"Ze trainee awards"

Coming soon : Consilium trainee awards 2006

In the meantime…
20th Century Consilium Fox presents “Ze trainee awards”
Starring: Ze "Legal Service Real & Fake", special guest: secret agent Oli
Who can win the award for best office group? How about the Legal service (Real & Fake)?

NO! Never!
Let's talk about how and why lawyers are hated. What do they do to provoke such animosity?
Clearly, the problem is that they're smart. Being smart is definitely a sin these days. But are our heroes really smart? …Reste à prouver, car il s’agit d’une présomption non irréfragable ! Moi personnellement j’en doute ! It might be because they do just what the law requires and not what it takes to make everyone happy.
Furthermore, lawyers are snobbish, pretentious and always want to be right. They are self-centred, egotistical, selfish, self-absorbed, self-interested, narcissistic, big-headed, and arrogant!

1st episode: Fraud
During the miscounting of the votes, l’OCDE a envoyé deux observateurs partiaux …qui sont partis avant l’annonce des résultats :)))
C’est alors que Secret Agent Oli came in the « voting office » in order to find an evidence of serious election irregularities!!!
Mais envahi par l’envie de gagner dans la catégorie Mister Consilium, il s’est rendu coupable de tentative de corruption.
Tentative réussi, puisque notre Miguelito ne s’est pas fait prier pour succomber à la tentation !
In the interview following the votes, asked specifically if he had been involved in election irregularities, Miguelito turned to the camera and said mysteriously: ubi lex non distinguit, nec non distinguere debemus.

Balkan Party, Friday, 2 June 2006 - "See the Unseen"

Happy birthday Isabel

Bianca's day

Dear reader of the blog,
I know you are sitting at home wondering what all the trainees are doing, so let me tell you a story… A story about Bianca’s day!
It was raining pretty hard outside at that point, so Bianca stayed inside as long as possible. What a grey and depressing day!
Ok people, let’s go outside, said Zenaida!
Ok, said Bianca, but let me sing a song first:

Let's go outside (let’s go outside)
In the Sunshine
I know you want to, but you can't say yes
Let's go outside
In the meantime
Take me to the places that I love best!

We can see Grand Place
Under the rain

I know you want to see the manneken pis
Back to the Grand Place


In the meantime
We can have a beer that we love best!

25 mai

Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 1:

2: Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5: For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9: And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10: And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11: Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

24 mai

Le 24 mai, jour de l'alphabet slave et des saints frères Cyrille et Méthode, est une fête qui n'a aucun analogue chez les autres peuples : jour de l'écriture, de l'éducation et de la culture. C'est la fête de l'éveil spirituel, de l'aspiration au perfectionnement à travers la science et la culture.

The plan of the alphabet is derived from the Glagolitic alphabet, created by the two brothers from Thessaloniki, Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius.

The Cyrillic alphabet is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many others.

A video you CAN see on the Council's computers

http://www.forofriki.com/?p=517

I'm waiting for the council to resume and I can't find anything better to do, so as an excuse for the last link I sent (not especially welcomed despite its certified rate of success) ... voici my apology with Super Mario

Thank you, Zenaida!EUROFERIA...

Picture with Javier Solana

Question of the day: Find the odd one (s)

Couples' party

20th Century Consilium Fox presents:
The couple’s party

Starring: Angelina & Martin; Filipe & Natalie; Laetitia & her boyfriend; Alex & Mike & Franzie; Zenaida & Bianca & Janina & Giuseppe; Miguelito & Shivani; Soti & Luca; Alessandro & Atanaska.
Directed by: Angelina

Music by: unknown singer

I'm comin up so you better get this party started

Get this party started on a Thursday night (because of Martin!)
Everbody's waiting for me to arrive (well, not exactly)
Sending out the message to all of my friends (no, it was Angie)
We'll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz (i.e. the metro…)
I got lots of style check my gold diamond rings (… in my dreams)
I can go for miles if you know what I mean (you don’t, but it doesn’t matter)
I'm coming up so you better get this party started
Get this party started right now!



Real or fake? ... The answer after the break!

Couples' Party on Thusday

Real or fake, straight or gay, old or new, all couples are welcome to join the party...!

Action against alcohol abuse - Only one glass per day

Dear All,

I would like to raise the attention on one of the main problems affecting our society: alcohol abuse.

Following the discussion brought on by the DG SANCO of the Commission ("Discussion Paper on the EU strategy on alcohol", the most "active" trainees of the Council of the EU have decided to participate in this commitment on tackling alcohol abuse.

The first action taken has been "Only one glass per day", aimed at stimulating the consumption of high quality alcoholic drinks but in a responsible manner.

We have created an association (with the same name "Only one glass per day") open to everyone who believes in the importance and the efficacy of our commitment.

The inauguration of the association (during which Mr Alessandro Vivaldi has been nominated president) was very successfull as you can see in the picture.

My appeal goes to my colleagues from the Commission and the Parliament to join soon the association....

Let's See The Future Enlargement

Holy Rehn
What do you see? Will Atanska, Angelina and Bianca receive the stagiaire award in the category 'les louseurs'?

Friday

Friday!
Consilium trainees decided to go to the bars on Place du Luxembourg and see how cool it was to drink beer after work.

Suddenly…

Surprise! Yeah, consilium trainee: we saw The guy! Do you remember: back to basics...
Simone, don't be so scared! He is not the mad man of the Council! It is you!!!

