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I realise now that my The Bigger Picture diary still conflated the two "Councils".

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 06:45:00 AM EST
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And how do most citizens get on with this? It's utter freaking incompetence to use the same word, "Council", in these two instances, particularly considering that the Council of Europe was an important pre-existing body.

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

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 08:04:43 AM EST
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You mean, the added confusion with the Council of Europe as a third Council with Europe in its name?

  • Council of Europe: human rights watchdog and forum
  • Council of the European Union: the basic intergovernmental institution of the EU, consisting of the ministerial colleagues from national governments appropiate to a given issue
  • European Council: the body consisting of the heads of states/governments that branched out from the Council of the European Union's meeting in that constellation, and is to become an official institution with Lisbon


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by DoDo on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 08:57:30 AM EST
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Yes. They could have avoided "Council", as it was already used by the Council of Europe.

But does the problem exist in Hungarian, for instance?

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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 05:09:51 PM EST
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In Hungarian, it's worse actually -- while the Council of the EU has a more sensible name, the other two differ in a single letter:

  • Európa Tanács
  • Miniszteri Tanács
  • Európai Tanács

...and it's worse in German than in English, too:

  • Europarat
  • Rat der Europäischen Union
  • Europäische Rat


*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 05:55:06 PM EST
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