King of the World

So, We are different. We will shape the world around Us. Sure, why not. We have got plenty of ambition. We have greater access to knowledge than anyone has ever had before Us. We are far better informed than anyone has ever been before. Last but not least, We have more issues to deal with than anyone has ever had before. Sounds grand, does it not? Hopefully We’ll be able to actually become active in world affairs. Hopefully the prospect of making the world a better place will not be ruined by some crazy warlord with some missiles. Hopefully We’ll still hold on to our views when We get the chance to implant them. Hopefully this time it will be possible to avoid the usual pit-falls.

All Hail, the King of Romanticism

Though Keats truly is a great poet and all, characterising him till half past 3 really is not my kind of entertainment. Furthermore, trying to be productive with something like 3 hours of sleep is also somewhat of a challenge. The best thing is that the only time to rid myself of the sleep deficit is during the weekend or during the lessons. Thanks to MEP, I’ve managed to get myself quite a big pile of work left to do before the period ends. This included the achievement paper as well as the big German test, some poetry for Merka and I haven’t even mentioned Russian yet. AND I am quite willing to murder anyone, who is going to lecture about time management.

Who's who?

It's disturbing that some mayor wants to have his own foreign policy. It's truly despicable, if that policy is directed against his own country.

It is completely normal for mayors to be active in all kinds of events taking place in their jurisdiction. The problem is the nature of those event. As we all know too well, there is no separation of powers in Russia. There even is very little separation between the state and business. So, just to keep it simple, every Russian of even little importance should be treated as an envoy of the state. At least till proven otherwise. Taking that into consideration, all care should be taken when meeting those people. One should be especially careful of all perceived endorsements of the regime.

Taking that into account, meeting those, in this case quite obvious, envoys, should be done by diplomats following normal protocol. Meeting them in the guise of charity is definitely not the way to do it.

Revolutionize me II

So. Some South American country decides with a minuscule margin, not to let it's president run for another time in the office. But does this really change the way we see world around us? Though I definitely support the notions of liberty and democracy, every election is not a major turning point. International recognition is something opposition parties crave under all totalitarian regimes. One success along the way is not really that groundbreaking. Crying freedom and prosperity every time makes those same notions appear less valuable. It might be the man bites dog effect but it makes the next event seem less important.

The Eternal City

There are no rules regulating transportations. Traffic lights, driving lanes and good conduct are just for tourists.The only limiting factor around there is the lack of imagination.

Time exists but clocks don't. Don't be suprised if the clocks used by the locals are 20 minutes off. Even then there is no assurance that the locals will arrive in an hour of the time originally set.

Pasta is a must. The local dinner consists of at least 3 courses. The first is naturally under-cooked pasta with something derived from plants. That is twice as large as the usual dinner in Estonia. In addition to that, there is the main course consisting of somekind of meat. Before being able to leave the table, another course of desert is brought in. That amounts up to four normal dinners. Apparently the old roman customs are still held dear.

Taking off their shoes is for wussies. Italians wear these around the house. This was the paragraph dedicated to Läll.

Nobody knows what a carpet is. The joy of waking up in the morning and placing one's gentle feet on the ice-cold tiles is one of the highlights.

In order to find a bar, you must follow two crazy Austrians and an Estonian while they circle the block two times. Then some local spots them and show them to a bar.

A bar is a place where they sell piss for 5 Euros and call it beer. A bar is a place where all the fat and ugly teenagers gather and get drunk. A bar is a place where those same teenagers shake booty to annoyingly loud pop hits.

The 2007 International MEP Session in Rome

I'm glad to announce that the Estonian delegation has returned home. A week of hard work and lots of compromises behind us, results are finally in. We were represented in five committes: Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs , Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and last but not least Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. All those committes worked hard for two days to produce solution to their problems. The General Assembly was confronted with 10 resolutions. Five of them had had our little hands tinkering. Out of those five 3 passed, one with flying colours. In addition to that an amendment proposed by yours truly found support among the delegates. In other words, it was a success.