative. His personal history is very interesting. But number two, it gave me a sort of foundation because industrial capitalism didn't come from nowhere. You know, it was built on top of a pre-existing form of capitalism, which we now call mercantile capitalism, which was very protectionist, which speaks to us now. But also it had these big monopolistic multinational companies.The East India Company, in some ways, was a very modern corporation. It had a headquarters in Leadenhall Street in the city of London. It had a board of directors, it had stockholders, the company sent out very detailed instructions to the people in the field in India and Indonesia and Malaysia who were traders who bought things from the locals there, brought them back to England on their company ships. They had a company army even to enforce—to protect their operations there. It was an incredible multinational corporation.So that was also, I think, fascinating because it showed that even in the pre-existing system, you know, big corporations existed, there were monopolies, they had royal monopolies given—first the East India Company got one from Queen Elizabeth. But in some ways, they were very similar to modern monopolistic corporations. And they had some of the problems we've seen with modern monopolistic corporations, the way they acted. And Bolts was the sort of first corporate whistleblower, I thought. Yeah, that was a way of sort of getting into the story, I think. Hopefully, you know, it's just a good read, I think.William Bolts's story because he was—he came from nowhere, he was Dutch, he wasn't even English and he joined the company as a sort of impoverished young man, went to India like a lot of English minor aristocrats did to sort of make your fortune. The way the company worked, you had to sort of work on company time and make as much money as you could for the company, but then in your spare time you're allowed to trade for yourself. So a lot of the—without getting into too much detail, but you know, English aristocracy was based on—you know, the eldest child inherits everything, so if you were the younger brother of the Duke of Norfolk, you actually didn't inherit anything. So all of these minor aristocrats, so major aristocrats, but who weren't first born, joined the East India Company, went out to India and made a fortune, and then came back and built huge houses. Lots of the great manor houses in southern England were built by people from the East India Company and they were known as Nabobs, which is an Indian term. So they were the sort of, you know, billionaires of their time, and it was based on—as I say, it wasn't based on industrial capitalism, it was based on mercantile capitalism.Andrew Keen: Yeah, the beginning of the book, which focuses on Bolts and the East India Company, brings to mind for me two things. Firstly, the intimacy of modern capitalism, modern industrial capitalism with colonialism and of course slavery—lots of books have been written on that. Touch on this and also the relationship between the birth of capitalism and the birth of liberalism or democracy. John Stuart Mill, of course, the father in many ways of Western democracy. His day job, ironically enough, or perhaps not ironically, was at the East India Company. So how do those two things connect, or is it just coincidental?John Cassidy: Well, I don't think it is entirely coincidental, I mean, J.S. Mill—his father, James Mill, was also a well-known philosopher in the sort of, obviously, in the earlier generation, earlier than him. And he actually wrote the official history of the East India Company. And I think they gave his son, the sort of brilliant protégé, J.S. Mill, a job as largely as a sort of sinecure, I think. But he did go in and work there in the offices three or four days a week.But I think it does show how sort of integral—the sort of—as you say, the inheritor and the servant in Britain, particularly, of colonial capitalism was. So the East India Company was, you know, it was in decline by that stage in the middle of the 19th century, but it didn't actually give up its monopoly. It wasn't forced to give up its monopoly on the Indian trade until 1857, after, you know, some notorious massacres and there was a sort of public outcry.So yeah, no, that's—it's very interesting that the British—it's sort of unique to Britain in a way, but it's interesting that industrial capitalism arose alongside this pre-existing capitalist structure and somebody like Mill is a sort of paradoxical figure because actually he was quite critical of aspects of industrial capitalism and supported sort of taxes on the rich, even though he's known as the great, you know, one of the great apostles of the free market and free market liberalism. And his day job, as you say, he was working for the East India Company.Andrew Keen: What about the relationship between the birth of industrial capitalism, colonialism and slavery? Those are big questions and I know you deal with them in some—John Cassidy: I think you can't just write an economic history of capitalism now just starting with the cotton industry and say, you know, it was all about—it was all about just technical progress and gadgets, etc. It was built on a sort of pre-existing system which was colonial and, you know, the slave trade was a central element of that. Now, as you say, there have been lots and lots of books written about it, the whole 1619 project got an incredible amount of attention a few years ago. So I didn't really want to rehash all that, but I did want to acknowledge the sort of role of slavery, especially in the rise of the cotton industry because of course, a lot of the raw cotton was grown in the plantations in the American South.So the way I actually ended up doing that was by writing a chapter about Eric Williams, a Trinidadian writer who ended up as the Prime Minister of Trinidad when it became independent in the 1960s. But when he was younger, he wrote a book which is now regarded as a classic. He went to Oxford to do a PhD, won a scholarship. He was very smart. I won a sort of Oxford scholarship myself but 50 years before that, he came across the Atlantic and did an undergraduate degree in history and then did a PhD there and his PhD thesis was on slavery and capitalism.And at the time, in the 1930s, the link really wasn't acknowledged. You could read any sort of standard economic history written by British historians, and they completely ignored that. He made the argument that, you know, slavery was integral to the rise of capitalism and he basically started an argument which has been raging ever since the 1930s and, you know, if you want to study economic history now you have to sort of—you know, have to have to address that. And the way I thought, even though the—it's called the Williams thesis is very famous. I don't think many people knew much about where it came from. So I thought I'd do a chapter on—Andrew Keen: Yeah, that chapter is excellent. You mentioned earlier the Luddites, you're from Yorkshire where Luddism in some ways was born. One of the early chapters is on the Luddites. We did a show with Brian Merchant, his book, "Blood in the Machine," has done very well, I'm sure you're familiar with it. I always understood the Luddites as being against industrialization, against the machine, as opposed to being against capitalism. But did those two things get muddled together in the history of the Luddites?John Cassidy: I think they did. I mean, you know, Luddites, when we grew up, I mean you're English too, you know to be called a Luddite was a term of abuse, right? You know, you were sort of antediluvian, anti-technology, you're stupid. It was only, I think, with the sort of computer revolution, the tech revolution of the last 30, 40 years and the sort of disruptions it's caused, that people have started to look back at the Luddites and say, perhaps they had a point.For them, they were basically pre-industrial capitalism artisans. They worked for profit-making concerns, small workshops. Some of them worked for themselves, so they were sort of sole proprietor capitalists. Or they worked in small venues, but the rise of industrial capitalism, factory capitalism or whatever, basically took away their livelihoods progressively. So they associated capitalism with new technology. In their minds it was the same. But their argument wasn't really a technological one or even an economic one, it was more a moral one. They basically made the moral argument that capitalists shouldn't have the right to just take away their livelihoods with no sort of recompense for them.At the time they didn't have any parliamentary representation. You know, they weren't revolutionaries. The first thing they did was create petitions to try and get parliament to step in, sort of introduce some regulation here. They got turned down repeatedly by the sort of—even though it was a very aristocratic parliament, places like Manchester and Leeds didn't have any representation at all. So it was only after that that they sort of turned violent and started, you know, smashing machines and machines, I think, were sort of symbols of the system, which they saw as morally unjust.And I think that's sort of what—obviously, there's, you know, a lot of technological disruption now, so we can, especially as it starts to come for the educated cognitive class, we can sort of sympathize with them more. But I think the sort of moral critique that there's this, you know, underneath the sort of great creativity and economic growth that capitalism produces, there is also a lot of destruction and a lot of victims. And I think that message, you know, is becoming a lot more—that's why I think why they've been rediscovered in the last five or ten years and I'm one of the people I guess contributing to that rediscovery.Andrew Keen: There's obviously many critiques of capitalism politically. I want to come to Marx in a second, but your chapter, I thought, on Thomas Carlyle and this nostalgic conservatism was very important and there are other conservatives as well. John, do you think that—and you mentioned Trump earlier, who is essentially a nostalgist for a—I don't know, some sort of bizarre pre-capitalist age in America. Is there something particularly powerful about the anti-capitalism of romantics like Carlyle, 19th century Englishman, there were many others of course.John Cassidy: Well, I think so. I mean, I think what is—conservatism, when we were young anyway, was associated with Thatcherism and Reaganism, which, you know, lionized the free market and free market capitalism and was a reaction against the pre-existing form of capitalism, Keynesian capitalism of the sort of 40s to the 80s. But I think what got lost in that era was the fact that there have always been—you've got Hayek up there, obviously—Andrew Keen: And then Keynes and Hayek, the two—John Cassidy: Right, it goes to the end of that. They had a great debate in the 1930s about these issues. But Hayek really wasn't a conservative person, and neither was Milton Friedman. They were sort of free market revolutionaries, really, that you'd let the market rip and it does good things. And I think that that sort of a view, you know, it just became very powerful. But we sort of lost sight of the fact that there was also a much older tradition of sort of suspicion of radical changes of any type. And that was what conservatism was about to some extent. If you think about Baldwin in Britain, for example.And there was a sort of—during the Industrial Revolution, some of the strongest supporters of factory acts to reduce hours and hourly wages for women and kids were actually conservatives, Tories, as they were called at the time, like Ashley. That tradition, Carlyle was a sort of extreme representative of that. I mean, Carlyle was a sort of proto-fascist, let's not romanticize him, he lionized strongmen, Frederick the Great, and he didn't really believe in democracy. But he also had—he was appalled by the sort of, you know, the—like, what's the phrase I'm looking for? The sort of destructive aspects of industrial capitalism, both on the workers, you know, he said it was a dehumanizing system, sounded like Marx in some ways. That it dehumanized the workers, but also it destroyed the environment.He was an early environmentalist. He venerated the environment, was actually very strongly linked to the transcendentalists in America, people like Thoreau, who went to visit him when he visited Britain and he saw the sort of destructive impact that capitalism was having locally in places like Manchester, which were filthy with filthy rivers, etc. So he just saw the whole system as sort of morally bankrupt and he was a great writer, Carlyle, whatever you think of him. Great user of language, so he has these great ringing phrases like, you know, the cash nexus or calling it the Gospel of Mammonism, the shabbiest gospel ever preached under the sun was industrial capitalism.So, again, you know, that's a sort of paradoxical thing, because I think for so long conservatism was associated with, you know, with support for the free market and still is in most of the Republican Party, but then along comes Trump and sort of conquers the party with a, you know, more skeptical, as you say, romantic, not really based on any reality, but a sort of romantic view that America can stand by itself in the world. I mean, I see Trump actually as a sort of an effort to sort of throw back to mercantile capitalism in a way. You know, which was not just pre-industrial, but was also pre-democracy, run by monarchs, which I'm sure appeals to him, and it was based on, you know, large—there were large tariffs. You couldn't import things in the UK. If you want to import anything to the UK, you have to send it on a British ship because of the navigation laws. It was a very protectionist system and it's actually, you know, as I said, had a lot of parallels with what Trump's trying to do or tries to do until he backs off.Andrew Keen: You cheat a little bit in the book in the sense that you—everyone has their own chapter. We'll talk a little bit about Hayek and Smith and Lenin and Friedman. You do have one chapter on Marx, but you also have a chapter on Engels. So you kind of cheat. You combine the two. Is it possible, though, to do—and you've just written this book, so you know this as well as anyone. How do you write a book about capitalism and its critics and only really give one chapter to Marx, who is so dominant? I mean, you've got lots of Marxists in the book, including Lenin and Luxemburg. How fundamental is Marx to a criticism of capitalism? Is most criticism, especially from the left, from progressives, is it really just all a footnote to Marx?John Cassidy: I wouldn't go that far, but I think obviously on the left he is the central figure. But there's an element of sort of trying to rebuild Engels a bit in this. I mean, I think of Engels and Marx—I mean obviously Marx wrote the great classic "Capital," etc. But in the 1840s, when they both started writing about capitalism, Engels was sort of ahead of Marx in some ways. I mean, the sort of materialist concept, the idea that economics rules everything, Engels actually was the first one to come up with that in an essay in the 1840s which Marx then published in one of his—in the German newspaper he worked for at the time, radical newspaper, and he acknowledged openly that that was really what got him thinking seriously about economics, and even in the late—in 20, 25 years later when he wrote "Capital," all three volumes of it and the Grundrisse, just these enormous outpourings of analysis on capitalism.He acknowledged Engels's role in that and obviously Engels wrote the first draft of the Communist Manifesto in 1848 too, which Marx then topped and tailed and—he was a better writer obviously, Marx, and he gave it the dramatic language that we all know it for. So I think Engels and Marx together obviously are the central sort of figures in the sort of left-wing critique. But they didn't start out like that. I mean, they were very obscure, you've got to remember.You know, they were—when they were writing, Marx was writing "Capital" in London, it never even got published in English for another 20 years. It was just published in German. He was basically an expat. He had been thrown out of Germany, he had been thrown out of France, so England was last resort and the British didn't consider him a threat so they were happy to let him and the rest of the German sort of left in there. I think it became—it became the sort of epochal figure after his death really, I think, when he was picked up by the left-wing parties, which are especially the SPD in Germany, which was the first sort of socialist mass party and was officially Marxist until the First World War and there were great internal debates.And then of course, because Lenin and the Russians came out of that tradition too, Marxism then became the official doctrine of the Soviet Union when they adopted a version of it. And again there were massive internal arguments about what Marx really meant, and in fact, you know, one interpretation of the last 150 years of left-wing sort of intellectual development is as a sort of argument about what did Marx really mean and what are the important bits of it, what are the less essential bits of it. It's a bit like the "what did Keynes really mean" that you get in liberal circles.So yeah, Marx, obviously, this is basically an intellectual history of critiques of capitalism. In that frame, he is absolutely a central figure. Why didn't I give him more space than a chapter and a chapter and a half with Engels? There have been a million books written about Marx. I mean, it's not that—it's not that he's an unknown figure. You know, there's a best-selling book written in Britain about 20 years ago about him and then I was quoting, in my biographical research, I relied on some more recent, more scholarly biographies. So he's an endlessly fascinating figure but I didn't want him to dominate the book so I gave him basically the same space as everybody else.Andrew Keen: You've got, as I said, you've got a chapter on Adam Smith who's often considered the father of economics. You've got a chapter on Keynes. You've got a chapter on Friedman. And you've got a chapter on Hayek, all the great modern economists. Is it possible, John, to be a distinguished economist one way or the other and not be a critic of capitalism?John Cassidy: Well, I don't—I mean, I think history would suggest that the greatest economists have been critics of capitalism in their own time. People would say to me, what the hell have you got Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek in a book about critics of capitalism? They were great exponents, defenders of capitalism. They loved the system. That is perfectly true. But in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, middle of the 20th century, they were actually arch-critics of the ruling form of capitalism at the time, which was what I call managed capitalism. What some people call Keynesianism, what other people call European social democracy, whatever you call it, it was a model of a mixed economy in which the government played a large role both in propping up demand and in providing an extensive social safety net in the UK and providing public healthcare and public education. It was a sort of hybrid model.Most of the economy in terms of the businesses remained in private hands. So most production was capitalistic. It was a capitalist system. They didn't go to the Soviet model of nationalizing everything and Britain did nationalize some businesses, but most places didn't. The US of course didn't but it was a form of managed capitalism. And Hayek and Friedman were both great critics of that and wanted to sort of move back to 19th century laissez-faire model.Keynes was a—was actually a great, I view him anyway, as really a sort of late Victorian liberal and was trying to protect as much of the sort of J.S. Mill view of the world as he could, but he thought capitalism had one fatal flaw: that it tended to fall into recessions and then they can snowball and the whole system can collapse which is what had basically happened in the early 1930s until Keynesian policies were adopted. Keynes sort of differed from a lot of his followers—I have a chapter on Joan Robinson in there, who were pretty left-wing and wanted to sort of use Keynesianism as a way to shift the economy quite far to the left. Keynes didn't really believe in that. He has a famous quote that, you know, once you get to full employment, you can then rely on the free market to sort of take care of things. He was still a liberal at heart.Going back to Adam Smith, why is he in a book on criticism of capitalism? And again, it goes back to what I said at the beginning. He actually wrote "The Wealth of Nations"—he explains in the introduction—as a critique of mercantile capitalism. His argument was that he was a pro-free trader, pro-small business, free enterprise. His argument was if you get the government out of the way, we don't need these government-sponsored monopolies like the East India Company. If you just rely on the market, the sort of market forces and competition will produce a good outcome. So then he was seen as a great—you know, he is then seen as the apostle of free market capitalism. I mean when I started as a young reporter, when I used to report in Washington, all the conservatives used to wear Adam Smith badges. You don't see Donald Trump wearing an Adam Smith badge, but that was the case.He was also—the other aspect of Smith, which I highlight, which is not often remarked on—he's also a critic of big business. He has a famous section where he discusses the sort of tendency of any group of more than three businessmen when they get together to try and raise prices and conspire against consumers. And he was very suspicious of, as I say, large companies, monopolies. I think if Adam Smith existed today, I mean, I think he would be a big supporter of Lina Khan and the sort of antitrust movement, he would say capitalism is great as long as you have competition, but if you don't have competition it becomes, you know, exploitative.Andrew Keen: Yeah, if Smith came back to live today, you have a chapter on Thomas Piketty, maybe he may not be French, but he may be taking that position about how the rich benefit from the structure of investment. Piketty's core—I've never had Piketty on the show, but I've had some of his followers like Emmanuel Saez from Berkeley. Yeah. How powerful is Piketty's critique of capitalism within the context of the classical economic analysis from Hayek and Friedman? Yeah, it's a very good question.John Cassidy: It's a very good question. I mean, he's a very paradoxical figure, Piketty, in that he obviously shot to world fame and stardom with his book on capital in the 21st century, which in some ways he obviously used the capital as a way of linking himself to Marx, even though he said he never read Marx. But he was basically making the same argument that if you leave capitalism unrestrained and don't do anything about monopolies etc. or wealth, you're going to get massive inequality and he—I think his great contribution, Piketty and the school of people, one of them you mentioned, around him was we sort of had a vague idea that inequality was going up and that, you know, wages were stagnating, etc.What he and his colleagues did is they produced these sort of scientific empirical studies showing in very simple to understand terms how the sort of share of income and wealth of the top 10 percent, the top 5 percent, the top 1 percent and the top 0.1 percent basically skyrocketed from the 1970s to about 2010. And it was, you know, he was an MIT PhD. Saez, who you mentioned, is a Berkeley professor. They were schooled in neoclassical economics at Harvard and MIT and places like that. So the right couldn't dismiss them as sort of, you know, lefties or Trots or whatever who're just sort of making this stuff up. They had to acknowledge that this was actually an empirical reality.I think it did change the whole basis of the debate and it was sort of part of this reaction against capitalism in the 2010s. You know it was obviously linked to the sort of Sanders and the Occupy Wall Street movement at the time. It came out of the—you know, the financial crisis as well when Wall Street disgraced itself. I mean, I wrote a previous book on all that, but people have sort of, I think, forgotten the great reaction against that a decade ago, which I think even Trump sort of exploited, as I say, by using anti-banker rhetoric at the time.So, Piketty was a great figure, I think, from, you know, I was thinking, who are the most influential critics of capitalism in the 21st century? And I think you'd have to put him up there on the list. I'm not saying he's the only one or the most eminent one. But I think he is a central figure. Now, of course, you'd think, well, this is a really powerful critic of capitalism, and nobody's going to pick up, and Bernie's going to take off and everything. But here we are a decade later now. It seems to be what the backlash has produced is a swing to the right, not a swing to the left. So that's, again, a sort of paradox.Andrew Keen: One person I didn't expect to come up in the book, John, and I was fascinated with this chapter, is Silvia Federici. I've tried to get her on the show. We've had some books about her writing and her kind of—I don't know, you treat her critique as a feminist one. The role of women. Why did you choose to write a chapter about Federici and that feminist critique of capitalism?John Cassidy: Right, right. Well, I don't think it was just feminist. I'll explain what I think it was. Two reasons. Number one, I wanted to get more women into the book. I mean, it's in some sense, it is a history of economics and economic critiques. And they are overwhelmingly written by men and women were sort of written out of the narrative of capitalism for a very long time. So I tried to include as many sort of women as actual thinkers as I could and I have a couple of early socialist feminist thinkers, Anna Wheeler and Flora Tristan and then I cover some of the—I cover Rosa Luxemburg as the great sort of tribune of the left revolutionary socialist, communist whatever you want to call it. Anti-capitalist I think is probably also important to note about. Yeah, and then I also have Joan Robinson, but I wanted somebody to do something in the modern era, and I thought Federici, in the world of the Wages for Housework movement, is very interesting from two perspectives.Number one, Federici herself is a Marxist, and I think she probably would still consider herself a revolutionary. She's based in New York, as you know now. She lived in New York for 50 years, but she came from—she's originally Italian and came out of the Italian left in the 1960s, which was very radical. Do you know her? Did you talk to her? I didn't talk to her on this. No, she—I basically relied on, there has been a lot of, as you say, there's been a lot of stuff written about her over the years. She's written, you know, she's given various long interviews and she's written a book herself, a version, a history of housework, so I figured it was all there and it was just a matter of pulling it together.But I think the critique, why the critique is interesting, most of the book is a sort of critique of how capitalism works, you know, in the production or you know, in factories or in offices or you know, wherever capitalist operations are working, but her critique is sort of domestic reproduction, as she calls it, the role of unpaid labor in supporting capitalism. I mean it goes back a long way actually. There was this moment, I sort of trace it back to the 1940s and 1950s when there were feminists in America who were demonstrating outside factories and making the point that you know, the factory workers and the operations of the factory, it couldn't—there's one of the famous sort of tire factory in California demonstrations where the women made the argument, look this factory can't continue to operate unless we feed and clothe the workers and provide the next generation of workers. You know, that's domestic reproduction. So their argument was that housework should be paid and Federici took that idea and a couple of her colleagues, she founded the—it's a global movement, but she founded the most famous branch in New York City in the 1970s. In Park Slope near where I live actually.And they were—you call it feminists, they were feminists in a way, but they were rejected by the sort of mainstream feminist movement, the sort of Gloria Steinems of the world, who Federici was very critical of because she said they ignored, they really just wanted to get women ahead in the sort of capitalist economy and they ignored the sort of underlying from her perspective, the underlying sort of illegitimacy and exploitation of that system. So they were never accepted as part of the feminist movement. They're to the left of the Feminist Movement.Andrew Keen: You mentioned Keynes, of course, so central in all this, particularly his analysis of the role of automation in capitalism. We did a show recently with Robert Skidelsky and I'm sure you're familiar—John Cassidy: Yeah, yeah, great, great biography of Keynes.Andrew Keen: Yeah, the great biographer of Keynes, whose latest book is "Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of AI." You yourself wrote a brilliant book on the last tech mania and dot-com capitalism. I used it in a lot of my writing and books. What's your analysis of AI in this latest mania and the role generally of manias in the history of capitalism and indeed in critiquing capitalism? Is AI just the next chapter of the dot-com boom?John Cassidy: I think it's a very deep question. I think I'd give two answers to it. In one sense it is just the latest mania the way—I mean, the way capitalism works is we have these, I go back to Kondratiev, one of my Russian economists who ended up being killed by Stalin. He was the sort of inventor of the long wave theory of capitalism. We have these short waves where you have sort of booms and busts driven by finance and debt etc. But we also have long waves driven by technology.And obviously, in the last 40, 50 years, the two big ones are the original deployment of the internet and microchip technology in the sort of 80s and 90s culminating in the dot-com boom of the late 90s, which as you say, I wrote about. Thanks very much for your kind comments on the book. If you just sort of compare it from a financial basis I think they are very similar just in terms of the sort of role of hype from Wall Street in hyping up these companies. The sort of FOMO aspect of it among investors that they you know, you can't miss out. So just buy the companies blindly. And the sort of lionization in the press and the media of, you know, of AI as the sort of great wave of the future.So if you take a sort of skeptical market based approach, I would say, yeah, this is just another sort of another mania which will eventually burst and it looked like it had burst for a few weeks when Trump put the tariffs up, now the market seemed to be recovering. But I think there is, there may be something new about it. I am not, I don't pretend to be a technical expert. I try to rely on the evidence of or the testimony of people who know the systems well and also economists who have studied it. It seems to me the closer you get to it the more alarming it is in terms of the potential shock value that there is there.I mean Trump and the sort of reaction to a larger extent can be traced back to the China shock where we had this global shock to American manufacturing and sort of hollowed out a lot of the industrial areas much of it, like industrial Britain was hollowed out in the 80s. If you, you know, even people like Altman and Elon Musk, they seem to think that this is going to be on a much larger scale than that and will basically, you know, get rid of the professions as they exist. Which would be a huge, huge shock. And I think a lot of the economists who studied this, who four or five years ago were relatively optimistic, people like Daron Acemoglu, David Autor—Andrew Keen: Simon Johnson, of course, who just won the Nobel Prize, and he's from England.John Cassidy: Simon, I did an event with Simon earlier this week. You know they've studied this a lot more closely than I have but I do interview them and I think five, six years ago they were sort of optimistic that you know this could just be a new steam engine or could be a microchip which would lead to sort of a lot more growth, rising productivity, rising productivity is usually associated with rising wages so sure there'd be short-term costs but ultimately it would be a good thing. Now, I think if you speak to them, they see since the, you know, obviously, the OpenAI—the original launch and now there's just this huge arms race with no government involvement at all I think they're coming to the conclusion that rather than being developed to sort of complement human labor, all these systems are just being rushed out to substitute for human labor. And it's just going, if current trends persist, it's going to be a China shock on an even bigger scale.You know what is going to, if that, if they're right, that is going to produce some huge political backlash at some point, that's inevitable. So I know—the thing when the dot-com bubble burst, it didn't really have that much long-term impact on the economy. People lost the sort of fake money they thought they'd made. And then the companies, obviously some of the companies like Amazon and you know Google were real genuine profit-making companies and if you bought them early you made a fortune. But AI does seem a sort of bigger, scarier phenomenon to me. I don't know. I mean, you're close to it. What do you think?Andrew Keen: Well, I'm waiting for a book, John, from you. I think you can combine dot-com and capitalism and its critics. We need you probably to cover it—you know more about it than me. Final question, I mean, it's a wonderful book and we haven't even scratched the surface everyone needs to get it. I enjoyed the chapter, for example, on Karl Polanyi and so much more. I mean, it's a big book. But my final question, John, is do you have any regrets about anyone you left out? The one person I would have liked to have been included was Rawls because of his sort of treatment of capitalism and luck as a kind of casino. I'm not sure whether you gave any thought to Rawls, but is there someone in retrospect you should have had a chapter on that you left out?John Cassidy: There are lots of people I left out. I mean, that's the problem. I mean there have been hundreds and hundreds of critics of capitalism. Rawls, of course, incredibly influential and his idea of the sort of, you know, the veil of ignorance that you should judge things not knowing where you are in the income distribution and then—Andrew Keen: And it's luck. I mean the idea of some people get lucky and some people don't.John Cassidy: It is the luck of the draw, obviously, what card you pull. I think that is a very powerful critique, but I just—because I am more of an expert on economics, I tended to leave out philosophers and sociologists. I mean, you know, you could say, where's Max Weber? Where are the anarchists? You know, where's Emma Goldman? Where's John Kenneth Galbraith, the sort of great mid-century critic of American industrial capitalism? There's so many people that you could include. I mean, I could have written 10 volumes. In fact, I refer in the book to, you know, there's always been a problem. G.D.H. Cole, a famous English historian, wrote a history of socialism back in the 1960s and 70s. You know, just getting to 1850 took him six volumes. So, you've got to pick and choose, and I don't claim this is the history of capitalism and its critics. That would be a ridiculous claim to make. I just claim it's a history written by me, and hopefully the people are interested in it, and they're sufficiently diverse that you can address all the big questions.Andrew Keen: Well it's certainly incredibly timely. Capitalism and its critics—more and more of them. Sometimes they don't even describe themselves as critics of capitalism when they're talking about oligarchs or billionaires, they're really criticizing capitalism. A must read from one of America's leading journalists. And would you call yourself a critic of capitalism, John?John Cassidy: Yeah, I guess I am, to some extent, sure. I mean, I'm not a—you know, I'm not on the far left, but I'd say I'm a center-left critic of capitalism. Yes, definitely, that would be fair.Andrew Keen: And does the left need to learn? Does everyone on the left need to read the book and learn the language of anti-capitalism in a more coherent and honest way?John Cassidy: I hope so. I mean, obviously, I'd be talking my own book there, as they say, but I hope that people on the left, but not just people on the left. I really did try to sort of be fair to the sort of right-wing critiques as well. I included the Carlyle chapter particularly, obviously, but in the later chapters, I also sort of refer to this emerging critique on the right, the sort of economic nationalist critique. So hopefully, I think people on the right could read it to understand the critiques from the left, and people on the left could read it to understand some of the critiques on the right as well.Andrew Keen: Well, it's a lovely book. It's enormously erudite and simultaneously readable. Anyone who likes John Cassidy's work from The New Yorker will love it. Congratulations, John, on the new book, and I'd love to get you back on the show as anti-capitalism in America picks up steam and perhaps manifests itself in the 2028 election. Thank you so much.John Cassidy: Thanks very much for inviting me on, it was fun.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

