Margot Wallstrom, the European Commission’s Vice President for Communications, has launched a new website, “50 ways forward”, to tout Europe’s successes in celebration of the EU’s 50th anniversary (sort of). It is typical Wallstrom — noting “how Europe overcame post-WWII food shortages to secure its food supplies” — who one must recall, on the 60th anniversary of V-E Day took the lead in “[giving] the EU sole credit for ending the Cold War, making no mention of the role of Nato and the United States.” [Yes, as an American I demand equal credit for the “pet passport [so] your dog, cat or bunny rabbit can come along too” to the Costa del Sol which, somehow thanks to the EU, is an affordable hop away for Europeans].

Take the tour of various rooms, to note Brussels’ grand achievements and also chcukle at how even just laying out 50 such boasts had to be made overly complicated. List them? Non, mon Dieu! Get your mouse-clicking finger ready.

Most amazing, and why the Planet Gore posting, is her repeated emphasis on how the EU encourages “cheap flights.” It seems that in the effort to ease Fluffy’s passport troubles she has missed out on certain developments.