Euro Biz
Every Friday afternoon at newsdirect We await in suspense and with bated breath An email as long as it is indeterminable: The European Parliamentary business schedule At this labyrinth legislature, everything’s on the table From the niche and provincial to the global and high-level On each issue an “exchange of views” or a “state of play”; Our team scans the lot and sends it your way From cattle tags in Denmark to Russian propaganda The use of sweeteners in bakeries to fisheries memoranda Whether it’s tackling Jihadism or the licensing of yachts These Brussels bureaucrats consider the lot But that’s not meant as a dig or to sound Eurosceptic The politics of Spanish table olives can get pretty hectic Whatever your view on Brexit, Greece, Juncker or Nigel One things seems clear: these diplomats ain’t idle Sometimes, though, you wish they’d cut the jargon And stick to issues like emissions of carbon