Wednesday, 10 June 2009

My Favourite Cartoon


(click on image to enlarge) Who in Brussels is not familiar with the odd Commissioner that orders his Vodka at the College meeting? When the six Commissioners gathered around the College table in the early 50s, they would all ask for coffee. These days, the twenty-seven Commissioners that make-up the weekly colleage meetings, place their own order, which might not just be the traditional coffee...

This is one of my favourite EU cartoons. Not only because it represents the EU in all its diversity and richness, but also because it captures a very powerful image of the European project that is often neglected: change.

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