This episode opens with alarming news about Canada's food inflation reaching crisis levels. Charlebois reveals that Canada now has the highest food inflation rate among G7 countries, primarily driven by countervailing tariffs that have backfired on Canadian consumers. The hosts explain how Prime Minister Carney quietly eliminated most food-related tariffs on May 7th, though this decision received little public attention during the election. The discussion highlights how these tariffs made alternatives to American products more expensive, creating a perfect storm for Canadian grocery shoppers.The conversation shifts to emerging issues like "maple washing," where Charlebois shares specific examples of pricing discrepancies between products marketed as Canadian on the shelves versus imported products, urging grocers to exercise greater caution in their merchandising practices.A significant business development takes center stage as Quebec's Excel chicken processing cooperative faces a potential acquisition by Saputo subsidiary Sofina. This $6 billion deal could reshape Eastern Canada's supply chain under supply management systems, potentially leading to higher chicken prices and operational challenges.The interview segment features Dan Sullivan from Rosehall Run Vineyards, one of Prince Edward County's premier wine producers. Sullivan shares his 25-year journey transforming a 150-acre farm into one of Ontario's largest family-owned wineries in the region, producing 9,000-14,000 cases annually. He discusses how Prince Edward County evolved from a drive-through destination to a four-season wine tourism hotspot, emphasizing the region's focus on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varietals.Sullivan explains how social media marketing has revolutionized wine sales, moving away from traditional critic-driven recommendations toward peer influence and community building. He describes their dual distribution strategy, selling premium estate wines directly while maintaining LCBO presence with entry-level products that serve as consumer introductions to the brand.The episode explores recent Ontario government support for the wine industry, including Premier Doug Ford's $35 million funding commitment over five years. Sullivan expresses optimism about current market opportunities, particularly given recent trade disruptions that have created space for Ontario wines on retail shelves.We also discuss innovative celebrity food collaborations, highlighting Selena Gomez's partnership with Oreo to create a horchata-flavored cookie. They note Gomez's remarkable success as one of the youngest self-made billionaires at 32, worth $1.3 billion, mainly through her Rare Beauty brand and strategic collaborations. The discussion extends to other celebrity food ventures, including Ryan Reynolds' successful breakfast collaboration with Tim Hortons, which generated impressive lineups and sales.These segments underscore broader themes of food security, consumer choice, and the complex interplay between government policy and market dynamics affecting Canadian food producers and consumers.Premier Doug Ford photo credit: Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Toronto Sun The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

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Datum: Dienstag, 20. Mai Host: Marc Blasius ­ Das erwartet euch in dieser Folge: Faktencheck: Rentenreform in Luxemburg? Premierminister Luc Frieden (CSV) hat erste konkrete Schritte zur Rentenreform vorgestellt. Was sich ab 2030 für Beschäftigte und Beamte ändert, und warum die Opposition bereits Kritik übt.? Zusammenfassung von Nadine Schartz ­ Hintergrund: Rentenreserven und private Vorsorge? Die Diskussion um die Zukunft der Altersvorsorge spitzt sich zu: Rentenreserven könnten 2047 aufgebraucht sein. Versicherer und Gewerkschaften schlagen unterschiedliche Wege zur Sicherung des Systems vor.? Analyse von Marco Meng ­ Faktencheck: 10.000 digitale Steuererklärungen in 3 Wochen Die neue Online-Plattform der Steuerverwaltung zeigt Wirkung. Alle Infos zur Online-Steuererklärung ­ Analyse: Grenzkontrollen sorgen für Ärger? Vermehrte Grenzkontrollen zwischen Deutschland und Luxemburg bringen Pendler und Anwohner auf die Palme. Wie sich Wartezeiten und Verkehrschaos auf den Alltag auswirken – und was das Innenministerium dazu sagt. Hintergrundbericht zu den Grenzkontrollen ­ Fragen, Feedback oder Pendler-Geschichten? Schreibt uns gern an: pendler@wort.lu Abonniert den Pendler Club, um keine Folge zu verpassen!? Bleibt sicher und informiert – auf dem Weg zur Arbeit und zurück. ­ Der Pendler Club ist ein Podcast vom Luxemburger Wort. http://www.wort.lu Moderation und Produktion: Marc Blasius Redaktion: Luxemburger Wort Grafik: Mara Mohnen ­See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this insightful episode of The Food Professor podcast, hosts Michael LeBlanc and Sylvain Charlebois explore Canadian food politics and industry developments before sitting down with Adam Grogan, President and COO of Maple Leaf Foods, for a revealing conversation about the company's evolution and future.The episode begins with a discussion of Canada's new Liberal cabinet, focusing on Heath MacDonald from PEI as the new Agriculture Minister replacing Kody Blois. The hosts express mixed feelings about the appointment, noting MacDonald's farming background as a positive sign. They also analyze Chrystia Freeland's surprising role as Transportation Minister and its implications for agricultural logistics.Another highlight includes the new interprovincial trade deal between Manitoba and Ontario, which aims to reduce trade barriers. Charlebois emphasizes that such provincial initiatives will drive meaningful change, not federal promises, potentially opening new markets for small and medium-sized food producers currently limited by licensing requirements.The hosts then discuss American food inflation dropping from 3% to 2.8% despite tariffs, questioning why U.S. consumers haven't experienced price increases despite trade restrictions with Canada, China, and Mexico.The feature interview with Adam Grogan reveals Maple Leaf Foods' transformation beyond being merely a protein company. Grogan describes the organization as a "CPG powerhouse" with numerous brands, including Tender Flake lard, Sunrise, Larson, Burns, Mitchell's, Schneiders, Prime poultry, and Greenfield natural meats. He also discusses their $1 billion investment in processing facilities in London, Winnipeg, and Brampton to enhance global competitiveness.On plant-based proteins, Grogan shares a nuanced perspective, noting they are "the largest share of refrigerated plant protein in North America" with three dedicated brands and manufacturing plants. While acknowledging recent market challenges, he remains optimistic about the future, citing changing consumer preferences and Canada's position as the world's largest producer of pulses and legumes.Sustainability forms a cornerstone of their strategy, with Grogan stating, "Animal production is one of the largest emitters of carbon anywhere, and big food needs to do more." Maple Leaf Foods was the first Canadian company to align with science-based targets from the Paris Agreement and the first major food company to declare carbon neutrality in 2019.The episode concludes with discussions on Newfoundland's ineffective sugar tax, which has collected $30 million without changing consumption patterns, and the controversial government-funded Aspire Foods cricket farm in London that recently entered receivership despite $9 million in public funding.This episode offers valuable insights into Canadian food policy, sustainable protein production, and the evolution of one of Canada's largest food companies under progressive leadership. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

