I agree with you: the distinction of the "Council of the European Union" and the "European Council" was only nebulous in my mind until recently, and didn't realise that it was nebulous legally, too, and that it was just the Lisbon Treaty that finally cleared this nebulosity. That's a bad point.
One of these days, you, me and Jérôme should browse through the treaty and then battle it out over just how the treaty really shifts power and relative weight between Parliament, Council (both of them) and Commission. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
The usually-well-informed Canard Enchaîné last week trips over its webbed feet in mixing up the European Council and the Council of Europe: in an erratum notice about a previous mix-up!
Canard, 18 June: a story says the Council of Europe has launched a campaign against smacking children (true). But it mixes up the Council of Europe with the European Union, which is not the case.
Canard, 2 July: an erratum note says they mixed up the Council of Europe and the European Council. The note says the Council of Europe is composed of the 27 heads of state of the EU, and the European Council, founded in 1950, is made up of 47 members including Russia and Turkey.
Aaarrggh! When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
But does the problem exist in Hungarian, for instance? When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
