Beginnings

I've been a publicly elected official. Common things that people ask me are "How did you get elected?" or "How was it being an MEP?" I also get the occasional "All politicians are out to enrich themselves" or "The European Union is full of incompetent people" or "You must be really talented". The task of representing a diverse continent of so many languages, cultures, peoples and histories should be daunting to anyone - as a voter, I am deeply suspicious of those MEPs that sleep well at night. That said, I'm also very proud of my accomplishments as MEP, and deeply indebted and grateful to a number of talented, conscientious Europeans who helped me understand the width, breadth and depth of our Union and it's economic, social and political framework.

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Here is a table of contents:

1. Relatable
2. Hair
3. Responsibility
4. Stars and strawberries
5. European culture 1
6. European culture 2
7. European culture 3
8. Everyone likes MEPs
9. Ditching a book
10. On procedure
11. People who pwn it
12. Orthography
13. Orthography 2
14. Very much ago
15. Remixing wonders
16. Baking cookies
17. Slightly less ago (NIS)
18. On procedure (PQs)
19. Writing e-mail
20. Slightly less ago (potatos)
21. Much ago (pizzas and stars)
22. People from around the world (french accent)
23. No beaming sexism
24. Responsibility part 4
25. Responsibility part 5
26. Shoes
27. The mother modem
28. Librarian
29. Shoes again
30. On procedure (chairing meetings)
31. Much ago (plants)
32. Max Weber (on ethics)
33. Mom and Pidelipom
34. Belgian news 1 (Prince)
35. Belgian news 2 (The Agent)

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