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Asociațiile de afaceri și-au spus punctul de vedere. Doresc ca România să își mențină parcursul euroatlantic și calea democratică. De asemenea, organizațiile de business denunță un eventual vandalism fiscal. Din aceste puncte de vedere, susținerea pentru candidatul pro-european este clară. Ieri, opt organizații de afaceri au semnat împreună un apel prin care își exprimă mai multe obiective care trebuie păstrate sau apărate de clasa politică, respectiv asigurarea unui mediu economic predictibil, protejarea pieței libere, statului de drept și securității naționale, precum și păstrarea apartenenței la drumul european și la structurile internaționale.Cele opt organizații de business sunt: Confederația Concordia, Romanian Business Leaders, Camera de Comerț Americană (AmCham), Asociația Oamenilor de Afaceri din România (AOAR), Camera de Comerț și Industrie Româno-Germană (AHK), Camera de Comerț Britanică în România, Camera de comerț Belgia, Luxemburg și Consiliul Investitorilor Străini.Să fim clari. Limbajul apelului mediului de afaceri este destul de neutru, în sensul că pledează pentru predictibilitate, pentru un traseu euro-atlantic și pentru principiile statului de drept. Și totuși, mesajul arată destul de clar susținerea către candidatul la președinție cu o viziune pro-europeană. Desigur, este vorba despre Nicușor Dan.Trebuie remarcat că organizațiile de business au dorit de data aceasta să transmită un semnal clar. Nu se întâmplă de multe ori, pentru că de obicei patronatele din România evită să ia poziții prea politice și se limitează doar la analize tehnice, economice, și la pledoarii pentru dialog. În general, organizațiile de business propun soluții economice sau ajustarea unor probleme din economie, dar stau destul de departe de declarațiile politice tranșante. Nu cred că se tem de eventuale represalii din partea unor instituții ale statului, dar nu își pot permite să închidă ușa unui politician sau a unui partid pentru că în felul acesta și-ar bloca posibilitatea dialogului după alegeri.Au fost, fără îndoială, și momente în care organizațiile de afaceri au pledat pro domo, adică pentru unele facilități sau pentru îmbunătățirea legislației, dar, în ultimă instanță, aceasta este menirea unei asociații a companiilor. Acum, însă, după foarte mult timp, organizațiile de afaceri au lăsat la o parte regula neimplicării politice și au dat un semnal clar în direcția candidatului Nicușor Dan.S-au mai implicat politic organizațiile de business? Cel mai recent, companiile și asociațiile mediului de afaceri au fost acuzate că s-au amestecat politic în anul 2017, la manifestațiile anti-Dragnea. S-a spus atunci că unii manageri și-au trimis oamenii în piață. Nu au apărut dovezi în acest sens, dar ideea a rămas.Dacă a fost un sâmbure de adevăr în informația că managerii companiilor private și-au trimis angajații în stradă, ar trebui să ne întrebăm: de ce ar face acest lucru? Răspunsul pare simplu: mediul de afaceri a crezut că politicul a depășit limitele normale și pune în pericol economia și afacerile din România.Dacă logica este corectă, astăzi ne aflăm în aceeași situație. Adică, asociațiile de afaceri știu că o deraiere de la traseul euro-atlantic ar duce economia și societatea românească spre prăpastie. Este bine că de data aceasta oamenii de afaceri și companiile semnatare ale apelului o spun destul de clar.Mai limpede s-a exprimat acum câteva zile Confederația patronală Concordia. Organizația condusă de omul de afaceri Dan Șucu a transmis un manifest care include trei cereri imperative pentru cei doi candidați aflați în turul doi al alegerilor prezidențiale.Astfel, prima cerință era cea enunțată și ieri și anume că trebuie păstrat drumul european și atlantic al României. În caz contrar, Concordia consideră că nivelul de trai al populației ar scădea. A doua cerință este un avertisment ca politicienii și guvernul să nu apeleze la un nou vandalism fiscal, termenul fiind suficient de sugestiv. În fine, a treia cerință este respectarea democrației, libertății, proprietății private și domniei legii. Acestea sunt condiții necesare pentru continuarea investițiilor private. În concluzie, de data aceasta, organizațiile de afaceri au vorbit tranșant. Cine are urechi de auzit să audă.

In dieser Folge des Pendler Clubs bespricht Jil Reale die politische Spannung zwischen Deutschland und Luxemburg, ein brisantes Gerichtsurteil, das Luxemburg recht gibt, und die ganz praktischen Folgen für Asylsuchende an der Grenze. Außerdem: Warum es eine neue E-Mail-Adresse für Beschwerden gibt – und wieso bisher noch viele Fragen offen bleiben. ­ Ein Urteil gibt Luxemburg mit seiner Kritik an den Grenzkontrollen recht ­ Luxemburg missbilligt noch schärfere Grenzkontrollen ­ Deutsche Bundespolizei bereitet sich auf verstärkte Kontrollen vor ­ Deutschland soll zur „Wachstumslokomotive“ werden ­ Grenzstress mit Deutschland: Luxemburg bittet Bürger um Rückmeldung ­ Eure Erfahrungen und Fragen sind uns wichtig! Was habt ihr als Pendelnde schon erlebt, welche Frage brennt euch unter den Nägeln? Schreibt einfach eine E-Mail an pendler@wort.lu. Und nicht vergessen: Abonnieren! _____________________________ Der Pendler Club ist ein Podcast des Luxemburger Wort. Moderation und Produktion: Jil Reale Redaktion: Luxemburger Wort Grafik: Mara MohnenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Der Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel geht in die zweite Runde. Wer wird sich im zweiten Halbfinale qualifizieren? Wir haben mit den Acts JJ aus Österreich, Klavdia aus Griechenland, Go-Jo aus Australien und Princ aus Serbien unterhalten. Am Turquoise Capet zudem mit Laura Thorn aus Luxemburg – deutschsprachig! –, Katarsis aus Litauen und Emmy aus Irland.Außerdem schauen Marco und Alkis kurz auf das Semifinale 1 und auf die eliminierten Acts und geben einen kurzen Ausblick auf das, was kommt. Creators: Marco Schreuder & Alkis Vlassakakis & Sonja RiegelMerci Chérie Online:www.MerciCherie.atFacebook: MerciCheriePodcastInstagram: mercicherie.atTikTok: @merci_cherie_podcastbluesky: @mercicherie.atBitte bewertet uns und schreibt Reviews, wo immer ihr uns hört.

Jeden Dienstag berichten wir über die wichtigsten Neuigkeiten rund ums Pendeln ins und Arbeiten im Großherzogtum. Jeden zweiten Donnerstag diskutieren wir mit Gästen im Studio ausführlich über ein bestimmtes Thema. ­ Das Update für diese Woche (KW20): ­ Deutsche Bundespolizei bereitet sich auf verstärkte Kontrollen vor ­ Schüler entwickeln Luxemburgisch-App für spielerisches Lernen ­ Zusätzliche Park&Ride-Plätze in Ulflingen und Colmar-Berg ­ Zugverkehr in Luxemburg auf Erfolgskurs ­ Neugierige LUGA-Besucher suchen die Blütenpracht _____________________________ Der Pendler Club ist ein Podcast des Luxemburger Wort. Moderation und Produktion: Jil Reale Redaktion: Luxemburger Wort Grafik: Mara MohnenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presa locală consideră că mișcarea poate avea succes: o bună parte a cetățenilor sunt de acord cu revendicările studențești și ar vota o listă propusă de aceștia. Mișcarea studențească are șanse reale de a câștiga alegerile, relateazăvreme.com care scrie că studenții sârbi cer dizolvarea Parlamentului și convocarea de alegeri legislative anticipate. Care sunt șansele lor? Se întreabă publicația.„Decizia studenților de a se adresa regimului actual cu o cerere de dizolvare a parlamentului național și convocare de alegeri parlamentare anticipate nu vine din senin și nu este surprinzătoare.”Toată lumea a înțeles că autoritățile nu numai că au refuzat să răspundă revendicărilor studenților, dar au răspuns crizei politice cu o represiune din ce în ce mai brutală și o propagandă din ce în ce mai josnică.Mai multe sondaje de opinie publicate recent arată că marea majoritate a cetățenilor sârbi susține satisfacerea revendicărilor studențești și că o parte semnificativă a acestor cetățeni ar fi dispuși să voteze pentru o listă susținută de studenți.Dialogul dintre nou premier sârb și universități este sincer?Rectorul Universității de Arte din Belgrad, Mirjana Nikolić, a declarat, referitor la a treia întâlnire care a avut loc  între prim-ministrul Đura Macut și rectorul Universității din Belgrad, Vladan Đokić, că rămâne o întrebare majoră: dacă dialogul dintre guvern și universitate este cu adevărat sincer, citim în n1info.rs.Nikolić a adăugat că, întrucât prim-ministrul este el însuși profesor universitar, ar trebui să înțeleagă poziția comunității academice, relatează site-ul postului de televiziune.„Așadar, dacă, în timpul unei întâlniri, prezinți situația instituției tale, iar apoi ți se cere să te organizezi conform unei metodologii impuse din exterior, cred că nu putem vorbi despre un dialog sincer și complet.”În ceea ce privește reluarea, sau mai degrabă compensarea anului universitar, ea a subliniat că actualul ministru al Educației solicită universităților să stabilească singure data revenirii la cursuri.„Pot spune din partea Universității de Arte că avem un model pentru recuperarea cursurilor, dar nu avem încă o dată”, a spus ea. Pentru că „este total iluzoriu să stabilești o dată fără a lua în considerare factorul esențial în toată această discuție: studenții, desigur”.Sprijin din Luxemburg pentru aderarea Muntenegrului la UEPreședintele Parlamentului Muntenegrului, Andrija Mandić, s-a întâlnit cu președintele Parlamentului Marelui Ducat al Luxemburgului, Claude Vissel, la Conferința președinților parlamentelor statelor membre ale Uniunii Europene de la Budapesta. Mandić a subliniat importanța sprijinului continuu al Luxemburgului pentru Muntenegru în drumul său către Uniunea Europeană, subliniind că Luxemburgul, cu o populație aproximativ aceeași cu cea a Muntenegrului, reprezintă un adevărat exemplu de succes și de standard de viață european la care aspiră și Muntenegru, relatează rtcg.me.Andrija Mandić a adăugat că, datorită programului de reformă dezvoltat cu succes, Muntenegru are oportunitatea de a utiliza 383,4 milioane euro din fonduri europene și că recenta sa intrare în sistemul SEPA a permis plăți financiare mai rapide și mai eficiente. Au fost evidențiate rezultatele semnificative obținute la sfârșitul anului 2024, când Muntenegru a încheiat trei capitole importante ale negocierilor cu UE. Obiectivul, așa cum a fost anunțat, este de a închide toate capitolele de negociere până la sfârșitul anului 2026 și de a „deveni membru al Uniunii Europene în 2028.”Expoziție de desen arhitectural la Tiranapanorama.com.al scrie despre o expoziție de desen arhitectural la Tirana, curatoriată de Sergei Tchoban, renumit arhitect și fondator al Fundației Tchoban din Berlin.Această expoziție prezintă în Albania o selecție de desene arhitecturale reprezentative nu doar pentru arta desenului, ci și pentru procesul creativ al arhitecturii contemporane și istorice. Sergei Tchoban a fondat Muzeul Desenului Arhitectural din Berlin, o instituție unică ce promovează importanța desenului în arhitectură.De ce are nevoie Tirana de un muzeu de desen arhitectural? Tirana și zonele sale turistice trec printr-o fază de continuă transformare urbană și arhitecturală. Clădirile noi, proiectele inovatoare și dezvoltările urbane necesită o platformă unde cetățenii și profesioniștii să poată înțelege și aprecia procesul creativ din spatele lor. Un muzeu dedicat desenului arhitectural ar servi drept arhivă vizuală a dezvoltării orașului, documentând și expunând proiectele care au modelat și vor modela Tirana. Mai mult, o astfel de instituție ar fi un instrument educațional puternic pentru studenții de arhitectură, design și arte vizuale, oferindu-le oportunitatea de a studia și de a se inspira dintr-o varietate de desene, de la schițe conceptuale la detalii tehnice. Au participat la Revista Presei Europa Plus:Milo POPOVIC, MuntenegruAndjela RADULOVIC, SerbiaSofija JOVANOVIĆ, SerbiaLavdije XHELILI, Albania

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Oct 12, 2019 In this episode, I sit down with author and illustrator Kate Evans to discuss her powerful graphic biography Red Rosa, which vividly brings to life the story of revolutionary Marxist thinker Rosa Luxemburg. We explore Luxemburg's radical politics, her commitment to internationalism and anti-militarism, and the challenges she faced as a Jewish woman in the male-dominated socialist movements of her time. Kate shares her creative process behind the book, how she translated dense political theory into an accessible visual narrative, and why Luxemburg's legacy remains so vital for today's struggles against capitalism and authoritarianism. Whether you're new to Luxemburg or a longtime admirer, this conversation offers fresh insight into one of the most brilliant and courageous figures of the socialist tradition. Find her book, and all her other work, here: https://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio HERE

In Season 5, Episode 35 of The Food Professor podcast, co-hosts Michael LeBlanc and Sylvain Charlebois deliver an information-packed episode with significant developments in both personal and industry news.Sylvain Charlebois opens with a major announcement about joining Texas A&M University on August 1st to lead their #1-ranked Masters in Agribusiness program while maintaining his position at Dalhousie University. Speaking from Saskatoon, Sylvain shares insights about his keynote on AI in the food business and briefly touches on the political climate following recent Canadian election results.The second Canadian Food Sentiment Index reveals continued concerns about food inflation, with many consumers pessimistically expecting double-digit inflation rates. The report highlights growing consumer trust in independent grocers, likely driven by the strengthening Buy Local movement. Sylvain notes that grocery retailers like Loblaw are becoming more transparent about strategic challenges they face.The featured interview showcases an in-depth in-person conversation live at SIAL Canada between Sylvain and Gilles Froment, Senior Vice President of Government Relations at Lactalis and President of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), marking the podcast's first solo interview by Sylvain in five years.Froment, only the third Canadian to head the IDF in its 120-year history, explains the organization's role in establishing global dairy standards through its network of 1,200 experts worldwide. The discussion covers critical industry topics including the challenges of plant-based alternatives using dairy terminology, global dairy demand outpacing supply, and the projection of a significant global milk shortage by 2030—potentially equivalent to three times Canada's annual production.Both experts agree this shortage represents a missed opportunity for Canada due to supply management limitations, despite the country's excellent reputation for dairy quality and safety standards. The conversation also explores sustainability challenges facing the dairy industry, with Froment detailing his four-pillar approach: economic sustainability, social impact, environmental responsibility, and nutritional value.Climate change initiatives discussed include carbon sequestration research, genetic selection for lower methane-emitting cows, and the controversy surrounding feed additives. Froment emphasizes the need for carbon measurement at farm level and incentive-based approaches rather than punitive taxation.The episode concludes with Michael and Sylvain discussing Weight Watchers' bankruptcy filing—attributed to the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs—and Tim Hortons' new partnership with Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, debating whether this celebrity endorsement will effectively attract their target demographic of younger women to the coffee chain.. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

n Season 5 of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois take listeners inside the bustling SIAL Food Innovation Show in Toronto, bringing fresh insights on global food trends and the shifting dynamics of agri-food trade. The episode kicks off with their live reflections on the show floor, surrounded by global exhibitors from Brazil, Peru, Jamaica, and Italy. They note a growing demand for diverse flavors and ethnic cuisines, as well as a strategic pivot by companies to balance foodservice and retail sales post-pandemic.Sylvain highlights how COVID reshaped supply chains, pushing businesses to avoid overreliance on single sectors and prompting innovations that blur lines between restaurant and retail offerings. They discuss ongoing tariff challenges, food inflation stabilizing, and the complex impact of retaliatory tariffs on Canadian importers and exporters.Shifting gears, the duo analyze Canada's post-election political landscape, unpacking what Mark Carney's new government could mean for agri-food policy, carbon taxation, and Canada's trade relationships with the U.S. and Mexico. They speculate about potential reforms to supply management and agri-stability programs, while exploring Western Canadian frustrations over political representation and federal agricultural policy.The second half features an exclusive interview with Martin Lavoie, President & CEO of Groupe Export Agroalimentaire Québec-Canada, Canada's largest agri-food export association. Martin shares how his organization supports over 450 Quebec food exporters through trade shows, market intelligence, and export services. He explains how diversification strategies are evolving amid global tariff volatility, why intra-Canada trade holds untapped potential, and how government procurement could boost domestic food producers.Martin also addresses the challenges of breaking into international markets like Europe, where food economies remain hyper-local, while noting rising demand in Asia and Mexico. He underscores the importance of reducing interprovincial trade barriers to unlock growth and reveals the criteria behind Group Export's annual Export Gala awards.Wrapping up, Michael and Sylvain reflect on Michael Medline's upcoming retirement from Sobeys, discussing his leadership legacy and impact on the grocer's national growth and industry advocacy. They also celebrate T&T's continued U.S. expansion and the launch of Loblaws' Maxi stores outside Quebec.Tune in for expert insights on the evolving agri-food export landscape, retail's competitive shifts, and the policies shaping Canada's food industry future. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

In this interview, Jakob Zsambok of The Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, talks about the Seshat and Cliopatria databases, what they contain, their data sources and confirmation, and how they are accessed, used and enhanced by historical researchers.Seshat: Global History Databank, founded in 2011, aims to bring together the most current and comprehensive body of knowledge about human history in one place by systematically collecting what is known about the social and political organization of human societies and the evolution of civilizations over time.Cliopatria is a geospatial database of world-wide political entities from 3400BCE to 2024CE (then continuing with the existing description)  it builds on work originally done by Andrew Tollefson for a YouTube video. Seshat and Cliopatria are now linked, so that data related to a polity can be taken in relation to its physical location, its geo-spatial context, and over time. Jakob uses the Holy Roman Empire and Sigismund of Luxemburg as examples of the management of inter-locking relationshipsSeshat and Cliopatria both actively welcome enhancements, additional data and suggestions from their users.   The web addresses areSeshat: https://seshat-db.com/   and https://seshatdatabank.info/  (Note : in order to see all the data and suggest edits, an account is needed which has to be manually approved)And Seshat database on github: https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank  Cliopatria on github:  https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria  And on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/13363121This podcast is part of a series of interviews covering central Europe in the medieval period for MECERN and CEU Medieval Studies.

