EC's Midday Minions

#MiddayFollies Minions for #TeamUrsula @EU_Commission. Parody.

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Mignon (adjective, french)
Meaning: cute
Phonetic: MINION

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

@LeChouNews Still the master spinner.

https://t.co/ICllYD0VJT

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Our former boss still wins the spinning contest.

#MiddayFollies

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Our former boss still wins the spinning contest.

#MiddayFollies

[Margaritis Schinas @MargSchinas]

Productive meetings today in Ljubljana with Prime Minister ⁦@JJansaSDS⁩ and Minister ⁦@aleshojs⁩ ahead of the Slovenian Presidency. 

Thank you for prioritising resilience, recovery, migration, security and the European way of life. 

Veliko uspeha Slovenija!

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take Midday Beefing questions today 😬

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Berlaymonster @Berlaymonster]

The Midday Beefing - A bunch of journalists complain at each other about how bad the commission's daily press conference is.

#EUpodcastpitches

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Our crystal ball says it's gonna be one of those legendary #MiddayFollies...

[Snarky Maros Sefcovic @SefcovicEU]

Hey @MiddayMinions, don't forget to polish my crystal ball in time for the press conference.

#StrategicForesight

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take #emojis questions today. 🤐

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

https://t.co/HSHd2p2BgM

[Not Antonio Costa @EUCO_President]

Sounds delicious. Can you send me the recipe?

#EUCO #MasterChef

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We won't take #Apple questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Not Margrethe Vestager @Vestager_EU]

Losing a battle, but winning the bigger war.

#AppleTax

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

The sound of (remote) democracy: "Push the button"

Hi @PrecordsF, can we have a #MiddayFollies version too?

https://t.co/NxxmZLVlWd

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take #EPP questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Eric Mamer @MamerEric]

The President recorded a short sound bite for use in a video involving a number of EPP politicians. It was meant as a contribution in her personal capacity. Regrettably, this was not made clear in the final version of the video.

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take #transparency questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Samuel Stolton @SamuelStolton]

1/ This is either remarkably unconscionable or profoundly negligent from the European Commission.

A SHORT THREAD.

I recently found out that President @vonderleyen met the CEO of one of the US's most controversial big data analytics firms, Palantir, at Davos this year...

[Ilze Juhansong 🎵 (parody) @EUSecGen]

We still haven't managed to exorcise @mseltzermayr.

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take @Berlaymonster questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Linkiesta Europea @europea_lk]

La #satira è da sempre segno di democrazia e oggi ha la forma dei #meme. Abbiamo esplorato le pagine di satira sull'#Ue di twitter.
@mepassistants @Berlaymonster @MiddayMinions @AmericanEUDude @captain_europe @EUinPaintings @euro_hat
Di @AliMasoni
https://t.co/teFT5YPqnI

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We don't take #Mogherini questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[EU undiplomat Josep Borrell @EUHighRep]

Scoring another own goal for the EU!

Well done, my predecessor @FedericaMog and @HvRpersonal.

Oh wait...

https://t.co/aVhwIHj0iO @alemannoEU @mvanhulten

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We won't take #Borrell questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Reinhard Bütikofer @bueti]

Untrustworthy! This text signals that the decision to accept Chinese censorship was the right thing to do and everything is alright. That is astonishing, taking into account that Brussels said the decision to go along with censorship was wrong. https://t.co/pqvtWM2oQp

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

We won't take #Varhelyi questions today.

Thank you for your understanding.

#MiddayFollies

[Oliver Varhelyi @OliverVarhelyi]

To dispel any possible misunderstanding: I have no intention of getting involved in Italian politics nor to support any particular party. My message is only one of shared solidarity with #Italy.

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Pretty proud of our new interactive virtual press room!

#MiddayFolliesInTimesOfCovid19

[Krzysztof Strzępka @kstrzepka]

The first virtual #EC press conference with the questions asked directly (not by email). It went surprisingly well despite more than 100 participants. #EU

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

By golly, we've been interviewed. About #MiddayFollies in the #COVID19 era. With a @MamerEric #MiddayPoem!

[EU Scream @euscreams]

Like so many institutions, the European Commission has taken its press conferences entirely online. But when it comes to crisis comms, the EC's fabled midday briefing faces unique challenges. New🎙️episode with @EU_Commission Chief Spokesperson @MamerEric: https://t.co/WawuQPK2th

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

"And to all the folk on who life is hard,
I'd give all my hope free of charge."

Beautiful Italian #MiddayPoem on hope ❤️ read by @arianna_podesta

https://t.co/UpRlrnAZ7T

[EC's Midday Minions @MiddayMinions]

Getting a lot of questions about ACDC lately 🤔

#MiddayFollies