There’s been a lot of discussion about how this hasn’t been the “social media” election everyone thought it was. But, like some others, I believe that those writing about it are viewing it the wrong way down the telescope. No, social media may not have replaced the role of newpapers, or even TV. But asContinue reading “Talking it over”
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Congratulations Charlemagne!
I was at the UACES/ThomsonReuters award for Reporting Europe last night. A nice event for several reasons. Firstly because I got to see several people I like who were over from Brussels, including Oana Lungescu and Stephen Castle, both of whom were nominated. Secondly, it’s good to recognise quality reporting on Europe when it occurs, backingContinue reading “Congratulations Charlemagne!”
Don’t take my word for it
The discussion about how much of UK law is due to the EU rumbles on, but Channel 4 Factcheck have done a pretty comprehensive demolition of the figures floating around. Find it here
Commission statement:air passenger rights apply in light of volcanic ash cloud
Update 28 April: Here’s the latest statement on this from the Commission. Air travel: volcanic ash cloud – EU passenger rights continue to apply Speaking today following the closure of airspace and airports in more than 8 EU counties including Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, due the volcanic eruption in Iceland,Continue reading “Commission statement:air passenger rights apply in light of volcanic ash cloud”
Links 29 March 2010
I thought Joshua Chaffin wrote a sensible piece today on the departure of Commissioner Ashton’s spokesman. In the meantime, take heart that Lutz is not leaving the Commission, but going back to DG Trade, where one suspects his lofty skills will be better appreciated. Nosemonkey gets it spot-on: No-one understands the EU. I guess I wouldContinue reading “Links 29 March 2010”
Working for a living
This week is clearly careers week. I don’t think I’ve done a single careers talk since I arrived, and I’m doing two this week. On Monday we had someone from EPSO, our recruitment service, in the Rep holding open sessions for graduates (or soon-to-be-graduates) on the new round of recruitment and the new system. IContinue reading “Working for a living”
Links 23 March 2010
The RSS feed wasn’t really throwing up very much today, but Twitter has been a much richer source! If the EU matters to you in the upcoming election, Cosmetic Uprise has done the work for you on the parties’ manifestos. From the perspective of the EU being a good thing, I should add. as sheContinue reading “Links 23 March 2010”
Going to the birds
There’s a saying, isn’t there, about not pleasing all of the people all of the time. But when you work for the European Commission, there are certain people you can never please. I wrote a while ago about the Daily Mail bashing us for having rules on fruit and veg and taking away rules onContinue reading “Going to the birds”
Smalltown girl
A big thanks to the members of Abingdon European Society who welcomed me so warmly to their meeting on Saturday. I was there at their request to talk about recent developments in the European Union. I had quite a moment when the chairwoman introduced me saying I would talk for “about an hour”, knowing thatContinue reading “Smalltown girl”
Doing the Boo
I was at the London Wetlands Centre this morning for the launch of a new animated series called My Friend Boo, which is designed to be both informative and entertaining, in the best tradition of children’s TV. As it was part-financed by the European Commission’s LIFE+ financing programme (though we had no influence over content andContinue reading “Doing the Boo”