When Martin Sonneborn was elected to the European Parliament for the second time in 2019, he wasn't so naive anymore: he had already learned how politics is done in the EU - and knows all the tricks. And that's a good thing, because in his second term of office, everything is at stake in Europe. (Almost).
The Green Deal is negotiated in Brussels (and Strasbourg), positions are taken in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the digital surveillance of citizens in the EU is re-regulated. Hundreds of decisions that will become part of everyday life for millions of EU citizens - and that sometimes require a great deal of humor in order not to reach for the bottle in the MEP bar. Or not to ask the question of meaning. Fortunately, Martin Sonneborn has good ideas for moving Europe in the right direction. His suggestion: EU downsizing instead of EU enlargement, Nobel prizes for Assange, ...
The book is a journey into a parallel universe. It takes readers to the offices of the EU administration, to the Hellmarsh high-security prison in London and to East Germany. It is informative, shocking and funny.
