Marie-Claire
My new vocation
I left work to become a mum but little did I know that coming back to work not only would I start qualifying for the “working mum” description but also that of a juggler. Every space of time like air for a juggler has millimetres of oppportunities. But dare you miss that fraction of a [...]
Saved by a shrunken brain
Tons of books talk about the shrunken brain syndrome of an expectant mum….This seems incredible until one actually experiences it. The truth is that it takes a while to befriend such an enemy of the brain as one becomes aware of losing control. This loss becomes apparent with things falling from one’s hands, forgetting where [...]
Stand back and unwind….
Some secrets may best be left dead and buried….but our team kept its nose to the grindstone this year with the election run-up. Now it’s time to unwind pretty much like the string in the arrow after being stretched all along. We have hence decided to recharge our batteries, by breathing deeply in and out and [...]
My mama told me so
Dear reader, our team is coming up with a lot of new antics to ensure that our website is attractive to the reader and to make sure every European citizen is informed about what the European Parliament is doing for him and her! Hence, we are all looking forward to the eve of 7 June [...]
Voting from exotic spots!
Finnish citizen Joanna Chellapermal was basking in the sun along Bali beaches, not even intending to use her right to vote in the EU elections. When suddenly….here she is in Jakarta using precisely that ONE…. She writes: I had not intended to vote in the EP elections originally. Had I been in Europe it would have [...]
A penny or a farthing for “Headlines”
“Headlines” comes to you for free but you may be surprised what a lot of selling, commercialisation, advertising, negotiation goes behind the screen. The editor-in- charge of the article follows the news and when an interesting story comes up his way he defines the angle to make it appeal to the readers. Proving that is [...]
Hats off!?
The right hat for the right head goes the expression! But what happens when the head is missing!? Void? Empty? That is exactly how it feels to spend a summer in the European Parliament. Summer recess started on July 21 in the turquoise week, meaning that the MEPs could return to their constituency. Recess in [...]
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