Comments on: If only you knew what really goes on in the European Parliament 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mdj 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2664 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:14:02 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2664 Thanks for that, Mary: is it now mandatory, or your personal decision? If Mark Thomas came back to the parliament to read up about members’ interests, would he still be barred from copying the pages?

‘Setting up a group of correspondents from among the specialised, accredited journalists in Brussels, whose role would be to cover European news in a more instructive manner ..’ sounds very much like ‘All the News that’s Fit to Print: is Thomas Meier, who made the You Tube filmclip about expenses I mentioned earlier, still an ‘accredited journalist’? Or was his film not ‘instructive’ enough? It was very ‘instructive’ to me!

]]> By: maryhoneyballmep 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2662 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:28:32 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2662 If you want to see my declaration of intersts and the audit of my general expenditure account, you will find it on this very website

]]> By: maryhoneyballmep 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2661 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:26:49 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2661 Jon, You have a point. However, I think Lokkegaard’s proposals could work, even in the UK

]]> By: Jon Worth 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2659 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:09:32 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2659 Mary – considering you’re from the UK, a country that has such shockingly dire EU reporting from its mainstream media surely you don’t actually agree with Morten’s analysis here? Basing any comms plan on some entrenched trust of the mainstream media is not a strategy that will hold up into the future.

]]> By: mdj 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2658 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:42:15 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2658 This link may help explain what goes on in Brussels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU55TEOJXGo

‘the seeming impossibility of getting information on the EU and what we do as MEPs out to a wider audience…’
Here’s an idea: publish all MEPs’ sources of income, directorships and other interests online, instead of requiring that you make an appointment to see a ledger, and are not allowed to take notes or carry writing implements into the room.

]]> By: Markus Krischer 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2654 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:54:02 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2654 I’m sorry, but I can’t find the part about the ‘reliability of sources’ anywhere in the draft report. Is there any other version available than from the EP website?

]]> By: maryhoneyballmep 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2653 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:17:42 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2653 Glad you liked the post. My mistake not to post the link. I am putting it up now

]]> By: Kallisti 2010/07/12/if-only-you-knew-what-really-goes-on-in-the-european-parliament/#comment-2649 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:44:52 +0000 ?p=10302#comment-2649 Very interesting post!

I just have an observation.. It is interesting to me to read a internet blog post about report on communication without a link to said report.. 🙂

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