In Season 5, Episode 33 of The Food Professor Podcast, hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois deliver a dynamic episode split between urgent food policy news and an in-depth interview with Jake Karls, Co-Founder and Chief Rainmaker of the powerhouse better-for-you brand Mid-Day Squares.Kicking off with the news segment, Sylvain and Michael break down Canada's approaching election and the glaring lack of meaningful agricultural policy across party platforms. While the NDP pushes for price freezes and a windfall tax on grocers, the Liberals and Conservatives offer little in the way of innovation or supply chain resilience. The hosts also tackle the impact of Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs, which drive food inflation and force Canadian grocers to de-Americanize sourcing. This effort comes with significant costs to consumers. They also discuss the potential discontinuation of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup and the increasing scrutiny of petroleum-based food dyes like Red #40, calling science and public perception into question.The second half features an electrifying interview with Jake Karls, who updates listeners on Mid-Day Squares' journey since his last appearance. From humble condo kitchens beginning to producing over 130,000 chocolate bars daily, Jake shares how building an in-house manufacturing facility—rather than relying on co-packers—enabled product consistency, brand authenticity, and rapid scaling. He dives into the challenges of being a media-first company, the evolution of its storytelling strategy, and its pivot into new product categories beyond chocolate.Jake opens up about battling cocoa price surges, securing supply chains, and staying BRC-certified. He also previews Mid-Day Squares' upcoming expansion to triple output capacity, pushing the brand toward $225 million in potential revenue. The conversation closes on a powerful note about the importance of storytelling in entrepreneurship and building brand trust at scale.Whether you're a CPG entrepreneur, policy wonk, or retail trend-watcher, this episode offers an unfiltered look at macro-level food system dynamics and the bold entrepreneurial journey reshaping the snack aisle across North America. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

Nepotul și bodyguardul președintelui parlamentului muntenegrean este acuzat că a încercat să omoare două persoane la Podgorica. În Serbia, studenții protestatari blochează sediul RTS, radiodifuzorul public, cerând un nou proces de selecție al membrilor Autorității de Reglementare în Audiovizual. „Zidul tăcerii în cazul Danilo Mandić” titrează Cafe del Montenegro care relatează despre nepotul președintelui parlamentului muntenegrean suspectat că a încercat să ucidă două persoane pe 19 aprilie, la Podgorica, capitala țării. Poliția i-a identificat pe cei doi „drept persoane de interes din motive de securitate.”Danilo Mandić, de 35 de ani, este nepotul și bodyguardul lui Andrije Mandić, președintele parlamentului muntenegrean. Presa scrie că în momentul atacului, Danilo Mandić ar fi folosit un vehicul oficial al parlamentului.Avocatul presupusului atacator a declarat că Danilo Mandić a mers la poliție după ce „a apărut o poveste destul de confuză conform căreia ar fi participat la un incident.” Acesta susține că Mandić a fost arestat pe baza declarațiilor date de părțile vătămate, fără alte probe.Blocada studențească la radiodifuzorul public din Serbiakossev.info comentează blocada făcută de o săptămână de studenții protestatari la televiziunea RTS, radiodifuzorul public din Serbia.Blocarea serviciului public a început luni, 14 aprilie, la ora 22.00.Principalele revendicări ale studenților sunt anularea apelului public anterior pentru numirea membrilor Consiliului de Reglementare al Mass Media și începerea unui proces nou, transparent. Ei cer, de asemenea, socoteală pentru felul în care RTS acoperă protestele începute în noiembrie, anul trecut, când prăbușirea unuia dintre acoperișurile de beton ale gării Novi Sad, a ucis 16 persoane.De partea sa, RTS condamnă publicarea pe rețele sociale a fotografiilor jurnaliștilor și redactorilor postului ca și cum ar fi dușmani ai poporului. Aceste acțiuni „provocă îngrijorare, insuflă frică și amintesc de metodele celor mai întunecate perioade ale secolului al XX-lea.”În apărarea personalului de la postul  lor au venit  mai multe asociații de jurnaliști.UE cere același lucru de la Serbia ca și studenții protestatariÎnaintea vizitei la Belgrad, programată pentru sfârșitul lunii aprilie, comisarul european pentru extindere, Marta Kos a reiterat că revendicările studenților protestatari corespund aproape în totalitate așteptărilor Uniunii Europene față de Serbia, relatează danas.rs.Într-un interviu acordat European Newsroom și citat de publicația sârbească, Marta Kos a subliniat că Europa insistă pe principii cheie precum statul de drept, lupta împotriva corupției și transparența în achizițiile publice - principii apărate și de protestatari. Ea adaugă că Serbia trebuie să-și reînnoiască angajamentul european. Comisarul și-a exprimat dorința pentru un guvern „proeuropean și reformist”. Cu toate acestea, acest scenariu nu trezește același optimism în rândul opiniei publice sârbe.Noile numiri ministeriale reprezintă un guvern de continuitate, acuză opoziția.  Principalele ministere rămân în mâna membrilor fostului guvern,Antonio Costa laudă Albania pentru progresele în aderarea la UEAlbania marchează un nou punct de cotitură în negocierile de aderare la Uniunea Europeană odată cu desfășurarea celei de-a patra conferințe interguvernamentale de la Luxemburg. Înainte de masa rotundă pentru deschiderea capitolului „Piața internă”, premierul s-a aflat la Bruxelles unde a fost primit de președintele Consiliului European, Antonio Costa, citim în publicația shqiptarja.com, Albaneza.Edi Rama a spus că Albania este hotărâtă să îndeplinească toate condiţiile pentru aderarea la UE, în timp ce Antonio Costa a anunţat că va vizita toate ţările din Balcanii de Vest la mijlocul lunii mai.„Este încurajator să vedem progresele pe care le-a făcut Albania. Deschidem următorul capitol al grupului și ambiția noastră este să deschidem și altele în acest an. Acest lucru este important pentru UE și Albania, dar cred că este un semn pentru întreaga regiune: cel mai bun mod de a asigura prosperitatea și pacea în Balcanii de Vest este UE și apartenența sa,” a mai adăugat Antonio Costa. Au participat la Revista Presei Europa Plus:Milo POPOVIC, MuntenegruAndjela RADULOVIC, SerbiaSofija JOVANOVIĆ, SerbiaLavdije XHELILI, Albania

The episode kicks off with breaking economic news: while Canada's overall inflation slowed to 2.3% in March, food inflation surged to a staggering 3.2%—a monthly jump not seen since 1983. Sylvain attributes the spike to Ottawa's counter-tariffs, rising ingredient costs, and shifting sourcing strategies as Canadian grocers de-Americanize their supply chains. This backdrop leads into a discussion on recent Caddle research indicating that 61% of Canadians are willing to pay more for local products—an unprecedented level of national loyalty that presents both opportunity and urgency for domestic producers.Listeners also get a sneak peek at the upcoming release of the Canadian Food Sentiment Index, sponsored by MNP, which shows growing trust in Canada's food industry. Michael and Sylvain then pivot to the controversial topic of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, raising critical questions about childhood obesity, pharmaceutical influence, and the implications for food industry giants like Nestlé and Mondelez.The second half of the episode features Elysabeth Alfano, CEO of VegTech Invest and host of two sustainability-focused podcasts. Elysabeth unpacks how her ETF invests in publicly traded companies that are accelerating food systems transformation—emphasizing impact, liquidity, and innovation over startup hype. She shares candid takes on the realities of lab-grown meat, the risks of insect protein, and why countries like Singapore and Israel are leading the charge in food security and innovation.Elysabeth also weighs in on the role of policy, pointing to rising geopolitical instability and trade tensions—especially in the U.S.—as a catalyst for investment in food innovation. From precision fermentation to biosecurity risks, she outlines why now is the time for bold moves in food tech and ESG investing.With both news and expert insights, this episode offers a comprehensive look at the forces reshaping what we grow, invest in, and consume.About Elysabeth Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of  VegTech™ Invest , the Advisor to a publicly traded Food Innovation ETF.  Run by sector experts, VegTech™ Invest drives capital to those companies innovating for a resilient, sustainable and less damaging food supply system through its educational tools and financial product. It, thus, positively impacts Climate Change and biodiversity loss.Elysabeth is an expert in investing in food systems transformation and speaks internationally on the intersection of investing, sustainability, and our global food supply system. She has spoken at the U.N. Global Leaders Compact Summit, the United Nations Climate Change Summit, SXSW, COP27 and COP28, Yale University and Northwestern University, several Bloomberg Intelligence events and has done a myriad of TV interviews including Bloomberg TV and Ameritrade TV. Elysabeth began her career with Kellogg Company working on Special K and Frosted Mini-Wheats before acting as Chief Investment Officer for a small family office. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Elysabeth consults and advises C-Suite Executives on the sustainable food industry landscape, direction and whitespaces.  Lastly, Elysabeth hosts the  Plantbased Business Hour , a podcast which features the CEOs and business leaders in the industry.  The Plantbased Business Hour is considered “The Gold Standard” for those who want to understand, participate in, and capitalize on the growing Plant-based Innovation sector. She is the voice of sustainability in the invment community hosting the Upside & Impact: Investing for Change on Advisorpedia.Elysabeth contributes to ESG Clarity, WGN Radio, Vegconomist Magazine, CAIA, ETFCentral.com Advisorpedia and FinTechTV on a regular basis. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

