Breaking down the obscure jargon of EU institutions

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If ‘Bad English’, as Frans Timmermans defined it, has become the unofficial language of the European Union, it is in large part because its building blocks are acronyms, abbreviations, and insider references that have turned communication among politicians, analysts, and lobbyists in Brussels into an obscure and dense vernacular.

Euractiv’s Global Europe editor Alexandra Brzozowski, politics reporter Max Griera, and politics editor Aurélie Pugnet join us to explain the intricacies of the EU bubble’s jargon.

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