Nadina
Spreading the virus
There is a virus in our unit. Besides the flu virus which I only noticed flying around today, since we are missing three people from work, there is the social media virus. Well, for the first I am very sure we can blame it on Brussels weather, but what about the other? The social media one [...]
‘Question hour’ time!
En première this Tuesday – It’s “question time” with European Commission President. In the first half, Mr Barroso will answer the questions of political groups leaders on any given topic they wish to pick out. Next, MEPs will put questions on a particular subject set up in advance. You want to follow it? Click here!
May I? Hmm … This is Evita!
“Let’s try something new for the blog”, I was nicely egged on few days ago, something new which could give a bit of taste of the unit itself, leaving aside for a short while the daily news we are usually writing. And what would be better to start from than the actual wall I have [...]
Plenary time
Next week there will be the plenary session in Strasbourg. As always, eight of us are travelling to Strasbourg, mainly chosen on a rotation basis. Some quite interesting things up for discussion and vote by our MEPs next week: winner of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for 2009, milk prices or the aid for German [...]
They play to stop
Look how EU and music combine to give a strong signal the dangers of global warming. This video wants to pass on this same message to young people and boost their active involvement. How? Play to stop! Watch Moby, the Editors and other stars performing and taking part in the fight against climate change.
Post elections… we need more training or not?
Now that the elections are over, it is amazing to see the peacefulness which has been installed in our corridors…schedules are getting lighter that they already fit in one page, people are already emancipating about going on holidays, many have already flown away…therefore I decided to go for a training – teamwork.
For your information, I have a question: how much is a light bulb worth?
Climate change, saving energy and economic crisis are the hottest and sexiest topics in Europe at the moment. Every week we are writing articles about EU policies and the debates held by the European Parliament on how to solve the current crisis or which policies are the best ones.
Can I write about… anything?
Why are we writing about this topic? How come the other one is not included? Who chooses what are we going to write? Who is actually writing them? :) Simple questions that pop up to one’s mind when opening our website to find out what is happening in the Parliament? Same questions I had when [...]
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