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Victor Negrescu: [00:00:00] Victor Negrescu este lăsat acolo la Bruxelles pentru că dă o față europeană a PSD-ului. Eu probabil că exprim niște poziții minoritare în partid și recunosc lucrurile acestea dar măcar le exprim am curajul să le spun. George Buhnici: Eu sunt de acord că omul politic trebuie să se ocupe de politică nu trebuie salveze pisici din copac.Victor Negrescu: Nu mă interesează unde se tunde candidatul Sau filmuleţe haioase şi aşa mai departe Sincer nici pisica din copac. Eu nu mă regăsesc. Nu punem la bătaie guvernul se pune la bătaie preşedintele României. Eu cred că se joacă şi soarta guvernării. George Buhnici: Marcel Ciolac o să păţească exact ca Iohannis. O să plece pe sub-autobuz nu cu Victor Negrescu: autobuzul.Dacă Crina Antonescu câştiga alegerile, sunt şase foarte mari Crina Antonescu nu are nicio şansă Este în pinea ta. Dar pe bune, serios, doar atât putem? Doar atât poate PSD-ul? Știu că lumea e coceată pe subiectul ăsta. Și tu insisti, Marcel Ciolacu Marcel Ciolacu, nu e vorba despre el. Nu e despre Marcel Ciolacu este vorba despre George Buhnici: lipsă de educație, incompetență și lipsă de performanță.35 de ani nu s-a întâmplat nimic. Victor Negrescu: Doar George Buhnici: s-a furat. Victor Negrescu: Și pe această chestiune s-a cultivat sentimentul că democrația e de vină și partidele sunt de vină. [00:01:00] Suntem vot împotrivă e bapea mântii, suntem sătui de sistem. Nu e dacă ești suveranist în România. De ce te opui ca ucrainienii să aibă suveranitate? Pentru că dacă tu ești dispus să încalci suveranitatea Ucrainei, cum zic suveraniștii în România, înseamnă că ești dispus să accepti ca Rusia să încalce suveranitatea României.E un nonsens adică când ești George Buhnici: suveranist? Dar le zic nouă suveraniștii că dacă nu am provocat Rusia, Rusia ne-ar lăsa în pace, că noi ajutăm ucrainei și de-aia îi provocăm pe ruși. Spun, domnule, Victor Negrescu: să fim mândri. Adică ei stă acolo să stă cam plecat la Moscova, că asta e problema lor. De George Buhnici: ce ești unul dintre foarte puțini pesediși cu fața umană?Nu uitați să [00:02:00] dați like să lăsați comentariu distribuiți video pe alte ce ești unul dintre foarte puțini pesediși cu fața umană? Acum sper că toată Victor Negrescu: lumea este... Toți politicienii sunt oameni la finalul zilei. Nu știu, mi se pare că, cel puțin în ceea mă privește, că trebuie să vorbesc cât se poate de direct, să fiu eu, să fiu autentic.Fac politică pentru că am niște convingeri ferme. Am trecut și prin situații, zic eu, dificile în politică. Am fost propus de trei ori să fiu exclus din Partidul Social-Democrat și, în consecință, dacă tot am realizat atâția ani, e timpul să vorbim și mai liber și mai deschis și, poate asta mă face mai uman.Când a fost a treia? A treia cu Liviu Dragnea și cu Viorica Năcilă A mi-a fost teamă George Buhnici: ca acum, după turul 1. Vorbeai prea bine. Victor Negrescu: După turul 1 a fost o provocare. Ideea aceasta să fiu comunicatorul [00:03:00] Partidului pentru Alegele Parlamentare am zis că am niște lucruri care, poate unii nu se așteptau să le zic. Și ai rezistat comunicator două zile.Eu zic că nimeni nu s-a dezis, că nu s-a făcut niciun vot. Am fost votat cu unanimitate să fiu comunicator, dar într-adevăr au revenit și alți colegi în prim plan. Însă am spus lucrurile pe care le-am gândit și cred că am contribuit la redresarea partidului social-democrat. Adică tot și-am câștigat alegele parlamentare.Poate unii au mizat și pe mine și pe oameni ca mine că vom conta mai mult. Și da, am spus cum am spus niște lucruri foarte directe. Am spus foarte clar că dacă s-a întâmplat lucrul acesta, nu sunt de acord că a partidul social-democrat să dea votul altui partid în mod special extremiștilor. Și am spus că dacă a făcut cineva lucrul acesta, cu siguranță, în familia social-democrată nu ar trebui să regăsească.Și am spus cu fermitate încă ceva în care cred că noi... Așa spus făcut cineva lucru în că Luptăm pentru [00:04:00] justiție justiție socială În consecință trebuie să fie o temă și pentru noi. Unii au apreciat, alții au apreciat mai puțin. E o dezbatere internă foarte vie în Partidul Social-Democrat și în sensul acesta nu a zice că există tabere, nu e valoare de tabere, dar e normal să existe și viziuni diferite și fiecare să contribuie cum dorește la această direcție a stângii românești.George Buhnici: După interviul de la ProTV, m-am convins că vreau să am o conversație cu tine. Și după aia ai dispărut. Și a fost foarte ciudat pentru că, exact cum ai zis tu ai spus ceea gândeai, dar ai spus ceea ce gândeam mai mulți. Și era una dintre rarele ocazii când nu mă uitam la un lider politic de la orice partid din România, care vorbea ok.Că nu mă aștept la performanță excepțională de la politicienii români, dar vorbeai ok. Încă... Acum înțeleg mai bine că ai vorbit împotriva conducerii. Victor Negrescu: Nu, nu nu. George Buhnici: Dacă trebuie să iasă cei care au dat voturi, a ieșit la iveală [00:05:00] ulterior că șefii PSD-ului au trimis oamenii să dea voturi lui George Simion.Victor Negrescu: Nici nu mai înțelegem dacă a fost o glumă sau nu a fost o glumă. Acum nu știu. Adevărul este că Partidul Social-Democrat nu a prins turul 2 și trebuie să ne dăm seama că au fost comise cel puțin niște greșeli strategice și ar fi foarte ușor pentru mine să spun că X sau Y este responsabil. O spun foarte direct.E o responsabilitate comună A Partiului Social-Democrat pentru ceea ce s-a întâmplat anul trecut și pentru partidari și pentru România, că de fapt România a avut de suferit pe prisma faptului că, iată, un candidat extremist era să ajungă președintele României cu o agenda, cred eu, împotriva românilor.Așa că tot din interiorul acestui partid trebuie vină soluția pentru a se redresa. E nevoie de o stângă puternică în România, una autentică, sinceră deschisă pentru că [00:06:00] peste toată lumea se așteaptă de la stânga să facă mult mai mult decât toată lumea pentru că noi de principiu spunem reprezentăm oamenii.Complicat adică nivelul de presiune este mult mai mare, standardele sunt mult mai ridicate și trebuie să învățăm și noi cum să respectăm acest angajament pentru că altfel, da, se va întâmpla ca în multe zone din Europa. Stânga românească va avea de suferit dacă nu se adaptează și dacă nu este cu adevărat umană și sinceră.George Buhnici: Eu cred că până la următoarea alegeri în ritmul actual, PSD-ul se va toci de tot și nu este singurul care va avea problema asta. Ce se întâmplă acum nu este un accident. Și acum, într-adevăr stai și te uiți băi ok, avem nevoie de stânga, dar până când să avem, să ajungem să vorbim de ce înseamnă stânga ce înseamnă să fii social-democrat că aș vrea să aud lucrurile astea de la un PSD-s până în urmă, de altfel primul care vine aici, am vrut să aduc și pe domnul Ciolacu înainte de alegeri doar că nu merge decât la chestii aranjate.În condițiile actuale cu Partidul Social-Democrat în formă asta, [00:07:00] eu nu știu ce mai rămâne după alegerile prezidențiale pentru că, da, acum există o coaliție care are guvernul aranjat. Oamenii înțeleg prea puțin lucrul ăsta. Nu punem la bătaie guvernul, se pune la bătaie președintele României. Corect?Partea asta de coaliție de guvernare este pare rezolvată, dar eu nu văd bine liderii niciunui dintre partidele astea două care controlează această coaliție. Da, eu Victor Negrescu: cred că se joacă și soarta guvernării deși cu siguranță mi-aș dori să discutăm mai mult despre ce fel de președinte ne dorim pentru România și care sunt proiectele lor.Acum toată lumea e pe TikTok. E foarte bine, mă bucur să aflăm mai multe despre candidații la prezidențială, însă mi se pare totul forțat. Care-i proiectul de țară? Sincer, poate e profilul meu un pic mai serios. Nu mă interesează unde se tunde candidatul sau filmulețe. Eu nu mă regăsesc Cu siguranță și ăsta este un exemplu [00:08:00] Dar cred că acum avem nevoie, culmea, într-un moment dificil de politicieni serioși care își asumă acest rol.Responsabilitatea pe care o au. Eu am o chestiune. Sincer dacă... Dimineață nu am un program plin și nu fac ceea ce mi-am propus și nu am niște rezultate la finalul zilei, da, am un sentiment de rușine. Asta mă încearcă Adică, totuși, oamenii m-au votat, sunt plătiti din bani publici recunosc lucrul ăsta, deci am o misiune.Unii spun că exagerez, că sunt de principiu mai workaholic în felul acesta. Deci trebuie să ne facem treaba și asta vor oamenii să vadă de la noi. Toată lumea zice, dom'le, trebuie să fim umani. Eu nu înțeleg chestiunea asta. Omul politic care vrea să fie uman. Păi dacă ești om politic, ești, în primul rând om și prin ceea ce faci arăți că te preocupi de ceilalți.Dar alegerile acestea sunt cruciale. Cruciale pentru... George Buhnici: Până la alegerile cruciale hai să vorbim un pic de chestia asta umană, că e o capcană. Eu sunt de acord că omul politic trebuie să se ocupe de [00:09:00] politică nu trebuie să salveze pisici din copac ca să fie cool pe TikTok și nici să-mi arată unde se tunde sau ce am mâncat sau chestii genul ăsta.Astea sunt populisme. Putem fi de acord? Da, sunt total de acord. Putem fi de acord că să fii politician este o meserie în sine și nu trebuie fii entertainer? Victor Negrescu: Sunt de curge aici. Aici problema aceasta, această confuzie între entertainer și politician ne dus în situația pe care o trebuie să mă astăzi. Și da, partidele mainstream au făcut această greșeală au căutat să copieze.Au fost câteva exemple de oameni care au reușit fiind mai degrabă cum spui tu, entertainer decât să fie altceva și în contextul acesta s-a copiat acest model. Însă e vorba de responsabilitate. Dacă țipi nu faci o legie bună. Dacă eventual faci un clip high-ost, asta nu înseamnă că ai stat în comisie și ai negociat decizia cea mai bună.Plus pentru a lua o decizie bună trebuie să te consulti cu mediul de afaceri, cu sindicatele. Trebuie să o scrii, să te discuți cu specialiști să [00:10:00] negociezi cu o altă partidă. Știu nu e fan chestiunea asta. Știu și oamenii care se uită acum la noi, se gândesc doamne, ne dău Victor Negrescu lecții de moral acum.Le știe el pe toate. Nu le știu pe toate. Însă nu-mi doresc să fiu acest tip de politiciar și nu cred că este direcția corectă nici pentru România nici pentru Europa să facem lucrurile acestea Și ca să dau un exemplu că există acest model și la nivel european. Și spun foarte deschis, eu ca pro-european convins.Nu mă interesează când Ursula Van der Leyen, președinta Comisiei Europene, merge la o reunie în Brazilia și mi-arată clip pe Instagram ca să pară cool că s-a dus pe plaja din Brazilia și s-a întâlnit cu oamenii când alerga de dimineață. Nu cred că asta trebuie să facă că trebuie să fim umani, să interacționăm, să fim disponibili, să mergem în supermarket, să ne punem benzină să orice, lucrurile astea trebuie să le facem, în mod natural.Dar este natural să ai o cameră după tine când faci toate lucrurile astea? Nu mi se pare atât de naturală chestia asta. Apoi, de niște mii George Buhnici: euro. Și unii și alții. Deci putem fi de acord [00:11:00] că avem nevoie de politicieni profesioniști când fac chestia asta, problema pe care o văd însă este că oamenii sunt sătuli de elite și percep politicienii de carieră și tu ești unul, Ca fiind niște elite decuplată de la realitate.Și acum și tu ești la treilea mandat în Parlamentul European, faci parte din elita asta. Faptul că vii și îmi spui într-adevăr că sunt uman dar nu vreau să fiu entertainer, asta nu înseamnă că nu faci parte din elita politică. Victor Negrescu: Acum depinde și cum ne gândim la această elită. În istoria României au fost niște lideri politici care și-au asumat responsabilități.Și ții minte că cel puțin noi românii suntem mândri de deciziile luate de anumiti lideri politici care erau tot... Politicieni între ghinimele de carieră Cum eu sunt, în primul rând cadru didact, profesor, așa mă definesc Și, evident, fac și politică de multă vreme, luptându-mă pentru niște convingeri. E nevoie de experiență, de expertiză e nevoie de contact, e nevoie de toate aceste aspecte pentru [00:12:00] a avea impactul dorit.Adică nu e ca și cum astăzi intri în politică și dintr-o dată schimbi ceva sau știi cum funcționează lucrurile. De altfel un om care nu înțelege mecanismele nu va fi eficient, nu va produce rezultate. Însă încerc să păstrez ceea ai spus tu foarte bine, contactul uman Eu am o organizație în interiorul Partiului Social Democrat compusă din peste 10.000 de persoane, persoane care sunt fie membri fie simpatizați de stânga, pro-europeni, Mai tineri în general, dar nu doar tineri și împreună cu ei, periodic, facem o serie de acțiuni inclusiv acțiuni cu caracter social, care sunt diferite.Știți cum se spune de obicei, partidele merg cu plasa, de exemplu la oameni și așa mai departe, inclusiv când fac acțiuni caritabile. Și e bine să fie acțiuni caritabile. La noi facem aceste tipuri de acțiuni dar diferit De exemplu mergem deja de aproape 10 ani, în fiecare an, la copii din zone defavorizate dar pe lângă Că cadourile pe care le [00:13:00] facem, stăm cu ei, împodobim bradul, discutăm aflăm care e problema și facem și follow-up.Și mai invităm și oameni din comunitate, profesori cunoscuți medici oameni politici să vină cu noi. Și aceste experiențe umane, și pentru mine spun sincer, dar și pentru colegii mei ne ajută pe toți să relativizăm, să ne dăm seama. Adică am fost într-un cartier din Sibiu, erau numai vile și în mijloc era un granș în care stăteau șapte fetițe cu familia lor.Am fost de exemplu în Vrancea și la un moment dat, tot așa într-un loc părăsit de lume, o familie formată din două persoane care au crescut într-un centru pentru copii, s-au instalat acolo într-o casă părăsită aveau doi copii și trăiau în aceeași încăpere cu o vacă Știu, pare straniu și am încercat să găsim soluții, să le găsim o casă, să le găsim un loc de muncă, să vedem cum copiii pot merge la școală, unii s-au decuplat asta cred că trebuie să facem mai mult sincer eu, i-aș duce pe mulți [00:14:00] politicieni în aceste zone să vadă la firul ierbii pentru că unele politici nu funcționează până jos și aici cred că e problema neîncrederii față de politică în România, lumea aude lucruri frumoase, vorbim de miliarde de euro europeni, vorbim de decizii merge, bubuie economia și oamenii la firul ierbii nu simt nu este vina doar a decidenților politici, însă mai multă atenție la implementare ar ajuta foarte mult George Buhnici: practic asta este decuplarea când te uiți către Bruxelles nu te uiți la nivel ochelor te uiți în sus și este și o diferență de distanță și de nivel și într-adevăr oamenii simpli nu văd întotdeauna beneficiile astea deși de foarte multe ori punga aia care vine de la primărie era de fapt trimisă de Uniunea Europeană și sunt multe lucruri care se schimbă în viețile noastre datorită Uniunii Europene La revedere!Cei din orașe și mai ales audiența mea înțeleg chestia asta. Eu vreau să înțeleg aici care e, până la urmă, strategia lui Victor Negrescu, pentru că e deja la al treilea mandat în Parlamentul European. Acum ești vicepreședinte. Înainte să faci 40, [00:15:00] nu? Faci la vară. La vară fac. Un vicepreședinte foarte tânăr de Parlamentul European, un politician de carieră Care ți-e planul?Ce vrei de fapt? Victor Negrescu: Vreau să lași ceva în urmă. Vreau să am un impact. La 40? Da La 40 de ani e o problemă chestiunea asta. Când am intrat prima oară în politică mi s-a spus că sunt prea tânăr. Am fost cel mai tânăr român ales vreodată în Parlamentul European și atunci mi s-a spus că sunt prea tânăr. Am intrat din întâmplare pentru că m-au pus pe un loc neeligibil, însă am intrat.Și al doilea mandat tot din întâmplare pentru că am intrat după Brexit. Și după aceea poți să te și scoate. A fi lasat mă și scoată, da. Al treilea mandat zicem că a fost mai ușor un pic, dar ne-a lău obținut și automat a rezultat și în poziția pe care am câștigat-o de vicepreședinte al Parlamentului European.Dar vreau să las ceva în urmă. Când mi este foarte greu și într-un unghi personal și, pe urmă, spun și zona politică, mi-e foarte greu să explic băiatului meu de 12-10 ani de ce m-a văzut mai [00:16:00] rar Dacă nu pot să-i spun că am făcut ceva și că sunt niște rezultate. Am nevoie de chestiunea asta, simt și asta cred că pot să fac astăzi Am puterea resursele, relațiile, dorința să fac lucrul acesta, dar dintr-o perspectivă mai largă cred că e nevoie de lider și pasumat, mai ales pentru ceea ce înseamnă astăzi drumul României.Care-i viziunea? Pentru că noi suntem generația, mă înțeles că suntem de o vârstă destul de apropiată, chiar dacă ești puțin mai în vârstă, noi suntem generația acelor care au vrut să reușească pentru că au văzut greutățile prin care au trecut poate părinții noștri și am vrut și mai mult decât ei, am vrut să reușim, am vrut să ne fie mai bine și să fie mai bine poate și copiilor noștri și ne-am luptat, ne-am luptat, ne-am luptat, dar proiectul nostru a fost aderăm la Uniunea Europeană, aderăm la NATO și care următorul proiect de țară Ce se întâmplă?Pentru că sunt niște schimbări profunde și știi noi ne mândrim sectorul digital în România, e beton suntem tari Au o problemă în sectorul judicial în România, nu mai ține pasul cu tendințele. Vorbim, [00:17:00] agroalimentar agricultura românească e performantă. În alte domenii nu mai este atât de performantă. Cum ține pasul?E clar că trebuie o altă viziune și oameni să se implice. Și îndemnul meu, inclusiv către cei care se uită, este să se implice. Este o lipsă de implicare. Suntem pe ultimele locuri la nivelul european în ce înseamnă implicarea civică a oamenilor. Nu neapărat în politică deși ideal este în politică, dar pentru a putea să alegem oameni competenți trebuie să fie concurență Eu spun.Cum poți George Buhnici: să te concurezi cu Ciolacu și cu Stănescu în PSD cu, nu știu, ăștia toată clica din PNL. În fiecare partid există cât un aparat din ăsta. Dacă vrei să te implici în politică, te uiți și vezi că intri, de fapt nu intri într-un partid intri într-o organizație. Și aș putea să adaug după mafiotă o organizație pe bază de interes sau o organizație opacă în care meritocrația...Serios, acum, încă o dată, îmi pare rău că trebuie să spun lucrul ăsta. Bă dar când arată domnul Ciolacu diploma aia de [00:18:00] bacaloreat? Știi? Și când aud, pe exemplu noi înregistrăm pe final de martie, deja au început să apară fisurile comunicării cu președintele pe subiectul ministrului de externe. Astăzi se decide în timpul discuției noastre, soarta ministrului de externe, că primul nostru ministru ar vrea să o dea la pace, cumva, cu americanii.Pe partea cealaltă președintele spune, hai să nu ne criticăm oamenii în public. Victor Negrescu: Acum Ce fel de leadership e ăsta? Eu cred și în responsabilități și răspundere individuale. Totuși, așa funcționează lucrurile, dar în același timp... Partidele au rostul lor într-o democrație Ele organizează ideile Organizează participarea la decizii Care e ideea?Care e ideea la PSD? Ideea de stânga există Totuși Partidul Social-Democrat Social-Democratia în România Are 132 de ani de istorie Atunci a apărut primul Partid Social-Democrat În România Știu că cei de dreapta spun că ei sunt [00:19:00] Istoria României, însă Social-Democratii în România Au contribuit foarte mult La dezvoltarea României moderne Mulți ignoră faptul că atunci când s-a realizat Marea Unire a fost un fel de adunare Parlamentară în Transilvania Și jumătate din cei care au votat din parlamentarii Respectiv erau Social-Democrati Culmea în Transilvania unde PSD Nu are rezultate tocmai bune Și sunt exemple de acest fel de Social-Democrati Care au contribuit la istoria noastră S-au luptat și cu comuniștii, comuniștii i-au trimis la închisoare Și naziștii i-au trimis la închisoare Pe Social-Democrati și dacă mergem În închisorile comuniste Sau...Extremiste din România, naziste, vedem da, acolo practic zonă unde au murit socialdemocrati. Zici, se uită lucrul acesta. Eu cred în această tradiție, în această istorie. E singurul partid socialdemocrat în România și pentru asta mă lupt. E o concurență, o competiție un conflict de idei, ar fi foarte simplu acum să spun că X este greu.Eu am o comunicare, zic eu, bună cu Marcel Ciolacu atunci [00:20:00] când sunt consultat pe niște subiecte. Și nu este doar de acum. Pe-a lungul timpului împreună am lucrat în a schimba poate modul în care Partidul Socialdemocrat a comunicat pe zona europeană. Era foarte izolat pe plan extern, acum nu mai este atât de izolat.Însă revenind la contextul pe care îl spui acum, Eu cred că avem deficiențe inclusiv din punct de vedere constituțional, în modul în care este reprezentată România pe zona de politică externă. O să pară critică la adesa cuiva, din nou nu-i adesa la cuiva, e o critică constructivă și structurală. În cazul României, reprezentantul României la Consiliul European este șeful statului.Șeful statului nu poate interveni în politica internă. 90% din deciziile importante luate la Bruxelles privesc politica internă, politica pentru consumatori, politica agricolă, banii europei, subiectele ce țin de investițiile în zona de industrie de apărare, culmea, e tot politica internă. De-aia se [00:21:00] duce cu ministrul de externe, George Buhnici: se duce cu Victor Negrescu: reprezentanții guvernului, nu?Dar a fost cu ministrul de externe? Domnul Curezeanu a fost acum în perioada aceasta la Consiliul European sau la ședințele cu liderii europeni. De exemplu eu îl cunosc pe domnul Curezeanu, am un respect deosebit, am lucrat împreună pentru ca să deblocăm poziția austriei. Pe domnul Bolojan l-am văzut în multe poze.Pe domnul Bolojan l-am văzut la toate chestiile astea. Dar n-a fost împreună cu președintele Ar fi normal ca ministrul de externe să meargă cu președintele. Pentru că politica externă este responsabilitatea președintului. Și să meargă împreună. Cum mergi și alții? Deci nu se înțeleg care e problema. Nu știu eu cred că și acolo te-ai văzut un pic care este coordonarea.În moment trăim un moment în care trebuie să fim mult mai eficienți pe zona de politică externă. Și cred că fiecare are rolul lui. De exemplu pe domnul Hurețanul L-aș folosi, e urât că spun lucrul ăsta, dar l-aș folosi, sincer, pe relația aceasta cu Germania, nouul guvern din Germania, cu relația poate cu nouul guvern din Austria, e foarte bun, poate inclusiv pe subiectele europene.Cu siguranță avem niște carențe în relația noastră cu alte state, fie că vorbim de Statele Unite sau că vorbim de India, care acum [00:22:00] este noua pole economică al lumei. Este cea mai mare națiune a planetei. Da, și ați văzut cum se duc liderii europeni din toată lumea, merg în India pentru contracte, pentru a dezvolta relații de afaceri sau politice.Noi nu existăm. Și clar că ne trebuie niște persoane care au niște uși deschise. În același timp putem pretinde că cineva trebuie să-și deschide ușile așa dintr-o dată Este și o construcție. Eu mă uit, de exemplu la prietenii mei laboriști din Marea Britanie. Până să ajungă Să câștige guvernarea, cei de stânga din Marea Britanie au avut persoane desemnate pentru a învăța și ministrul lor de externe, înainte să facă lucrul acesta ajunge în poziția aceasta, a mers și a discutat În toată lumea, inclusiv în România, a avut discuții la nivel înalt pentru a înțelege.Nu pentru a spune ce gândește sau a prezenta ceva, pentru a înțelege contextul în așa fel încât în momentul în care ajunge funcția respectivă să fie pregătit. Noi aici nu pregătim, deci noi nu avem rezerve, o să sună aiurea, rezerve de cadre [00:23:00] politice. Nu profesionalizăm. Partidul Social-Democrat, care de principiu este cel mai pregătit partid din România din punctul ăsta de vedere, nu mai are aceste...Pentru că te uiți în George Buhnici: sus și când te uiți acolo în vorb, zici bă nu e ceva ce mă așteptam să fie la vârful unui partid în care aș vrea să mă regăsesc Dacă mă uit la stânga și aș alege PSD-ul, pentru că am cunoscut oameni foarte competenți, foarte deștepți, care mi-au spus, zici George, te-am mai auzit vorbind despre noi PSD-ul, zici, dar uite un pic ce fel de oameni sunt, pentru că avem oameni competenți mulți între ei sunt antreprenori într-un partid social-democrat.Și am dat dreptate. Dar cu toate astea O fi o rezervă de cadre undeva pe acolo Bă dar la vârf Bă, pe bune, serios, doar atât Victor Negrescu: putem Doar George Buhnici: atât poate Victor Negrescu: PSD-ul? Știu, țintim sus, dar ar fi atât simplu să fie doar o chestiune de vârf Eu cred că e o problemă la bază în ansamblu pentru partide. Modul de selecție, modul în care [00:24:00] cresc oamenii în partidele politice.Nu vreau să mă prezint eu ca o excepție. Eu știu de ce am rezistat în politic. Am rezistat pentru că am creat această organizație cu 10.000 de oameni și pentru că am avut posibilitatea să mă întăresc poziția în partid prin prisma rolului meu la nivel european Am construit foarte mult la nivel european, contacte nu doar la nivel european și poate a zice internațional, cu tot ce înseamnă mișcări de stânga sau democratice.Și în contextul acesta, acest lucru mi-a primit să rezist. Dar altfel ar fi fost foarte greu Trebuie mai multe exemple în acest fel și mai multă presiune de jos în sus, mai multă concurență. Sincer acolo este problema. Spuneam mai devreme, pe categoria mea de vârstă, în toate partidele politice, nu suntem foarte mulți.Eu nu simt o mare presiune, o mare concurență. Când am intrat prima oară în Partidul Social-Democrat, recunosc, mi-era cam frică și cu privire la șansele mele de reușită, dar și când mergeam într-o ședință [00:25:00] a conducirii Partidului Social-Democrat, nu prea vorbeai. Nu pentru că neapărat erai de acord cu ce spuneau ceilalți, dar aveau mult dintre ei o carieră în spate, erau de foarte mult timp, aveau argumente în a susține poziția din nou cu care puteam să nu fiu de acord.Acum lucrurile sunt mai prea relaxante Relaxate. Inclusiv în dialogul între partide. Când am o dispută de idei cu cineva de la alt partid... Parcă nu merge până la capăt cu argumentele Nu zic că este ușor, că nu este ușor dar înainte să vin la această emisiune spuneam că m-am întâlnit cu 2000 de tineri online, conectați în toată Europa și mi-au pus niște întrebări.Wow, ce întrebări! M-au întrebat întrebări grele. De ce se votează europarlamentari care nu au legătură cu Parlamentul European? De exemplu care este poziția Parlamentului European pe subiectul legat de avort? De ce nu se face mai mult pe educație? Sunt cazurile de corupție la Parlamentul European în partidele mainstream?Sunt toți corupți? Adică întrebări serioase. La care trebuie să fie [00:26:00] răspuns? Uneori e convins sau nu. Dar în politică noi nu discutăm lucrurile astea Adică sunt generalități și prin prisma faptului că nu e conținut, nu e substanță Și mai ales convingeri. De ce fac oamenii ăștia politică? Eu am un răspuns la întrebarea asta, dar eu cred că dacă mai ai politicieni aici, de acum o să pară forțat dacă mă întrebi pe mine, întreabă-te rău frumos de ce fac politică.Eu am remarcat că sunt foarte mulți oameni în politică în România care nu au un răspuns sincer la această întrebare sau nu un răspuns care are legătură cu cetățenii și e grav lucrul ăsta. George Buhnici: Revenim la IGDLCC în dată ce-ți spun despre sponsorul nostru, Darkom Energy, cei care ne garantează că nu ni se sting luminile din studio, adică nu avem niciodată pene de curent.Panourile fotovoltaice, invertoarele și bateriile sunt inima sistemului nostru energetic și cred cu tărie că sunt investiții importante, dar și rentabile. Cu acest sistem am economisit deja mii de euro la facturi, dar și mai important avem electricitatea garantată fără fluctuații care ne pot defecta [00:27:00] energiile Dacă ai în plan să construiești, să renovezi orice fel de clădire, inclusiv industrială, alege o soluție solidă de generare și stocare de energie Noi colaborăm cu echipa Darcom Energy și îi recomandăm.Eu cred că există o dezorientare totală în partidul vostru, pentru că pe de o parte, tu ești văzut, cel puțin asta e percepția din documentarea mea, Victor Negrescu este lăsat acolo la Bruxelles pentru că dă o față europeană PSD-ului și face să pară un pic mai sus decât e, în realitate. Iar aici la nivel local, e o mare problemă într-adevăr de competență, de cadre, pentru că structura de conducere a ajuns să fie...Nu știu cum să zic, parazitată, căpușată controlată de o mână de oameni extrem de puternici extrem de influenți și în niciun caz orientați pe meritocrație. Victor Negrescu: Mi s-a părut interesant ce ai zis cu această pară mai sus decât e. Eu spun foarte clar, [00:28:00] chiar dacă trec pe legă trei excluderi din partid. Probabil că oameni ca mine sau inclusiv eu putem să dispărem oricând din politică.Partidul este foarte ușor să scape de mine. Eu probabil că exprim niște poziții minoritare în partid și recunosc lucrurile acestea dar măcar le exprim am curajul să le spun mai des în interior, mai rar public pentru că eu cred foarte mult în discuțiile interne, uneori cu rost alte ori nu Ce vorbeam mai devreme George Buhnici: de discuție dintre primul ministru și ministrul de externe, care se întâmplă în public.Victor Negrescu: Nu este foarte eficientă această dispută publică totuși că s-au întâlnit și în privat. Totodată o coaliție este greu de gestionat și cine stabilește ministrul de externe, din ce mi-aduc aminte, a fost mai ales domnul Hurezeanu, a ajuns în această funcție cu sprijinul fostului președinte a României. Și poate și aici a apars incopelea asta, pentru că ministrul de externe trebuie să fie legătura între premier și președinte, cred că acolo e rolul lui.Dacă nu poate exercita acest rol, sunt niște George Buhnici: [00:29:00] dificultăți. Nu vreau să sap prea mult pe subiectul ăla cel mai probabil până ajungem noi să publicăm, să va fi rezolvat cazul ăsta, dar e interesant așa ca timestamp ca moment în timp pentru toată discuția asta. Ce mă preocupă însă pe mine este, aș vrea să înțeleg dacă în interiorul PSD se înțelege cât gravă este problema, pentru că eu nu cred...Că nici măcar nucleul dur al partidului mai rezistă până la următoarele parlamentare în ritmul ăsta. Victor Negrescu: Eu sunt un pic mai optimist aici, pentru că cred că avem oameni buni și oameni care au performat mai ales în administrațiile locale. Ok o să mă arunc eu George Buhnici: și o să zic Dacă nu se întâmplă până la prezidențiale, imediat după, Marcel Ciolac o să pățească exact ca Iohannis O să plece pe sub-autobuz nu cu Victor Negrescu: autobuzul.Dacă Crin Antonescu câștiga alegerile, sunt șase foarte mari ca Marcel Ciolacu să-și continue mandatul în fruntea guvernului. Crin Antonescu nu are nicio șansă. Este opinia ta. Mulți din partidele... Știu partidele George Buhnici: în [00:30:00] PSD și în PNL este ordin pe Victor Negrescu: unitate Toată lumea subține pe Crin Antonescu. Cred chestiunea aceasta.Acum... Plecând de la chestiunea aceasta pe care tu ai subliniat-o, e o problemă gravă Nici nu știi care este soluția corectă în contextul actual, extrem de dificil. Și din nou revenim la responsabilitate la ce facem. Miza nu este unul. Miza este ce faci mai departe Care este proiectul? Ne George Buhnici: agățăm de oameni.Asta e și motivul pentru care suntem astăzi aici. Ne agățăm de oameni. Eu m-am uitat că nu poți să îngropi un partid social-democrat. Ai nevoie de stânga. Da cum ai zis și tu. Victor Negrescu: Hai să-ți dau un exemplu. Eu am fost doi ani ministru cel care a pregătit președinția României la Consiliul European, în momentul unde am performat ca țară.Și când eram ministru, automat, ocupându-mă de afaceri europene, mai plecam să mă întâlnesc cu demnitarii alte state. Și când plecam, automat... Dacă funcționarii veneau fie [00:31:00] mai târziu la birou, fie pur și simplu nu realizau sarcinile în timp util, tot sistemul din România este crăionat în jurul omului. Dacă ministru e bun și eficient, se întâmplă ceva.Dacă ministru e prezent la birou, se mișcă lucrurile. Dacă are un cabinet puternic, automat se mișcă lucrurile. Ceea nu e normal. Lucrurile trebuie să funcționeze de la sine. Știi, în Belgia au avut luni bune fără guvern și statul a funcționat. Asta înseamnă un stat puternic și serios, care funcționează efectiv poate cu un aport al politicilor în care dau direcția, dar care poate funcționa măcar pe lucrurile de bază fără nicio fel problemă.Ori noi avem multe rateuri, inclusiv la aceste chestiuni de follow-up, fonduri europene pe care le ratăm, termene europene pe care le ratăm, implementarea unor directive europene. Ori avem multe rateuri, aceste chestiuni de-up fonduri ratăm europene Wow, din nou o să zic că expun toate problemele astea, le știm cu toții.Dar înțelege George Buhnici: PSD-ul profund, PSD-ul, structura de [00:32:00] conducere a partidului, înțelege cea mai mare bucată din responsabilitate în care primul ministru... Victor Negrescu: Eu cred că în Partidul Social-Democrat se înțelege lucrul acesta și vă spun foarte bine că este multă liniște cel puțin în spațiu public, dar noi în interior, cel puțin eu am făcut-o, am avut discuții cu premierul României, am spus opinia mea și câteva idei pe care le-am, mai ales pe zona aceasta de politică externă la finalul zilei el este cel care decide.Totuși a reușit să formeze o coaliție de guvernare într-un context dificil are acest parteneria cu domnul Bolojan, au stabilit un candidat comun, este o responsabilitate comună a liderilor acestor partide, au gândit această formulă, ne putem întreba e cea mai bună, nu e cea mai bună formulă asta este formula pe care aceste partide au găsit-o, sincer sper să funcționeze.E o cotă ceală, speri tu speri, nu ești sigur E o cotărceală românească. Cred că e foarte greu să fii sigur după ce s întâmplat anul trecut. [00:33:00] Totuși, candidatul nostru era pe primul loc în toate sondajele de opinie și nu a ajuns într-unul doi. Deci lucrurile se pot schimba dramatic. Și din punctul ăsta de vedere, trebuie să avem un nivel de precauție.Însă responsabilitatea noastră a celor din mediul politic depășește ciclul electoral sau momentul electoral. Eu am înțeles, mentuși aici, cred că și dezamăgirea pe care o văd la mulți oameni. Politicienii dau impresia că ei se preocupă de cetățeni doar că sunt alegeri Și acum e același sentiment. Eu am impresia că astăzi trăim din nou toamna anului trecut.Asta cred eu. Nu George Buhnici: este un purgatoriu este ceva nesfârșit așa Deci este, nu știu, de jumătate de ani suntem în limbo. Victor Negrescu: Da, și liniștea socială ascunde, de fapt, aceleași riscuri ca și anul trecut. Un vot protest, un vot bazat pe agresivitate, pe supărare și dacă nu sunt canalizate aceste [00:34:00] energii într-un sens pozitiv către o soluție de speranță cu proiecte concrete, va fi foarte complicat.Din nou, mulți dintre cei angrenați în această campanie prezidențială și, din nou am vorbit inclusiv cu Crina Tonescu, dau sentimentul că ei candidează Pentru a vorbi despre politică. Președintele nu trebuie facă mai mult decât politică. De aceea și Constituționalul are rolul ăsta să fie deasupra partidelor.Trebuie să văd că despre cetățeni. Eu, dacă mergi, m-am întâlnit de exemplu, recent cu tineri într-un liceu chiar din București. Merg prin toată țara și am întrebat pe tineri care este principala lor preocupare și mi-au zis noi învățăm ceva aici și nu știi dacă vom găsi un loc de muncă. Exact. Că am înțeles că locurile noastre de muncă vor dispărea.Ei studiau, elevii aceștia, o filiară profesională. Unii în zona auto, ceilalți în zona de contabilitate și mă întrebau. Eu folosesc ei spuneau noi folosim cea GBT și alte instrumente AI [00:35:00] și fac cam ceea ce învăț eu aici. O să am un job? Asta mă întrebau. De ce nu vorbim de subiectele astea? De ce nu atingem subiectele dificile, care nu necesită neapărat o soluție ușoară?Adică politicienii evită să aleg numai ce este confortabil. Și de aceea cred că suntem situația asta, pentru că confortul dezbaturilor publice a făcut ca oamenii să nu se mai simtă reprezentati sau să nu mai simtă că ideile lor sunt discutate sau o preocupare pentru cei care decid. George Buhnici: Da Singurul candidat pe care l-am auzit vorbind despre tehnologie, inteligență artificială, digitalizare, educație, toate lucrurile astea, era Mircea Joana.Nici nu a contat întoruntei pentru că el nu a înțeles cât importantă era emoția la un moment dat respectiv, pentru că este exact ce ai zis este vot împotrivă. E bapea mătii, suntem sătui de sistem, whatever that is, de statul profund, dar eu nu cred, încă o dată, că oamenii din partidele de la putere înțeleg asta.Că problema nu s-a [00:36:00] rezolvat doar că l-ai pus pe Bolojan acolo care vorbește frumos. Nu-i ajuns. Victor Negrescu: Da, nu este cu siguranță de ajuns și chiar dacă acum... Există această încredere că nu se m-au mai întâmplat ce s-a întâmplat anul trecut și sondajele și sentimentele conduc la această impresie. Asta nu înseamnă că peste patru ani sau cinci ani nu ne vom regăsi în acea situație.Va fi mai rău. Și eu cred la fel. Dacă nu se întâmplă ceva. Pentru că eu am remarcat, sunt foarte atent la ce se întâmplă Și nu rezolvăm cu închiderea TikTok-ului în timpul alegerilor? Cu siguranță nu asta este soluția, dar în alte state europene, cea mai mare provocare nu a fost prima generație de extremiști.A doua și a treia generație, care a ajuns la performanță electorală. În Italia există data legile, vedem ce s-a întâmplat în Austria, vedem în Suedia unde-s la guvernare, în Olanda unde-s la guvernare. A doua și a treia generație care deja scâștigă consistență găsește mai mult susținători, poate și oameni mai bine pregătiți care să-i pună în prim plan și atunci foarte greu [00:37:00] combați dacă nu ai argumente solide.Acum da, nu vreau să critic personal, dar e o realitate. Simeon nu are foarte mult continuu și atunci e foarte mai ușor de combătut din punctul ăsta de vedere. Nu George Buhnici: are Victor Negrescu: deloc. Are în plan să vândă apartamente de 30-35. Cât era? Au crescut mai nou că e inflație. Mai mult de 35. Dar trecând peste chestiunea asta, e adevărat, nu există consistență.Există radicalism. Dar hai să mai George Buhnici: rămânem o secundă la Simeon. Este el un satelit al PSD-ului? S-a comportat ca un satelit și a fost Victor Negrescu: susținut. Așa zici? Eu nu știu. O să spun ce am spus în emisiunea care mi-a adus de servicii. Dacă l-a susținut cineva, să-l dăm afară din partid. George Buhnici: Foarte direct. Au recunoscut că l-au susținut.Deci este mascotă. Oricum o să iasă cineva acum și o să ne contrazică ceea ce abia aștept. Din nou a fost o glumă. Victor Negrescu: Mi-a George Buhnici: plăcut.Victor Negrescu: Asta [00:38:00] fost meta. Eu citesc destul de mult și îmi place să mă documentez. Și dacă citești istoria social-democrației revin la ea. Când extremiști ăștia au căutat să omoare socialdemocrația structurală, eu nu aș putea nici măcar să glumesc cu privire la posibilitatea de a da un vot unor extremiști. Nu pot George Buhnici: chestiunea aceasta.Știu dar PSD-ul e în pană de idei înainte de fiecare alegeri și la doamna Dăncilă s-a întâmplat. Vin cu tot felul de chestii cu steagul, semnele la populare noi suntem populari dintr-o dată devenim foarte populari pentru că ne uităm la populiști cum cresc și nu știm cum să facem altceva. Că nu reușim să explicăm socialdemocrația că este complicată, este elitistă, habar n-am de ce, nu poate PSD-ul să o explice și atunci alunecă în popular populism Se duce în zona asta, acolo, puf se întâlnește cu ăștia.Victor Negrescu: Eu cred că e o greșeală să caut să copiezi extremismul. Pentru că, oricum, originalul o să fie tot timpul mai bun. Exact. [00:39:00] Socialdemocratii și multe partide mainstream au căutat să-i copieze pe extremiști și, de fapt doar l-au dat mai multă forță. Și trebuie să recunosc și această greșeală. Istoric, nu mă refer acum, Partidul Socialdemocrat a cultivat o bună parte din aceste idei și valori De care au profitat partidele extremiste.Fie că vorbim de perioada aceea cu Liviu Dragnea, fie că vorbim de perioada Victor Ponta, care a făcut primele slogane în această direcție și ne-am creat singur groapa. Acum ce face Partidul Social Democrat? Ca să sară în ea sau vrea să o acopere construind ceva mai serios lângă? Eu sper să fim capabili să mergem înainte să avem un proiect.Din nou nu este despre persoane, pentru că știu că lumea e cociată pe subiectul ăsta și am văzut că și tu insisti, Marcel Ciolacu, Marcel Ciolacu, nu e vorba despre el. Nu e despre Marcel Ciolacu este vorba George Buhnici: despre lipsa de educație, incompetență și lipsa de performanță. Marcel Ciolacu le [00:40:00] întrupează Și mai este și fals pe deasupra Și nici nu ne arată diplomaia de bacalaureat Am mințit cu Nordisu O să-i spun să vină în emisiune cu tine Mi-e greu să răspund în numele lui La Victor Negrescu: toate aceste întrebări Acum am George Buhnici: aflat, o să-i zic de chestiunea aceasta Dar nu-i vina ta Numai că tu ești singurul pesedist De un pic de frunte așa Care a venit Victor Negrescu: Fără întrebări înainte Trec eu prin filtru acesta Dar eu cred sincer Că trebuie să gândim Ce vrem în următorii ani Pentru zona aceasta politică Și să fim foarte atenți La deciziile luate De exemplu sunt decizii greu explicat Ultima decizie a CNA Prin care s-a dat jos conținut Poate unele Videouri trebuiau date jos Probabil că reacția ta să fie mai rapidă.Dar poate altele nu trebuiau. Pentru că nu trebuie să închizi nici dialogul. Uite mă uit la tine și nu spun pentru că este invitatul tău, [00:41:00] dar m-am uitat pe platforma asta, Twitter X, cum te lupsi pentru ideile tale. Eu n-aș vrea ca X să te dea jos, Musk, pentru că nu ai acești opinii cu Musk. Adică trebuie să fie conținutul tău rămas acolo.Dar trebuie să găsim niște soluții ca această dezbatere să fie una reală. Și aici intervine și Europa. Sau cum e, intri într-o dezbatere cu boți sau intri într-o dezbatere cu oameni care folosesc profile false. Nici asta nu mi se pare normal. Adică să poți astăzi la cât de important este social media, să ai oameni cu nume false care spun absolut orice.Eu am trecut prin experiența asta. Să fiu amenințat cu moartea, să-mi spună lumea că îmi caută familia. Am primit mesaje de genul Și cu toate astea ai venit pe jos. Te-am văzut aici. George Buhnici: Ai parcat undeva? Ai șofer? Victor Negrescu: Nu George Buhnici: am Victor Negrescu: șofer. M-am mirat că aveam loc de parcare în curte. Ai venit pe jos, ai sunat la portă. Nu m-a atacat nimeni.Nici când merg cu metrou. Mi se întâmplă deseori. Mai sunt necunoscut. E adevărat că întâlnesc destul de mulți useriști prin metrou. Mai fac poză cu mine, mai fac o glumă cât ce cauți în metrou, dar nu mai contează. Mai vin și [00:42:00] cu mașina, evident. Încerc să fiu cât se poate de normal, fără să fiu radical sau extremist în vreun fel.Și toate aceste experiențe te ajută sincer. Foarte important pentru mine. Motivul pentru care încă predau, de exemplu, este acum după acest podcast, merg la ore. Și... Faptul că interacționez cu studenții, nu fac politică niciodată în clasă, îmi permite mie să înțeleg un pic cum văd ei lucrurile, cum le percep, cum reacționează și în trafic.Dacă stai în trafic și după ce ai stat în trafic două ore, și eu în jur toți politicienii, probabil și pe mine, pentru traficul din București, sunt niște chestiuni normale. Dar dacă nu ai aceste trăiri, nu poți să înțelegi, nu poți să vii cu soluții adecvate. George Buhnici: Dezbatere este într-adevăr importantă L-am avut recent pe Valentin Jucan aici care mi-a spus că pentru ei este o provocare uriașă să modereze, că nu sunt big brother, că nu au cum să urmărească toți și că prime se sizări.Și pe bază se sizările alea pe Digital Services Act, că știi de la nivelul în europene, ei pot [00:43:00] da jos doar conținut audio-vizual care conține chestii ilegale. Trebuie să fie ceva ilegal acolo să apară în codul penal, într-o lege încălcată și doar asta pot da jos. Chistii naziste, chestii pedofile, tot felul de nenorociri deci chestii care să fie cu adevărat ilegale și penale.Dar eu cred că suntem cu toți într-o supra-reacție la ce s întâmplat la sfârșitul anului trecut. Doar că încă nu ne-am votat toate elecțiile. Uite ai un CNA hiper-reactiv probabil în momentul ăsta, dar în același timp văd niște partide care încă nu au înțeles. Deci toate astea o dată ce se va termina și cu alegerile prezențiale o să avem în cele în dormul președinte cine va fi.Poate va fi Crin Antonescu, dar n-aș băga mâna în foc. Va trebui să ne reamintim totuși ce probleme reale avem. Pentru că tot ce discutăm acum, mai mult de 90% din tot ce este în spațiu public, este irrelevant Putem fi de Victor Negrescu: acord? Da, pot fi. Pot fi de acord. Și cred că sunt multe subiecte despre care nu vorbim.Nu vorbim despre problema sărăciei. Suntem pe primele locuri în ceea ce înseamnă numărul de [00:44:00] persoane care se află sub pragul acesta normal al sărăciei adică afectat de sărăcie severă. Cum transformăm economia noastră pentru a ține pasul cu competiția globală? Ce facem după ce o să dispare fondurile europene?90% din investițiile publice din România de la aderare până în prezent s-au făcut cu banii europeni. Deci noi suntem subvenționați de Europa. Asta este realitatea. Poți să explici George Buhnici: chestia asta pentru cei care înjură Europa? Că ne suntem într-o perfuzie de fapt? Victor Negrescu: E foarte simplu. 9 din 10 proiecte care se întâmplă într-un județ sunt făcute aceste proiecte cu banii europeni.Imaginează că dispar. Acele școli modernizate, acele companii deschise cu banii europeni, că sunt spitale care nu mai au echipamente medicale și totul e făcut din banii noștri. Asta s-ar întâmpla fără Europa. Deci noi am fost ținuți vii cu banii europeni. Ne-am dezvoltat cu banii europeni, care au generat un efect multiplicator în economie chiar consistent.Și asta a fost foarte bine. Fiecare euro băgat în România conform cifrele a generat [00:45:00] alți 3 sau 5 euro, între 3 și 5 euro în funcție de domeniu. Deci extraordinar că și-am folosit și banii unii dintre noi corect și s-au dus în economie. Deci în contextul acesta, noi nu am putea să mergem înainte inclusiv fermierii români.MULȚUMIT Și agricultura românească e ținută înviată și rămâne competitivă cu aceste fonduri care vin pe zona de agricultură pentru dezvoltarea zonelor rurale, dar și prin subvenții. Noi fără subvenții, nu am face față concurenței europene. Da, putem spune că nu-i normal ca fermiere din Franța să primească subvenții mai mari decât fermiere români, deși, ușor-ușor subvențiile românești au crescut.Noi am negociat, statul român a negociat nivelul acesta al subvenților, apropo, dar, în același timp Dacă nu am fi în Uniunea Europeană sau nu ar fi Franța în Uniunea Europeană Franța ar putea să subvenționeze fermierii și probabil că ar subvenționa și mai mult pentru că au bugetul pentru a face lucrul acesta.Europa împiedică să subvenționeze mai mult fermierii, menține o cuotă maximală pentru a menține [00:46:00] concurența la nivel european. Însă fermierul francez este subvenționat din bani francezi care trec prin Comisia Europeană. Fermierul român este subvenționat din banii francezilor și germanilor. Asta nu înseamnă că trebuie să stăm cu capul plecat.Nu cred lucrul ăsta. Să înțelegem totuși că avem beneficii și trebuie să profităm de acest moment pentru a fi și noi siguri pe bugetul nostru și pe banii noștri. Noi acum suntem o familie care în fiecare zi primim bani de la rudele noastre din străinătate și la un moment dat se taie robinetul. Și tot noi ne plângem, tot noi suntem nemulțumiți, tot noi suntem supărați că de ce lucrează aia în diaspora?Apropo de ce spun unii în stânga și în dreapta. Nu! Avem nevoie de această construcție comună, însă avem nevoie în această familie și de responsabilitatea din partea noastră. Au trecut, știi, 18 ani de la aderare. Nu mai suntem un nou stat membru. Deja suntem la început de viață de adult în Europa. Și aici e important.Care e job-ul pe care le vrem? Ce vrem să facem pentru [00:47:00] familie? Cât contribuim la chirie? Care este proiectul nostru pentru familia noastră? Lucrurile astea trebuie să fie definite astăzi, nu mai târziu Pentru că dacă ajungem la 25 de ani, o să apară un nivel de frustrare. Tânărul acela care la 25 de ani este din nou în casa familiei și nu-l ascultă nimeni.Despre asta este vorba. E simplu de explicat, dar trebuie să prezentăm acest proiect. Și asta trebuie să facă viitorul președinte a României și partidele din România ca oamenii să creadă în proiectul european. Pentru că dacă nu, recent s-a publicat barometrul european. Cel mai mare nivel de încredere în Uniunea Europeană în istoria Europei 74%.Da, România... Stă bine, 7% dar este sub media europeană și nu s-a mai întâmplat asta decât să ne lădărare să fim sub media europeană. George Buhnici: Românii se uită încă nu are către vest totuși, cele mai multe curse aeriene, eu am mai zis chestia asta că urmăresc că am fost pe transporturi multă vreme, mergeam la autopei, nu prea vedeam zboruri către est, cele mai multe mers spre vest.Deci românii se uită către vest și pentru muncă și pentru vacanțe și așa mai departe și toți banii ăștia europeni, [00:48:00] făceam un calcul, deci practic în balanța asta a fondurilor europene noi suntem net câștigători ca să zic așa cu vreo 70 de miliarde dacă nu greșesc. 70 de miliarde, da. 70 de miliarde care ne-au ridicat PIB-ul de vreo 10 ori și acum suntem la vreo 350.Deci și astea în condițiile în care multe din fondurile europene sunt fraudate, sunt cheltuite anapoda, sunt investiții care nu au făcut profit, cu toate astea cu toate astea îmulțim fiecare euro de la Uniunea Europeană de vreo 3 până la 5 ori. Am vorbit inclusiv cu fermieri care mi-au spus chestia asta, că este frustrant pentru ei să vadă terenul ținut de părloagă pentru subvenție, în loc să facem mâncare și agricultură în țara asta, pentru că banii nu se verifică.Uniunea Europeană este atât de generoasă cu noi încât ne dă bani și nici nu verifică suficient Cât de mult se fraudează pentru că știe că la un moment dat românii ăia vor deveni și ei niște europeni, ajung la majorat. După 18 ani ești major acum, nu? Și începi Victor Negrescu: să-și asume rolul ăsta, să intrăm în rol.Sunt beneficiile [00:49:00] acestea financiare clare pentru România. Însă trebuie să înțelegem că nu este vorba doar despre bani. Pentru că la un moment dat o să fim în situația în care noi vom contribui mai mult la bugetul european. Și ce facem Ne plângem? Sunt atât de multe state europene care contribuie mai mult la bugetul european decât primesc.Ar fi fost foarte simplu pentru ele să plece din lumea europeană. De 18 ani francezii și George Buhnici: ăștia ne dau bani. Ne dau bani așa. Luați, faceți ceva cu ei. Știm că mai și furați, ca și cum îi dai unui copil care știe că o să-și ia și dulciuri, dar poate învață cum să-i folosească mai bine. Da, Victor Negrescu: poate merge la școală poate e mai motivat.Acum nu putem vorbi de bani gratiste. Să faci și reforme, trebuie să le spui niște standarde Să fii la un nivel european O piață deschisă concurență, competiție, da, nu este simplu Sunt și avantaje și situații mai dificile. De exemplu o mare provocare pe care am întâmplat-o este cum să facem față plecării românilor din țară.Și aici înțeleg și de ce apare această frustrare. Pentru că, mai ales [00:50:00] bătrânii care au rămas acasă se gândesc, copiii mei au plecat pentru că există Europa. Fără să-și dea seama că, de fapt, copiii lor au o șansă pentru că există Europa și poate și-au construit o familie datorită Europei. Nu-și dau seama de multe ori că drumurile care au apărut asfaltate în satele lor sau canalizarea, toate acele elemente s-au făcut cu bani europeni.Nu s-au făcut cu bani de la primărie. Da, știu că mulți primari pun chestiunea asta. Am întâlnit și eu în țară inclusiv de la Partidul Social Democrat, primari care mergeau prin sat și spuneau eu am făcut, știu lucrurile aceastea, tu ai depus dosarul. Da. Cel mult. E bine că s-a depus și dosarul. Am întâlnit și niște comunități unde nu s-a depus dosarul.La ea e acasă. Eu am primit multe provocări în politică. Cred că una dintre cele mai grele provocări în ultimii ani a fost la alegerile locale de anul trecut. Colegii mei din partid au zis Negrescu e cu Europa, exact ce spuneai tu, imagine bună, dar a să mai muncească și el. [00:51:00] Și mi-au dat să gestionez cea mai slabă organizație a PSL din punct de vedere politic, organizație în care mă regăsesc Evident fac parte din ea de mult timp dar nu m-am ocupat de politica locală.E o organizație din Alba, o organizație locală. Să nu mă ocup doar chestiuni europene, o organizație pe care o conduc PSA Activism Român. Mi-am dat o organizație județeană cu 3-4 luni înainte de alegeri Am colegi care chiar cred în socialdemocrație. Acolo dați puțin slab, cea mai puternică organizație a PNL-ului în județul respectiv.Și a trebuit să o reclădesc de la zero. De la 14% cât avea tradițional PSD în județul Alba, am luat 24%, cel mai mare număr de voturi din ultimii 30 de ani pentru PSD acolo. Și am cadus oameni noi, mulți tineri și o să spun ceva straniu. Am câștigat comunități care cât cât arată bine să erau niște proiecte făcute cu proiecte mai bune.Dar comunitățile care arătau cel mai rău, unde am pus culmea tineri [00:52:00] pregătiți oameni cu experiență, n-am reușit să le câștig. De ce? De ce Oamenii pur și simplu au zis nu vor, gata, nu vrem bani europene, nu vrem să ne amestecăm, a fost o respingere față de nou, au spus noi rămânem noi cu noi, n-are rost să vină cineva în plus.Cum s-au creat niște microclimate de convingeri de opinii bule care sunt fie fizic în anumite comunități, fie virtuale online, oameni care pur și simplu sunt convinși că trebuie să respingă orice vine din exterior, orice idee nouă că modernizarea este ceva care se face împotriva lor. Și da, trebuie să explicăm toată modernizarea asta.De exemplu acum, la nivel european am decis ca în câțiva ani permisele de conducere să fie digitalizate. Și valuă pe internet. Wow, ne fură datele! Ce scult chestiune asta! De ce mi-anulează permisul în altă țară și mi-l anulează și aici acum? Da, adică nu poți să comiți o [00:53:00] ilegalitate afară că te prinde.Păi nu trebuie să faci nimic ilegal. Despre asta e vorba. Și mai apare portofelul digital. Pe lângă pandemie, al doilea subiect important pentru extrema dreaptă în Europa a fost opoziția la crearea portofelului digital european. Adică un site Securizat, unde tu poți să-ți urci documentele, evident l-ai și în format fizic și permisul o să poți să-l în format fizic dar ți le urci acolo ca să le ai digitalizate, să nu te mai cauți prin buzunare pentru documente și ai diploma, ai permisul, ai toate chestiunile care țin de experiența ta profesională intri acolo pur și simplu cod QR, foarte ușor foarte facil.O poziție pe internet, am avut oameni care mi-au scris Negrescu ai votat în Parlamentul European să ni se fure datele. Eu nu-i blâmesc pe oamenii care mi-au scris, dar ca o să înțeleg de ce au ajuns în situația asta și cât important e să-i explicăm. Și nu e simplu sincer, nu e simplu cu persoane radicalizate să explici.O poți face individual, George Buhnici: dar [00:54:00] trebuie faci statul. Corect? Victor Negrescu: Da, sunt lucruri structurale. Adică și aici mai apare chestiunea asta. M-am întâlnit cu ministrul francez al afacelor europene, a fost și România. A venit în România să prezinte raportul pe care l-au făcut serviciile franceze cu privire la influențele străine în campania din România pentru prezidențiale.Foarte ok. George Buhnici: Aș Victor Negrescu: vrea și România, apropo să prezinte un raport. A venit cu George Buhnici: jandarmii ăia care au participat la proteste aici? N-ai auzit-o pe aia cu jandarmii Victor Negrescu: francezi? Nu erau niciun jandarm dar erau niște buni profesioniști, niște cum ea, niște doamne care au lucrat la acel raport Și prezenta tot ce se întâmplă exact Care sunt efectele și cum s-a făcut această influențare manipulare.Și nu, oamenii se uită la noi, a, politicial, ne spune că a fost manipulat, dar noi credem în [00:55:00] ceea ce facem. Da, eu chiar cred că oamenii au crezut în Georgescu, cred în continuare în aceste idei și poate nu ne dăm seama Cred că și eu am fost supus acestor influențe. Când dai scroll mai vezi niște clipuri și vezi tot timpul același clip.Nu direct, adică nu spune cineva votează Y. Când vezi la un moment dat proteste care se repetă. La un moment dat remarcasem în România, anul mă cu câțiva ani, erau video ads prin Google, promovau niște proteste Adică nu vorbim de ceva incipient și nu contează volumul financiar că a fost 500.000 de euro, că a fost un milion că au fost 4 milioane de euro băgate.Nu volumul, contează tehnica și faptul că cineva a căutat să ne inducă anumite sentimente, să ne conducă într-o direcție și asta nu este normal. Care sunt emoțiile alea Care sunt sentimentele de care [00:56:00] vorbești? Cred că dezamăgirea față de democrație și de ce s-a întâmplat în ultimii ani și aici s-a speculat...O chestie care circulă des. 35 de ani nu s-a întâmplat nimic, doar s-a furat. Și pe această chestiune s-a cultivat sentimentul că democrația e de vină și partidele sunt de vină. Deși și partidele sunt de vină, recunosc lucrul ăsta. Dar scopul a fost împotriva democrației, cultivând ideea unui lider autoritar.Cred că asta a fost centrul, au fost mult mai multe George Buhnici: Nu a cultivat liderul autoritar. Îți spun că democrația e proastă și atunci alternativa care e? Un lider? Păi Victor Negrescu: nu, arătau că erau circulele acelea cu Ceaușescu care decide și l-a arătat pe Putin cât șmecheră Putin și așa mai departe Deci au fost chestii care cultivau ideea unui lider autoritar direct.Și s-au dus aceste sentimente. Eu, de când au avut aceste alegeri prezidențiale, caut să fac întâlniri diferite cu cetățenii. Și mai nou, mai ales în alba și nu numai, îi rog pe colegii mei să ne întâlnim cu persoane care nu sunt afiliate politic pe niște caracteristici [00:57:00] comune. Și Prima întâlnire a fost cu circa 20 de tineri Grupe de vârstă diferite, unii angajați, unii la studii și unii mai tineri.Și i-am întrebat care este super puterea politică pe care ar vrea să o aibă fiecare dintre ei. Încerc să fac o discuție mai interesant. Și cei mai tineri din sală de 18 ani, mi-au zis vrem un lider autoritar să decide asta. Deci ei erau cei mai radicalizați. Unul dintre ei cântea la chitară foarte talentat, mi-a arătat și clipurile lui pe YouTube, dar un rock alternativ.Și nu m-am pus de abține și am zis, a văzut mișto ce cânt foarte tare, l pus să ne arate, chiar foarte talentat copilul. Și i-am zis, da știi muzica asta cu un lider autoritar Dar s-ar putea se spună... Că nu ai voie să cânti muzica asta, că nu este muzica aia structurală și pe vremea comuniștilor n-aveai voie să cânti sau să faci absolut [00:58:00] orice.Păi eu n-am înțeles așa. Păi da, că într-un sistem autoritar, liderul suprem decide. Dacă tu vrei asta, el îți spune ce muzică ai voie să cânti. Păi eu n-am privit așa. M-am gândit că e un lider autoritar care face curățenii. Păi ce înseamnă curățenie? Adică cred că trebuie să punem și noi întrebările de genul acesta.Ce înseamnă când scrie hashtag să facem curățenie sau ce-a folosit expresia asta extremiștii? Hai să întrebăm concret ce înseamnă. Nu au răspuns. Ce înseamnă vrem turul 2 înapoi? Ce înseamnă chestiunea asta? Adică să răstoane democrația, să nu se mai respecte nimic nicio regulă nicio decizie și așa mai departe Adică dacă intrăm în detalii Cred că extremiștii pierd dezbaterea De aceea trebuie să-i confruntăm.Clasa politică a decis să facă un pas în spate. Eu, motivul pentru care poate sunt și astăzi la tine în această dezbatere, este pentru că eu de când am avut loc ale acestei legile parlamentare, n-am avut o ezitare în a vorbi despre extremism, pericolul lor, numind Georgescu, [00:59:00] Simeon, Șoșoacă, Victor Ponta și așa mai departe N-am avut o problemă în interiorul partidului sau public.Și nu te ascund că am mai primit niște telefoane, inclusiv de la prieteni pe bune, chiar prieteni din partii sau din exterior sau de la alte partii de care mi-au zis Victor, nu vrei să o lași mai moale? Lasă-o mai moale, așa că nu e bine. Pierdem electorat. Dar ce vrei să posti tu lupta asta? Candidez la prezidențiale?Nu, dom'le nu candidez. Eu George Buhnici: cred că un PSD cu tine în frunte ar fi avut o șansă mult mai bună să iasă din blaștină asta. Și, din nou, not a big fan, da? Suntem aici doar că efectiv percepție Mă uit din afară Ca jurnalist mă uit la percepție în primul rând Lucrez cu oameni de multă vreme Mă uit la mass media Mă uit la felul în care se uită cei care îți pun ție întrebări Mă uit la felul în care se raportează oamenii la tine Tu nu ai hate Victor Negrescu: Decât George Buhnici: de la troll Victor Negrescu: Poate am și hate Se mai întâmplă Și mi-asum și oameni Care nu mă simpatizează Și e normal lucrul acesta Dar revenind la [01:00:00] chestiunea aceasta Trebuie să combatem Trebuie să fim proactiv Să fim prezenți în dezbaterea aceasta Și nu merg doar mesaje date la reuniuni de partii Adică trebuie să fii acolo La firul ierbii Să duci această luptă Cred că avem o responsabilitate liderii politici, mai inclus și pe mine prin prisma funcției acestea de vice-princip de la Parlamentul European, să-i apărăm și pe cei care sunt atacați.Eu, după ce s-a făcut în România lista celebra lui Soros pe care am fost și eu, am fost pe televiziune primul eram primul la reportajele. Te-ai întâlnit vreodată cu Soros îl știi? Două zile, nu, niciodată. Ai avut colaborări? Nu nu. Nu te-ai atins în niciun ONG de acolo? Acum nu știu câte ONG-uri au fost, dar lucrez și cu ONG-uri, sindicate, patronate.Acum m-am întâlnit cu unii care sunt de extremă dreapta, că am fost cu Victor Ponta la același partid. Deci nu e adevărat să spui George Buhnici: public chestia asta că ai sau n-ai legături directe sau

