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The unofficial rulebook for lazy EU journalism. 20 invaluable tips for your career in EU journalism. 1. Not sure how the EU works or what institutions are involved? –> Just write “Brussels”. 2. Germany is generally seen as important in EU politics and journalists know how to frame it: If Germany is active in a [...]
In case you are wondering what has happened to this mysterious bloggingportal event in London… Well, we have an incredible programme (see below) and there seems to be quite some interest among bloggers and journalists. So if you would like to attend this event please let us know as soon as possible. Just send an [...]
The British are distracted by a royal wedding and the government is eager to change the fundamental principles of the internet! After the radical social welfare cuts, the big society joke, the increase of student fees which are linked to a privatisation of higher education, this is another great idea of the British government… In [...]
The Blog with the European perspective
Probably not. To get an idea what the new Conservative/ LibDem coalition is thinking about the EU you just have to read two short documents: Last week an interesting memo leaked from William Hague who is now the new British Foreign Secretary: The Tory letter on Europe in full. There is also a section in [...]
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I had a very interesting discussion on twitter with @npanayotopoulos, @EULondonRep and @MiaLeenaSofia about EU mobility and practical obstacles when moving around Europe. If you are a regular reader of this blog you are probably aware of the fact that I am quite interested in this topic, see for example my posts about the Sainsbury [...]
…EU, Europe or European Council? Here we go again. We know that many journalists do not understand why it is European Council President and why it is important to get EU terminology right. But to be honest, journalists do not seem to learn (and they love the easy words that make the story sound good…) [...]
Another blog post in the category “The incredible life of (non UK) EU citizens in the UK” (Part 1 here) Imagine you are a Belgian citizen and you just turned 27. You move to the UK to do research at one of the leading universities. So far so good. Thanks to EU legislation, there are [...]



