A-Z: B for Blink (II)
67 views · Published 14 November 2012 · 4:02 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: European Parliament · 2012 · News & Politics
Hello! Welcome to A-Z. A-B-C-D... Blink, my name is Blink. I'm the great euro-blah reporter. What do you mean, who do I take myself for? You'll see, I've become a star. Flashback. In 2010, I got into the European Parliament by the back door. My goal was to become a great EU reporter. They do exist! What, an unidentified object? It got off to a bad start. I wasn't taken seriously. I had to prove myself. Hello. Name, please? -Blink. I'm the new EuroparlTV presenter. -Nobody's perfect. Photo? OK, you're registered as a journalist. I'm ready to report from the EP corridors! In two years, I've covered thousands of kilometres, in Brussels and Strasbourg, the two seats of the EP, and going from one EU institution to another, Parliament to Commission, Commission to Council, Council to Parliament... The aim was to explain to you how the institutions work. Spending so much time backstage, I got exclusive interviews with all the Presidents! Hello, Mr President. -Hello, Blink. Hello, Mr President. -Hello. Hello. I'm Blink, reporter for EuroparlTV Youth. I'd like to know who is President of the European Union. It's not a joke, it's a real question. Very easy, very easy. Easy and easy, it took kilometres of corridors! But as a result, I've had access to all meetings. I've even hobnobbed with the EU heads of state. Hello, hello, hello... Hello. Can you move up a bit? Thanks. I was sure of winning the European Grand Prix of Journalism! But my hopes were dashed. Editorial meeting. Blink, back to square one. Please, no, not the Miscellany! I'm not into just any news. I went through all the news departments: animal stories, car coverage, restaurant reviews and consumer questions. A round-up: Yee-haw! We can't be taken in! Oh no, I smell trouble. Showing off! Are you ready, honey? I investigated. I was brainwashed. No! ...like Serrano ham. You call that a special correspondent? Crazy where reporting about the EU can take you. Next, I was sent on assignments everywhere. And I had a hard time. Hello! What are you looking at? Some scanners use x-rays... Food security... Eating clones... What is the EU doing to make farming greener? Shots are coming from everywhere! I'm not the target! I don't want to end up like that. And my privacy? Best not to stand out. That's all I needed, war correspondent! But I'm robust. Who's got a bulletproof vest? Blink? -Not to the front again! But you could send me to Mars. -Mars it is, then. Yes! Reporting on the European space adventure! I got all the space stories. Hey, road hog! Be more careful! Until the day when I was almost destroyed. Enough is enough! I considered resigning. So they sent me to the great outdoors to buck me up. To see if the environment really is central to the EU's policies. A health cure? Not really. OK, the Danube wasn't too bad. But I began to know Europe like the back of my hand. So, on a whim, I decided to leave the EU. Dear colleagues, pursuant to article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, I'd like to announce my departure. My country, Blinkland, is withdrawing from the EU. Leaving the EU has been possible since 2010. But not easy. I'd need to give up my press badge. And forget about the major film festivals. No more red carpets, tinsel and glitter, or programmes on cool subjects. Spoilsport! You haven't heard the last of me. I've got some tricks left! Bye. EuroparlTV video ID: 8341af26-9c1e-43ca-b732-a08300e74e23