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In this power-packed episode of The Food Professor Podcast, hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois bring listeners up to speed on one of the most complex and fast-moving stories in the global food and agriculture sector: the unfolding international tariff war. Appropriately titled “The Global Tariff War Edition,” this episode features a timely and incisive interview with Mark Warner, Managing Director at MAAW Law and one of North America's leading experts on trade, investment, and competition law.The conversation kicks off with Michael and Sylvain diving into the latest developments in U.S.–China trade tensions, which have seen tariffs skyrocket to 125% on inbound U.S. goods into China. They explore the ripple effects on key commodities like soybeans and canola, discuss the surprising resilience of commodity markets, and examine why Canada isn't positioned to step in as a major alternative supplier.The hosts also explore cultural signals from the food world, including the increasing trend of Americans packing lunches and the declining use of doggy bags in restaurants—signs Sylvain suggests may point to growing economic insecurity and workplace anxiety.In the second half of the show, Michael and Sylvain sit down with Mark Warner, who brings deep legal and historical context to the tariff debate. Warner unpacks how the Trump administration is using the rarely-invoked International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to sidestep traditional trade channels. He outlines the risks and potential rewards for Canadian agri-food exporters navigating this new landscape, and why subtle diplomacy—not headline-grabbing bravado—may serve Canada better in the long run. From trade agreements and geopolitical strategy to supply management and softwood lumber, Warner's nuanced take is essential listening for anyone working in, or watching, the agri-food space.And there's also a moment of celebration: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois shares his recent honour—receiving the prestigious Charles III Coronation Medal from the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. In a heartfelt reflection, he dedicates the medal to his wife, Janelle, recognizing her essential support in his research and public policy work. It's a well-deserved acknowledgment of Sylvain's national impact on food policy and scholarship.With sharp insight, humour, and a dash of royal recognition, this episode offers listeners a blend of timely news and expert analysis that defines The Food Professor Podcast.Tune into Bite Sized!Corus Entertainment is excited to add a brand-new topical program to its Talk Radio lineup on April 12called Bite Sized, which explores the business of food in the country. 640 Toronto Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET980 CFPL Sundays at 9 a.m. ET680 CJOB Sundays at 2 p.m. CST770 QR Calgary Sundays at 3 p.m. MST880 CHED Sundays at 3 p.m. MST730 CKNW Sundays at 1 p.m. PSTAbout MarkMark is an Ontario and New York attorney who has practiced trade, investment and competition law in Toronto, New York, Washington, D.C and Brussels and as counsel to the OECD in Paris.  He advises natural resource clients through Pilot Law LLP and fintech and financial Services clients through Atlantis International. Mark has also recently been appointed as a Fellow of the US Canada Institute in Washington, D.C.Mark is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministries of Economic Development & Trade, Research & Innovation and Consumer Services. He led Ontario's legal team for trade negotiations (including the Canada-EU Trade Agreement and the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement), trade disputes (including the Green Energy Act and softwood lumber) and various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state disputes and for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler.Mark was also co-author of the Second Edition of a leading Canadian trade law treatise (with the Hon. William C. Graham and Professors Jean-Gabriel Castel and Armand de Mestral). He has been listed in the Euromoney / International Financial Law Review Guide to the World's Leading Competition lawyers and in 2015 was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.Mark earned a BA (Joint Honours) from McGill, an MA in Economics from the University of Toronto, a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and an LLM from Georgetown University Law Centre. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

