Tuesday, May 19, 2009

EU awareness training

A Danish politician suggests that members of the Danish parliament know too little about the EU and so should receive mandatory training about it in Brussells.

Good bit:
The Danish People’s Party’s Søren Espersen says such a study tour is unnecessary. “We know enough about the EU. We don’t need to know any more. Christel Schaldemose feels insulted because I was in a survey and couldn’t remember everyone in the European Parliament. But it’s not my fault that EU politicians aren’t any good at getting into the newspapers,” says Espersen adding that his party gets a lot of information about what is going on in the European Union.
I can only imagine what fun it would be spending a week learning the details of EU parliamentary and administrative institutions, though there would be the compensation of good Belgian chocolates.

Hat tip: Lars Skipper