Goodbye Mr Bean: EU missing Britain's 'sense of humour
"The first thing is the sense of humour" Britain's EU commissioners brought to meetings, European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager told journalists.
For the past couple of months Britain has largely stopped sending its national officials to EU meetings and Julian King, Britain's last commissioner, was not re-appointed to EU president Ursula von der Leyen's new commission.Lower-ranking British officials already working in the European Commission will be able to continue on in their jobs, under an EU-British divorce deal worked out late last year.
Vestager said that, along with the British sense of humour, Britons' mastery of English - the main working language in the Commission - will also be missed. Although now almost fluent in English, Vestager recalled when she first started at the Commission:"I was really struggling."She said she turned to Britain's commissioner at the time, Jonathan Hill, and asked:"Are you exhausted by hearing how we all treat your language? And he said, 'Well no, of course not - I'm so honoured that you are all trying'."
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