EU måste välja strategi för att tackla Trumps handelskrig. Men vilket motdrag är bäst för Europa? Dessutom om domen mot Marine Le Pen som chockat Europas ytterhöger. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Världsekonomin skakar efter Trumps nya tullar och i Luxemburg har EU:s handelsministrar samlats till krismöte. Kommissionsordförande Ursula von der Leyen har den senaste veckan velat signalera att förhandlingsdörren står öppen, samtidigt som EU också visar tänderna gentemot Trump och aviserar mottullar. Kommer unionen även ta till sitt tyngsta handelsvapen mot USA nu, den så kallade ”bazookan”? Medlemsländerna är inte eniga i frågan.Le Pens dramatiska fall i skuggan av handelskrigetEn chockvåg gick genom Europas ytterhöger när Nationell samlings Marine Le Pen dömdes för bedrägeri med EU-medel. Enligt domen hindras hon från att ställa upp i presidentvalet 2027, vilket ritar om den politiska kartan i Frankrike. Men kommer överlevnadskonstnären Le Pen resa sig på nio? Hör Sydeuropakorrespondent Cecilia Blomberg om det politiska dramat och varför Le Pen kanske ännu inte är uträknad.Programledare: Parisa HöglundMedverkande: Andreas Liljeheden, Brysselkorrespondent. Kristian Åström, fristående ekonomijournalist. Cecilia Blomberg, Sydeuropakorrespondent. Producent: Therese Rosenvinge

