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[mepassistant]

Mepassistant 3.0

Hi guys, long time no see !

As you noticed, I don’t post here anymore, but I’m still very much alive and I did not stay inactive in the meantime.

I’m now mostly on Twitter, where I grew a very nice community and actually became one of the main EU satyrical account, so don’t hesitate to come over to check out the memes and other snarky comments on EU politics.

You can also find me on my very own Discord server

But the big novelty is that I now make content on Twitch where I do more serious stuff like EU news reviews, interviews with MEPs or testing games that were cofinanced by the EU. I’m streaming 3-4 times a week and I’m planning to do some Youtube stuff as well at some point.

So if you’re missing me (who knows) or want to hang out and hear about the EU, come over to my streams and have a chat !

Hope to see you there !

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What’s up with mepassistant ?

Hi guys !

As you may have noticed, there has been less activity on this tumblr over the last few months. So I figured it was time to tell you what’s what.

It doesn’t mean that I gave up or became too insane to operate, but that after 6 years (!!!) of posting everyday here on my own, fresh inspiration was getting more difficult to find. And rather than be unoriginal and repost things I already did or just put a new gif on it, I preferred not to post and take some distance to think it over.

I am also trying to see what interesting things I could do with the mepassistant “brand”, as I still believe it is a way to introduce people to EU politics and get them interested in it (because it is fascinating and funny, however boring it may seem at first glance). Should you find that interesting or have any ideas don’t hesitate to let me know. Input is always welcome and it’s always good to know if I’m (over)thinking about stuff for nothing or not :)

On the bright side, I am quite active on Twitter (@mepassistants) where I post directly the funny stuff you know and love on EU politics, as well as more serious threads when I see things that make me react (Brexit, lobbying, you name it). So don’t hesitate to click on the link and follow me there to get your fix on funny EU stuff. Plus, you’ll get to know more hilarious people doing EU-related things and you may learn a thing or two (so a win-win situation).

Twitter is also where I’m most easy to reach thanks to the Direct Messages, so give me a holler if you head there. My apologies to those who wrote me here on tumblr and didn’t get an answer, the notification system is not very reliable unfortunately, but I’ll be more careful from now on.

Of course, I’ll keep you posted here on how things evolve. In the meantime, follow me on Twitter or go back down memory lane (I guarantee you’ll chuckle) ;)

With gif love,

mepassistant

PS: for the EP assistants/staff out there, I’m recruiting so don’t hesitate to let me know if you wanna join mepassistant :)

[mepassistant]

Hey mate, are you still in the EP? I use to contribute from time to time and wanted to know what you would like to do with the site? Could we continue to work on it? Gabriel

Hi Gabriel ! Sorry, haven’t been that active here lately (focused on Twitter).

But if you wanna help out, send me an email (mepassistants(AT)gmail.com) and we’ll see what we can do :)

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When it’s your final day at a plenary session before you leave the Parliament for good.

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When you’re heading to your very last plenary session.

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When working in the Parliament makes you wonder about your future.

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When you’re going to a technical trilogue.

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When the intern makes you lose your train of thoughts with a stupid question.

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When your boss calls you with a weird request while you’re still hangover from Plux.

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When your MEP is looking for someone to go with him/her in the constituency.

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When your amendment is adopted thanks to careful vote counting.

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When colleagues say that I’m too tough on my intern.

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When an intern says hi.

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When your boss embarrasses himself/herself and you know you will have to clean up the mess.

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When you see through the bullshit in amendments.

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When two MEP argue with their coordinator as to who should be responsible for a file.

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When a leaked document is sent to you.