The EU? Yawn.
Has anyone else noticed how few EU-related stories there are in the UK?
On thinking about what to write, I browse through the main papers and Google news but there’s not much out there these days. There’s only so much I can write about the economic crisis and the eurozone.
I went on BBC’s Inside Europe section which once upon a time was a decent enough source for EU news.
Not so anymore.
All that's missing is a guide to the EU guides
These days they’re all about guiding people about the EU.
The news section itself would just be a massive blank space if it wasn’t for the Irish – the website editor must have thanked his lucky stars for being able to slip it into EU news as well.
The arrow scribblings on the picture are to point out the fact that the guides appear to be rather similar to each others.
Who does what? What does an MEP do? EU groups explained
Eurozone in crisis – how has the debt crisis affected the eurozone? Guide to budget cuts country by country. EU budget.
All from a different angle, sure, but isn’t it a bit much for a news section?
There are altogether four links to news, all about the same story. There are seven links to guides about the EU.
Even I’m bored – I can’t imagine anyone who stumbles into this page wanting to ever come back again.
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