Die EU-Handelsminister haben sich wegen der angekündigten US-Zölle in Luxemburg zu einer ausserordentlichen Sitzung versammelt. Weil die EU noch immer auf Verhandlungen hofft, wurden noch keine Entscheidungen über Gegenmassnahmen getroffen. Weitere Themen: Am Sonntag ist die Staatssekretärin für Wirtschaft in die USA gereist, um mit den USA das Gespräch zu suchen und die drohenden Zölle von 31 Prozent abzuwenden oder abzuschwächen. Doch welche Möglichkeiten hat die Schweiz, wenn Gespräche zu nichts führen? Spanien wird häufig mit Hitze und Trockenheit in Verbindung gebracht. Doch ein regenreicher Winter sorgte dafür, dass die Wasserreservoirs nun vielerorts gut gefüllt sind. Ist es das Ende der Trockenheit oder bloss eine vorübergehende Verschnaufpause?

Die neuen US-Zölle haben für einen weiteren Einbruch der Aktienmärkte gesorgt. So stürzte der Dax zum Handelsauftakt um rund zehn Prozent ab. Schon in der vergangenen Woche hatte der deutsche Leitindex ein Wochenminus von mehr als acht Prozent und damit den größten Verlust in einer Handelswoche seit Beginn des Ukraine-Kriegs verzeichnet. Die EU hat den USA eine Vereinbarung zur gegenseitigen Aufhebung aller Zölle auf Industriegüter angeboten. Kommissionspräsidentin von der Leyen sagte in Brüssel, Europa sei immer zu einem guten Geschäft bereit. Die Regierung in Washington sei auf dieses Angebot bislang aber nicht eingegangen. Laut von der Leyen werden daher weiter mögliche Gegenmaßnahmen vorbereitet. Die Handelsminister der 27 EU-Staaten hatten zuvor in Luxemburg über den Umgang mit der aggressiven US-amerikanischen Zollpolitik beraten.

Ungaria a numit un comisar special guvernamental pentru lupta împotriva drogurilor și înăsprește legea. Consumul va fi considerat infracțiune și nu contravenție ca până acum. „Singura atitudine justificată și motivată față de traficul de droguri este aceea de toleranță zero,” a declarat László Horváth, noul comisar guvernamental pentru lupta contra traficului de drogurim potrivit Telex.hu. Potrivit acestuia, consumul de droguri va constitui o infracțiune – și nu o simplă contravenție, așa cum prevăd reglementările în vigoare. De asemenea, sunt planificate modificări legislative și în ceea ce privește reabilitarea și prevenirea.Horváth a menționat că „războiul împotriva drogurilor” început de guvern a dat până acum rezultate foarte bune și s-a bucurat de un sprijin larg din partea societății maghiare. El a mulțumit în mod deosebit societății civile pentru angajamentul său, subliniind că unii cetățeni au început să organizeze inițiative antidrog în cadrul comunităților lor.Hunyadi – s-a lansat cea mai scumpă serie TV maghiarăDupă lungi pregătiri, pe ecrane se lansează coproducția internațională Hunyadi. Seria a costat 25,6 miliarde de forinți, aproximativ 62,5 milioane de euro, din care aproape 16 miliarde HUF au fost fonduri publice, citim tot în telex.hu. Cea mai scumpă producție maghiară este difuzată la TV2, post care are relații de prietenie deschise cu guvernul. Unul dintre cele mai mari nume din spatele acestui proiect este producătorul maghiaro-canadian Robert Lantos, scrie Telex.Serialul povestește ascensiunea la putere a lui János Hunyadi într-un moment în care Europa era amenințată de cuceritorii otomani care doreau să domine întreaga lume. Janos Hunyadi a fost o personalitate militară și politică maghiară marcantă  în timpul secolului al XV-lea, care a servit ca regent al Regatului Ungariei între 1446 și 1453, sub regele minor Ladislaus al V-lea.De altfel, această perioadă este extrem de incitantă din punct de vedere geopolitic (jocul video lansat recent „Kingdom Come: Deliverance II” are loc în Cehia aproape în același timp.) Această epocă îl înfățișează pe Sigismund de Luxemburg cu ambiții imperiale, bătălii dintre islam, creștinism, Habsburgi și prinți transilvani care sunt identificați prin legendele lui Dracula, mai scrie publicația. Premierul slovac caută soluții pentru industria auto din cauza tarifelor impuse de Trumpspravy.pravda.sk relatează despre declarațiile premierului Robert Fico privitoare la discuția cu președinta Comisiei Europene, Ursula von der Leyen despre taxele vamale impuse de președintele SUA, Donald Trump precum și epidemia de febră aftoasă din Slovacia.Febra aftoasă este o boală infecțioasă acută, foarte contagioasă, care afectează vacile, porcii, oile, caprele și bivolii, dar nu se transmite la om.„Războiul comercial dintre Statele Unite și restul lumii ne va afecta pe toți. Am informat-o pe președinta Comisiei că, având în vedere concentrarea industriei de automobile în Slovacia, ne uităm în principal la impactul noilor taxe vamale americane asupra acestui sector. Susțin intenția Comisiei Europene de a continua negocierile cu Statele Unite până în ultimul moment.”„Sper că președinta Comisiei Europene a înțeles gluma pe care am făcut-o la conferința de presă de astăzi, când le-am spus jurnaliștilor că m-a mustrat aspru că nu am împiedicat, conform opoziției slovace, impunerea de noi taxe vamale de către Statele Unite. Mă tem că mass-media slovacă și opoziția nu au înțeles ironia acestei declarații,” a mai spus Robert Fico.Au participat la Revista Presei Europa Plus:Kevin KOVÁCS, UngariaAnna Réka, RÁFI, UngariaDominika    ZVARIKOVÁ, Slovacia

This episode of The Food Professor Podcast brings together global trade drama and local wine opportunity. In the opening news segment, Michael and Sylvain react to the latest trade bombshell from Donald Trump: sweeping new tariffs aimed at dozens of countries, with Canada & Mexico left off—for now. They dig into how this could reshape the Canadian food sector, focusing on dairy and the persistent challenges of supply management. Sylvain calls out the inefficiencies of Canada's quota system and urges a national strategy, comparing our lack of vision to New Zealand's Fonterra success. The conversation also covers the real reasons behind “Buy Canadian” sentiment—whether driven by tariffs or values—and highlights the implications of avian flu outbreaks on Canadian poultry supplies.In the second half, Michael and Sylvain welcome Michelle Wasylyshen, President and CEO of Ontario Craft Wineries. With a public affairs background spanning government, industry, and advocacy, Michelle brings a sharp perspective on the role of VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) wines in the current climate. She explains how VQA signifies wines that are 100% Ontario-grown, produced, and bottled, and why that matters for consumers and the local economy.Michelle details how the removal of U.S. wines from LCBO shelves has created a rare and significant opening for Ontario wine producers. Early data already shows a 30% jump in VQA sales, with some members seeing growth as high as 70–80%. Her team is capitalizing with cheeky, targeted campaigns like “Screw the Tariffs, Pop the Cork,” and partnering with groups like Restaurants Canada and Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters to amplify the message.She also addresses a long-standing pain point: interprovincial trade. Michelle shares the absurd reality that it's currently easier to sell Ontario wine to Sweden or Denmark than to Quebec. She expresses cautious optimism that the current tariff climate might finally create the political will to tear down these barriers.On the topic of consumption trends, Michelle acknowledges the growing “sober-curious” movement but remains confident that Ontario wines, especially given their quality and local value, remain a compelling choice. She concludes with policy priorities including sustained shelf presence at the LCBO, education on VQA labels, and increasing restaurant availability of local wines.The episode wraps with lighter banter on the possible revival of Hooters and a shoutout to Quebec-based food brand Mid-Day Squares, capping off a wide-ranging conversation rooted in both disruption and opportunity. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

I vårt mest bedårande avsnitt hittills går vi igenom några av den moderna världens minsta arméer. Eller ja, rent tekniskt är det väl snarare små försvarsmakter; men i det här fallet är det ofta synonymt med arméer.Per går igenom Guyanas, Vatikanstatens och Islands mäktiga krigsmakter, där han hänförs över den förstnämnda och allt mer irriteras över de två sistnämnda. Mattis hoppar å sin sida på Vanuatus, Gambias och Luxemburgs fruktade horder. Han finner alla tre rätt gulliga faktiskt.Dessutom: Pers positiva fördomar om indier, Luxemburg tar oproportionerligt stort ansvar, isländska polisen överkompenserar, Mattis bygger en fullstack, längst pinne inte bara vinner utan omkullkastar den sociala ordningen, Fredrik reder ut det där med matte, en framtida supermakt, och mycket mer! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of The Food Professor Podcast, we dive into a wide range of topics, from international trade tensions to the evolving role of social media in the culinary world. We kick off the episode with the announcement that Canada will be the country of honour at the SIAL Food Innovation Show, reflecting on the importance of celebrating Canadian food and innovation during shifting global dynamics.We then turn our attention to the pork industry in Canada, discussing recent geopolitical issues that have led to uncertainty, including tensions with China and auto tariffs from the United States. Sylvain shares insights from his recent talk at the Ontario Pork Convention, where industry stakeholders expressed concerns over market volatility and the potential impact of reduced Chinese pork imports. He discusses how pork producers hope to leverage domestic barbecue season to boost sales, given the rising costs of beef and poultry.Michael and Sylvain also reflect on the political landscape in Canada as an election approaches, discussing how the changing dynamics between the Liberals and Conservatives could impact the agriculture and food sectors. They touch on recent poll swings and analyze the political strategies shaping the campaigns, particularly how geopolitical leadership and dealing with major global players like Trump and China have become central issues.The conversation shifts to business strategy as they discuss Unilever's management challenges with the Ben & Jerry brand, examining how corporate culture clashes between activism and profitability affect the company's public image. The hosts debate whether it was ever a good idea for Unilever to acquire such a distinctively activist brand and speculate on how the unfolding lawsuits might play out.We also discuss the Loblaw body cam pilot project, aimed at enhancing security amid rising organized retail crime. Michael explains the strategic reasons behind implementing body cams, emphasizing the dual purpose of evidence collection and deterrence. Sylvain shares his perspective on the ethical considerations and how other retailers might respond if the initiative proves successful.Finally, the episode's highlight features a captivating interview with Chef Tuệ Nguyễn, celebrated chef, cultural storyteller, and viral content creator. Tuệ, the visionary behind ĐiĐi in Los Angeles and the cookbook Ði Ăn, shares her journey from Vietnam to LA, building her culinary brand and amassing over 1.3 million followers. She discusses authenticity and creativity at the heart of her success and how social media has played a crucial role in driving her restaurant's popularity.This episode delivers a balanced blend of current food industry insights, retail crime analysis, and an inspiring chef's story, making it a must-listen for food enthusiasts and industry professionals.RC Showhttps://www.rcshow.com/https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/di-an-the-salty-sour-sweet-and-spicy-flavors-of-vietnamese-cooking-with-twaydabae-a-cookbook/9781668003800.html The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.