While lobbyists scramble to use the European Citizens’ Initiative to their advantage, one of the other innovations of the Lisbon Treaty seems to have raised so little interest that it doesn’t even have a TLA (Three Letter Acronym). Surely the kiss of death? I’m referring to the subsidiarity check procedure, which a while ago I [...]

This is the sort of post which could get me into trouble for a number of reasons. Particularly as I’m going to comment on the celebrations to be enjoyed next month at the Festival of Europe, where one can do everything from “seeing the political groups at work inside the European Parliament” to “experiencing a [...]

Yep, the auditor is in to check whether we still deserve our ISO certification. Although the worry lines on our quality manager’s face are deepening, don’t put fingertip to keyboard and comment us your sympathy – our Quality Management System rocks, and we’re actually enjoying ourselves. Bullsh*t, I can hear you say. QMSs are a [...]