In one month (8th October), Ingrid Betancourt will come to the European Parliament, and I imagine every single member of this team would love to interview her… If the agenda of the visit is not very tight, if she is not very tired, if we manage to get an interview with her, if….you will see it published here. And thinking of that moment, all I want to do with this post is defend my rights to be one of the Europarl journalists interviewing her. Because:

1) I am the Spanish language editor!
-Yes, it is true, but I am not the only Spanish speaker…)

2) I am one the editors in charge of External Affairs (we divide the topics between the group, I share this topic and Development with my German and Swedish colleagues).

-Yes, it is true, maybe this interview would not fall under the category External Affairs… at least not only…

3) I combine the fact of being the Spanish editor with following External Affairs
- Ok, I am not the only Spanish  speaker covering External Affairs…

4) I asked fot it the first!!
-…

(to be continued)