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"The hitchhiker’s guide to European Union jargon
August 13th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Aug 13 (DPA) The problem with trying to understand European Union (EU) jargon is that half the time you need a political dictionary, and the other half you need a map. It sometimes seems that half of the EU’s main policies were named after the cities in which they were created. The problem is that the nicknames almost never come with footnotes, leaving the unsuspecting visitor drowning in a sea of place-names."
"The hitchhiker’s guide to European Union jargon
August 13th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Aug 13 (DPA) The problem with trying to understand European Union (EU) jargon is that half the time you need a political dictionary, and the other half you need a map. It sometimes seems that half of the EU’s main policies were named after the cities in which they were created. The problem is that the nicknames almost never come with footnotes, leaving the unsuspecting visitor drowning in a sea of place-names."
