Blasting the bombast
The European Commission has its dedicated, if outnumbered, champions of clear writing
By S.D. | LONDON
PREACHING the gospel of plain language is a hard task within the European Union, a set of institutions famed for their serpentine sentences and eurocratic waffle. The Commission's Clear Writing Campaign is trying a different tack: it is using the power of song to garner support for its initiative. “Good news—clarity's a-coming!” extol choristers from the Hot Air Ensemble in jouncing Harlemesque euphony, in a clip that the campaign has posted on YouTube. Unfortunately, with fewer than 4,000 views at the time of writing, few of the Commission's 25,000-odd employees seem to have watched it.
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