A crazy day today, with the announcement about the proposal to clarify an individual’s rights to get healthcare in another country. We came in this morning to find it was front page of the Daily Mail – positive EU coverage on the front page of the Mail!! An expert in the issue had come overContinue reading “Your right to get treatment in another EU country”
Category Archives: Life
Pif Paf Pof
It’s in the Scottish papers today that Alyn Smith MEP is starting a campaign for Scotland to have its own entry to the Eurovision song contest. There’s quite a lot to be said for that (ie it might have a chance of doing well!). But actually the first year’s entry is already written – don’tContinue reading “Pif Paf Pof”
Hanging around in limbo
I was in Brussels this weekend, to work on getting the house organised and see my friends of course. It was Rachel’s birthday and so we had a lovely brunch outside the Orangerie in Parc d’Egmont on Sunday. Most of my closest friends were there, which was lovely, but it was really strange to haveContinue reading “Hanging around in limbo”
First the cucumbers, now the kiwis
[Sigh] One step forward, two steps back… The redtops are full of a story today about a market trader who is being fined for his kiwis being 1mm smaller than the rules for grade 2 kiwis allow. Of course “Brussels bureaucrats” are getting the blame. Now, there are a number of things here: 1) We doContinue reading “First the cucumbers, now the kiwis”
Headless chicken
It’s been a bit of a bonko day today, with me running around like the proverbial headless chicken. Tuesday is planning day, when we have our regular team meeting, so I spent the morning trying to work out what would be happening in the next week or so, which Commissioners are coming to town andContinue reading “Headless chicken”
London is a village
I’ve already discovered how small London can be due to various overlaps with people – Hannah and the architecture festival, for example. But it was literally a village on Saturday when I met my friend Kathryn and we took her son to the Holy Trinity Fete on Clapham Common. It was all a traditional EnglishContinue reading “London is a village”
Hunting for the perfect house
It’s all about the house-hunting today I’m afraid. Excited as I am about getting out there and describing to people what the EU does for them, I need somewhere to live and no-one is going to help me with that! So evenings this week are spent trailing around estate agents and visiting places. I wasContinue reading “Hunting for the perfect house”
Welcome to London Transport
It had all been going too well – turning up to Balham station, getting on the train – I even got a seat one morning. Last night coming back from Notting Hill the Circle Line was disrupted so I got the Central and then Northern, which stopped at Kennington, so I had to change… AndContinue reading “Welcome to London Transport”