Different countries send their politicians to Brussels for different reasons. Berlusconi treats the EU Parliament as a fashion show sending the best looking female MEPs on a passarella. France knows that it doesn’t need to control the EU from Brussles, and can easily do it from Paris, so send its unwanted MPs to Brussels before throwing them out of politics. The Poles and Brits want to the out of the EU so send their extreme-Right Wing politicians who are so Right they’re Left… and Cyprus…. Ooof!

With Cyprus, I have never seen such a fuss over the European elections. For three days all we saw were politicians celebrating, and saying they ‘came first’ before the results were already announced. So the EU’s 3^rd smallest nation has 6 seats which means 6 MEPs. Big deal. If they can’t pass laws in their country do they think they’ll pass these laws in Brussels? Heck no. The fuss, the waving of the flags, the speeches, the ceremonies, the interviews, all that over 6 measly seats in the EuroParliament. And the fighting of the parties… Did someone forget to tell them that they are in Brussels for Cyprus, not for the Left of the Right.