Tag Archives: EU myths

Stephen Fry: Call my Euro-bluff

By Kosmopolit | Published: August 4, 2009

(hat-tip: Stephen Spillane) Update: It seems that the video is not available anymore. What a shame! Why did the BBC remove this video but not the other 2000 Stephen Fry/QI videos on youtube? So, if you find the clip again somewhere please let me know! Update 2: Video is available again. Thanks for uploading it!

Posted in European Debate | Also tagged media, QI, quiz, Stephen Fry, TV, UK | 1 Comment

The problems of EU debates

By Kosmopolit | Published: November 11, 2008

After reading recent posts by Martin Westlake and Julien Frisch I actually remembered a post on “EU debates” that I wrote a couple of months ago but somehow forgot to publish. It is rather an exploratory post, very general and patchy and open to new ideas. I want to look at the nature of EU [...]

Posted in European Debate, European Union | Also tagged Brussels, discourse, EU, European Politics, European Union | 6 Comments

Facts and myths in EU debates

By Kosmopolit | Published: November 8, 2007

Popular EU myths are always interesting and entertaining. Everybody probably remembers the stories about bananas, cucumbers or the “bombay mix” as well as the ‘evil EU (= Eurocrats) in Brussels that has no idea about reality’. So, either you are active in producing EU myths or you try to demystify them. However, a common approach [...]

Posted in European Union | Also tagged journalism, politics, psychology | 4 Comments

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