Product details
- Categories: Let's discover the EU, EU COMPETITIONS, Belgique
- Publisher: John Harper Publishing
- ISBN: 9781739143695
- Publication Date: 23/05/2025
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 168
- Language: English
Summary
The Brussels “EU Bubble” is a high-pressure, fast-churn and competitive environment where career success can often come at a high personal cost. Drawing on his own experience and the collective wisdom of many Brussels insiders, Jeroen Reijnen explains “the art of working and living in the EU Bubble” − in other words, how best to achieve a positive work-life balance in a city where people come and go, and burnout, rootlessness and loneliness are all too common.
Table of contents
PART I: HOW TO GET IN
Living like a Sultan
From idealists to careerists
Endless summer
The rule of at least two internships
Some reading and watching tips
To Bruges or not to Bruges?
Sex in the city
The Blue Book
PART II: HOW TO LAND A REAL JOB
Making a life choice
When a good sense of humour pays off
Are you red, yellow, green or blue?
How to get in and how to fit in the Holy Trinity
The powerhouses: the cabinets
Best first job ever: “APA”
Create your own dream job
Lobby is my hobby
The dynamics between the Commission, the EP and the Council
Where’s the money?
From hero to zero
Softies have the future
Revolving doors?
#MeToo in Brussels
Qatargate
Be ready for some bitching about the EU
Should I stay or should I go?
No nine to five
Burnouts are on the rise
The Brussels Happiness Curve
Challenges you will face if you choose to stay in Belgium
The six basic needs of every human being
Why do many guys behave like assholes in Brussels?
The loneliness
How to feel less stressed
In a midlife crisis? It will only get better!
Get in the flow
Don`t get stuck in the Golden Cage
The “CCP”
Make an effort to integrate
Are your children becoming “citizens of nowhere”
or super-Europeans?
Nine tips to stop bitching and start loving Belgium
La Belgitude
The Belgians rule
How to become “Big in Brussels
Afterword
Why Catholics like the EU more than Protestants do
How the “Whim of the Gods” replaced Brussels’ last brewery
Many James Bonds in Brussels
Is the EU a Catholic conspiracy after all?
Why Brussels became the EU Capital
The troubled birth of the European anthem
How Politico made Brussels sexy
Where does it happen?
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