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The EU -- well, parts of the Commission, notably, Margot Wallström's Communication department -- is operating on the assumption that it has to do things for the citizen and then explain them, as a way to gain greater legitimacy. It's not the biggest problem ever, but what you say makes me wonder if they aren't getting the EU wrong.

The bad things - of course. We have to push harder to get all Schengen states into the waiver agreement. Perhaps it would be better to let the waiver go alltogether, though I'd wait out the Bush administration first.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 08:22:45 AM EST
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Well, if the Communications Department doesn't get the EU we have a problem.

I think it is more likely that they don't understand the EU from the point of view of the citizens. That is, they are vaguely aware of an image or legitimacy problem, but they can't put themselves in the citizen's place. A case of "why do they hate us?"

A communication department that can come up with the name "Plan D" for their communication strategy is doomed.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 30th, 2008 at 04:48:00 AM EST
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