Florent
Facebook: 4 reasons to hope and 7 reasons to keep going
Last Tuesday, we had a very interesting meeting with Richard Allan, the Facebook European boss for what is related to politics. I picked up some facts and statistics to give an overview of where we stand in the Facebook-galaxy.
Why I think social media are on the right way in the European Parliament
It’s always interesting to see who’s convinced by the use of social media for institutional communication purposes. We had a seminar with our whole directorate at the beginning of the week and it was very telling – not only because of what we said, but also because of the structure and organisation of it.
Don’t judge too quickly!
Is the era of men in grey suits governing the world coming to an end? I don’t think so, but some signs show that things are changing… Now, we should take care not to judge people too quickly on their external aspect. Here is a little experienced I made while doing an interview for the EP website.
Young, dynamic, creative? It’s time to join!
The rumours were louder and louder in the last weeks… And now it’s official. The new competition to enter the European institutions has been launched this week. I was in this situation about two years ago, I know how it is, how people feel… Let’s hope the competition will reach its aims: recruiting specialists and opening its door to people from all over Europe.
Statistics – a quick look on the backstage
Let’s have a (critical) view on our production on this blog… Is it enough? Is it equally distributed? Here are some statistics to help you make your own opinion.
How to get grey hairs in a few months
Separately, every uncertainty is not too difficult to manage, but all together, it becomes very quickly a huge mess.
Post-electoral depression
Nothing matters any more. The day-to-day work seems quite boring. What’s the aim of the articles we write, if not to increase the turnout in the elections?
Fact and figures vs. scandal: what are we working for?
What are we doing? What are we working for, and – more important – how? We try to explain what happens at the European Parliament. We want to provide citizens with reliable, high quality and very interesting information. What is the new proposal on tyres labelling about? Who’s for in the House, who’s against? And [...]
About the difficulty of being French in a multicultural unit
I have Danish, Bulgarian and Maltese colleagues in the office next to me. An Italian one in front of me. Some German, Spanish, Polish, Slovenian, Finnish colleagues in the same corridor. And they all speak perfect English. What about me? I’m French. And I sometimes feel stupid in that multicultural, multilingual and open-minded environment. Speaking [...]
Recent Comments