Tuesday, 2 September 2008



Important News from the European Parliament: Avoid Male Nurse

The serious work of the European Parliament continues. We received the following email missive from a female civil servant:

Dear Colleagues

The Bureau of the European Parliament adopted on 19 May 2008 the language specific guidelines for gender neutral language as outlined in the report by the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity.

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German Rage Finds an Outlet

Germany finally elects a Eurosceptic. Bürger in Wut (BIW) is a new German political party, (its name translates roughly as Citizens in Rage) of a Eurocritical bent.

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