July 5, 2012
Bearing in mind that it is often said that someone’s choice of newspapers reflects their particular political prejudices, the details of the newspaper subscriptions of the EU Commission’s spokespeople, revealed by Handelsblatt’s Ruth Berschens, are…
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brussels, commission, eu communication policy, European media, FT, germany, public opinion |
February 21, 2011
An internal commission newsletter reveals what European Commission President José Manuel Barroso thinks about criticism of the pay and perks enjoyed by EU staff.In what is seen as a direct response to revelations that 2,000 EU officials, earning betwe…
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barroso, eu communication policy, EU waste, European Commission, propaganda |
January 5, 2011
If you were wondering what the EU actually did for you in 2010, have a look at this taxpayer-funded video released by the Commission just in time for Christmas.”What has the EU done for you in 2010?”On a long list of claimed achievements, such as “fai…
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August 23, 2010
On Friday, the Commission opened up a new fund of €1 million for think tanks and NGOs to further research how to “promote active European Citizenship”. The €1 million fund comes under the ‘Europe for Citizens’ project, which has a colossal seven ye…
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July 29, 2010
A recent Eurobarometer poll has found that the majority of Spaniards, a sizeable 54 percent, believe that “without the euro, with the peseta, we would have been able to confront the economic crisis”. Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, this is higher t…
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emu, eu communication policy, euro, European Commission, Spain |
September 29, 2009
Just received a ridiculous survey to fill in from Gallup Europe, which is working on behalf of ‘Friends of Europe’ – a Brussels-based outfit that gets most of its funding from the European Commission.The survey asks questions about the EU’s ‘communi…
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