Susannah Savage, Columnist @Swizz677 “At what time will be ze reunion?” my friend Taran asks me in a thick French accent, which would be cute were Taran not from Leicester. The European Commission goes one step beyond the acronyms, abbreviations and …
The lighter side of Parliament by Richard Corbett
Linguistic anecdotes There are, of course, many stories about linguistic misunderstandings in the European Parliament. Trying to tell a joke in the chamber is always risky: one group (if you’re lucky) will laugh immediately, others may laugh ten seconds later …