Next Internship/Job - SUPPORT VODKA!

The European Vodka Alliance is urgently seeking to recruit an intern for a period of six months, starting immediately, to assist in the day-to-day management of the campaign against the revision of the existing definition of Vodka.
Responsibilities will include:
arranging and preparing meetings; liaising with EU personnel; keeping abreast of relevant developments; drafting press releases; preparing and circulating briefing materials for use by Alliance members.
Requirements:
Applicants must:
be resposible well organised and able to work independently be fluent in English and French; have knowledge of other European languages considered an asset; have good interpersonal skills and be able to work with people from different cultural backgrounds; be familiar with the workings of the European Institutions; be computer literate (word, excel, access) .
This is an exciting opportunity to gain first hand experience in the management of issues at European level. In addition we are offering a salary of circa €1000 per month.
For further information please visit our website at www.european-vodka-alliance.org or contact soulisw@pandora.be
Interested candidates should apply by forwarding their cv and a covering letter by e-mail to soulisw@pandora.be
Only applicants selected for interview will be responded to.

WELCOME NADIA

Football against the Commission

who dares...

9 May

Le 9 mai 1950, la presse fut invitée dans le Salon de l'Horloge du ministère français des Affaires étrangères, au Quai d'Orsay, pour entendre la déclaration de Robert Schuman, Ministre français des Affaires étrangères (rédigée conjointement avec Jean Monnet).

Voici un extrait :

« La paix mondiale ne saurait être sauvegardée sans des efforts créateurs à la mesure des dangers qui la menacent.

La contribution qu'une Europe organisée et vivante peut apporter à la civilisation est indispensable au maintien des relations pacifiques. En se faisant depuis plus de vingt ans le champion d'une Europe unie, la France a toujours eu pour objet essentiel de servir la paix. L'Europe n'a pas été faite, nous avons eu la guerre.

L'Europe ne se fera pas d'un coup, ni dans une construction d'ensemble : elle se fera par des réalisations concrètes créant d'abord une solidarité de fait. Le rassemblement des nations européennes exige que l'opposition séculaire de la France et de l'Allemagne soit éliminée. L'action entreprise doit toucher au premier chef la France et l'Allemagne.Dans ce but, le gouvernement français propose immédiatement l'action sur un point limité mais décisif. Le gouvernement français propose de placer l'ensemble de la production franco-allemande de charbon et d'acier sous une Haute Autorité commune, dans une organisation ouverte à la participation des autres pays d'Europe. »

Ce projet est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’acte de naissance de la construction européenne. Il est à l’origine de la première communauté européenne : la CECA (Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier) qui voit le jour en 1951.
Lors du Conseil européen de Milan, en juin 1985, les États membres se sont mis d’accord pour célébrer cette date symbolique, devenue "journée de l’Europe".

Mea culpa

The football tournament started great for us as we won our first match against the Relex Commission team (Strictement des-conseillers – Bolshy tolchocks 3:1).

Mais après, les choses se sont gâtées. On Saturday, we played against Diversity United… and we lost (5:3) because of me!

As a goalkeeper, I thought I must position myself far enough off the goal line to cover the angle… but now, avec le recul, I think I should change my contact lenses.

On the way back home, somebody heard me singing:

Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?

Art

L.S.,

In the renewed spirit of attention for art (see previous post), I would like to take this moment to devote some attention to Karel Appel, the Netherlands' most famous painter in the post-war era, who has died on Wednesday, age 85.

He was unique in his ability to piss off the 1950s Holland by making things "that my 5-year old nephew could make if you give him some paint". So to the question whether this type of thing is really art (cf. Jackson Pollock, etc.), the answer is really simple: If so many people spend so much time arguing about it, it must be art.

Wednesday Picnic in the Park (not in the Woods)

Our picnic was slightly different from 1863...

We had candles, strawberries, wine & beer, one prince, wonderful Miguelito offering sandwiches, endless number of beautiful girls, but not naked (at least at the time when I left, slightly earlier than 01.02.03 on 04.05.06)

Parliamentary Questions - Part II

L.S.,

This is EP Question no. E-2653/05, asked in July 2005:

A few days ago the Regional Administrative Court of Catania upheld an appeal by a young homosexual whose driving licence had previously been withdrawn on grounds of ‘sexual identity problems’.

In upholding the appeal, the Court stated that ‘sexual preferences have no bearing whatsoever on the ability to drive a motor vehicle safely’, since they are ‘merely a personality disorder’.

Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits any discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation. Article 13 of the EC Treaty provides that the Council may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Does the Council not consider it to be vital and urgent for the European Union to take measures to prevent any possible discrimination and prejudice based on sexual orientation?

What action will it take on this matter in the coming months?

Consilium Trainee Awards

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Get ready for the 2006 Consilium Trainee Awards!

We already have one candidate to present the biggest event of the year: the organizer of consilium pyjama parties,

the Spanish Jojo el photographe’s muse, Zenaida de la Plaza Cañete!
I'll be very happy to present the trainee awards, she said! I will be performing my new single, written especially for you!

I'm a party girl, in a party world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation.

Come on Naidi, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Naidi, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Naidi, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Naidi, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)

Oh, I'm having so much fun!
Well Naidi, we're just getting started.

Last coffee

Last coffee with Claudia and Donato


Miguelito, qu'est-ce que tu fais?!
Bon, comme ça, ça va!