Videos: Barroso and Mamère are ecologically challenged
Two of Europe’s politicians talk ‘global solutions, global problems’ but sometime forget to put their words into action
Barroso: ecological, but not that much
José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European commission, certainly has a lot to say when it comes to Europe’s fight against climate change. In May 2006, the European Union launched a huge campaign to encourage its citizens to be ecological on a daily basis. Except that Barroso at the time owned the most polluting car there could ever be: an enormous 4X4 Volkswagen Touareg
Mamère: on the bike, on the ball
French politician and Green minister Noël Mamère is ecological only when he actually gets into Paris. A television crew filmed him climbing out of a car before a conference and then captured him ten minutes later explaining how he had arrived by bicycle. The words 'flagrant' and 'liar' come to mind
Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi on 'the vanity of being translated'
Counter-culture: Sonic Youth tour Europe
Ice-cream: born in China
Voices: a South Ossetian in Turkey
Meeting a Romanian careworker in Salerno, Italy
Kärcher the scum
Georgi Khaindrava: ‘Russia can't remain a member of the G8’
Poland and others - Europe's reactions to war
