For this post, EU Perspectives, turns to Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” and a scene where the People’s Judean Front (PJF) plots to kidnap Pontius Pilot’s wife. In between discussing how to get into their hated governor's house, the conversation turns to, “What have the Romans ever done for us?” Rather a lot as it turns …
Month: June 2013
(I always feel like) (Somebody’s watching me) And I have no privacy
Will the 1984 classic (not Orwell’s but Rockwell’s) “Somebody’s watching me” become the anthem for the EU data reform package? If not Commissioner Reding may just want to make it so since it’s lyrics, in light of recent revelations, could not be more appropriate: I don't know anymore Are the neighbours watching me (Who's watching) …
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Found in Translation: Fake Friends on a Mission Impossible
Listening to some Brits (though by no means all) during debates in Brussels is rather like witnessing a bunch of party-poopers crashing the party. Whilst everyone else is having a great time, getting full-throttle into the swing of things, ready to pump up the volume, along come these Brits with sombre expressions, long faces and …
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