Imola Várhelyiné Horváth, the wife of the EU Health Commissioner, is a health advisor to the far-right Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament.
Category: Lobbying / Public Affairs
How Environmental-Health Policy Got Scrooged
Mr Monger was visited by the Ghosts of Policy Past, Policy Present and Policy Yet to Come.
Confessions of an Addict
Is vaping addictive in the same way as a drug addiction or more like an addiction to running or shopping?
SlimeGate 2.3.4: The Litigation Finance Whistleblower Exposé Part 2
Litigation finance ethical challenges are made worse when we see how big external investors are pulling the strings and taking most of the payouts.
My Contribution to the European Commission Consultation on the EU’s Civil Society Funding Strategy
The EU has had a series of NGO funding scandals. They’re looking in the wrong places to answer the wrong questions.
The End of the Regulatory Cold War
The European Union has won the Regulatory Cold War and then quickly lost the peace.
Redneck Science
With MAHA conspiracy theories becoming official US health policies, we need a new term for their regulatory science.
Lamenting the Loss of Lobbying
The death of engagement is changing policy management and leadership. Instead of lobbying, we have populism.
How Research Bias Leads to Bullshit
I was invited to participate in an “expert survey” that revealed some frightening bias built into the researchers’ agenda.
The End of Sustainability as a Core Western Value?
In a post-sustainability world, what values will replace this much maligned virtue?
What is Farming?
Marching in lockstep to the agri-food transition, the Forum for the Future of Agriculture avoided that one big question.
Living in Trump’s World
We’re all stuck in his world now… and it’s painful.
The Risk-Monger 