Our President Herman Van Rompuy is a funny guy ! Or at least he tries hard… Here are some of his latest jokes :

I welcome everybody to this meeting of the European Council. It is our last meeting before the Christmas break. I hope we will have a ’White Christmas’, but I hope that we don’t have a ’white night’ ! Opening remarks at the meeting of Heads of State or Government, 16 Dec 2010

I am thinking about the recent WikiLeaks revelations. Indeed, these give a whole new dimension to the term “Open Government” ! Opening of the conference « Open Government - putting eEurope in to practice », 15 Dec 2010

Award winner : three in a row ! In the course of this eventful first year of my mandate, I have often been reminded of the famous phrase said by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson : “A week is a long time in politics.” Indeed. So I am always glad when once again, like tonight, it is Friday… !(...) Tonight in Madrid, I propose an amendment to Wilson’s quote : “A weekend is a long time in politics !” (...) All EU member states must work together. As Alexandre Dumas wrote in Los Tres Mosqueteros : « Uno para todos, todos para uno. » Speech at the occasion of the Prize Nueva Economía, 10 Dec 2010