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Why We Need Bilderberg in Brussels
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Reading the reports of the Bilderberg Group meeting last week set me thinking : we need Bilderberg in Brussels. The Bilderberg Group is the secretive annual conference of world leaders from the domains of business, politics, and finance. It met &hell...
The EU Guide to Broken Europe
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An answer to The EU Guide to Broken Belgium This article in the Wall Street Journal provoked huge interest in Belgium last week, listing as it does numerous reasons why Belgium is failing economically. Various parts of the Belgian press … Cont...
Brussels: a city of VIPs?
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I’m not quite sure how I came to be reading the latest annual activity report of the Brussels Ixelles police force (Ixelles is a commune of Brussels, near the centre). However I did come across some interesting statistics. The report lists th...
Match the headlines: a European game about press and prejudice for all the family
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Six newspapers from across the EU have recently been collaborating on European stories, which are then syndicated within their own titles at national level. The six are The Guardian (UK), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain), La Stampa (Italy), Gazeta...
Can the European consumer rescue Europe?
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I wrote this article for Edelman’s ConsumerACTIONism blog In case you couldn’t tell from the made-up-word-with-random-capitals-inserted, it’s a consumer marketing blog. Can the European consumer rescue Europe?
A Brit-free Brussels?
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The UK is now isolated within the EU, and commentators are openly speaking about the possibility of the British leaving entirely. Most of the articles about the implications of the UK leaving the EU look at the big issues: the … Continue readin...
The Split
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So, the UK and EU are finally separating it seems. Like a divorcing couple who’ve been arguing for years, the split was perhaps inevitable, and the immediate cause seemed almost irrelevant. After all, what were they actually arguing about? Me...
The Stakeholder Shortage and the Canape Cycle
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This is my contribution on how to generate more jobs in Brussels… I anticipate an invitation from President Barroso to join an Ad Hoc group on employment any day now… The Stakeholder Shortage and the Canape Cycle (link to New Europe...
How not to campaign in Brussels
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New Europe have published a not-very-serious article I wrote about campaigning in Brussels. It started as a ‘how-to’ guide… but then it seemed a better idea to write a ‘how-not-to’ guide instead! The link to the article...
They’re back – it’s European Summit time again
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I see that the European Council is about to roll into town again. No, the photo is not a satirical comment about our leaders – it’s just that the replacement of metal rubbish bins with cardboard boxes on the Metro … Continue readi...
Babel fish and the European Parliament
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For years many people have complained about the European Parliament’s huge translation bill – both for translating official documents, and for the simultaneous interpretation of meetings within the Parliament each year. Most of tho...
Finding a job in EU-Brussels
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Every once in a while I find myself sitting in Place Lux, drinking coffee with someone, in order to share my limited knowledge about how to build a career in Brussels. (I always pay for the coffee as an apology … Continue reading →...
Marathon running and EU policy
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I’m a runner. I don’t tend to talk about this, since doing so induces eye-glazing vacancy amongst listeners after more than 20 seconds. Besides, talking about running rarely makes for a successful memoir. So don’t worry, this post i...
Managing email, managing focus
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Is it permissible to use a blog as a kind of public Dropbox ? I made this presentation on how to use email quite a while back, and thought I’d share (or more realistically archive) it here, in a shortened … Continue reading →...
Dennis Pamlin, Low Carbon Leaders… and an iPhone app
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No, this is not going to become just another iPhone blog… I promise. But I did come across an interesting iPhone / Android app when catching up online with what Dennis Pamlin is up to. Mr Pamlin (never met him, … Continue reading →...
Facebook Places and online safety
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If you updated your Facebook mobile app today you may have seen this image – advertising a new location-based service from Facebook, Facebook Places. It’s only available in the US for now, but it’s coming to the EU soon, and …...
welcome to mojo working
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This site is mainly to provide some information on my background, skills and activities. I’ll also, however, be posting about anything which takes my interest… which is often quite eclectic! A good place to start might be with the name &#...
