Definition of EU Bubble, EU Glossary

Believe it or not, normal people don’t know who Ursula von der Leyen, Nicolas Schmit or Manfred Weber are (ok, the latter is excusable)

The EU Bubble is a term used to indicate a reality distortion generated by the peculiar set of people that inhabit the Brussels’ European District.

A Bubble resident typically uses sentences like: “We should burst the bubble!”, “We need to break silos”, “Reach the citizens” and “engage the voters”.

iceberg of the European Union — simple test: if you know more than three terms from the two bottom layers you belong to the EU Bubble

The Bubble manifests itself in different ways, depending on the institutions you work in:

At the European Commission they believe that everybody speaks at least three languages, spend their days writing policies or have a copy of the White PaperA White Paper generally indicates a government report giving information or proposals on a certain issue. In the EU Bubble the term refers to the one and only Juncker's initiative in which citizens were invited to discuss a set of possible paths for the future of Europe. This idea was... on their night table
At the European Parliament they believe that weekends start on Thursdays, that Axel Voss is as famous as Johnny Depp, and that member states’ main reason to exist is transposing directives
At the CouncilThe Council of the European Union and The European Council have two things in common: the name and the fact that they represent the position of their member state's executive. To avoid confusion, we thought of grouping the two definitions in the same page: understanding by the context to which... they believe that the difference between the CouncilThe Council of the European Union and The European Council have two things in common: the name and the fact that they represent the position of their member state's executive. To avoid confusion, we thought of grouping the two definitions in the same page: understanding by the context to which... of the European Union and the European CouncilThe Council of the European Union and The European Council have two things in common: the name and the fact that they represent the position of their member state's executive. To avoid confusion, we thought of grouping the two definitions in the same page: understanding by the context to which... is self-explanatory and that Joe Sixpack knows who Charles Michel is.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what The EU Bubble is. You’ll have to see it for yourself.
(Morpheus)

Useless to say, when EurocratsThe term Eurocrat (from the combination of "European" and "bureaucrat") broadly indicates any official working for the European Union; it may have both a negative and a positive connotation, depending on who is speaking. In the EU-Bubble, for example, becoming a eurocrat means reaching a superior state of being, comparable... leave the Bubble they bring it with them, but in rare occasions, for examples Christmas break, they are forced to confront the harsh reality.