A Juventude Europeísta

Desde a semana passada, 300 000 cópias de um livro em capa dura – impresso em cinco línguas num custo de 225 000€ para os contribuintes – estão a ser enviadas para escolas de todo o continente europeu.

The graphic novel follows the ‘adventures’ of Zana, Max et al at the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department – known as ECHO – as they struggle to secure funding for the fictional sate of Borduvia, which has been devastated by an earthquake.

“The Commissioner has already approved three million euros in fast track aid,” says one literally faceless bureaucrat, “She sees no problem in having a follow-up funding decision … provided the needs are clearly identified.”

The TaxPayers’ Alliance is less than impressed by Hidden Disaster: “This is pure political propaganda aimed at kids, which is a classic tactic of corrupt and unaccountable regimes down the ages.”