“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” is the oft-misquoted and possibly apocryphal remark attributed to former UK prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.
He might have been talking about the magnum opus published on Monday (1 June) by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. Eurostat’s ‘Quality of Life’ report is just over 250 pages of statistical analysis put together by the agency’s team of statisticians in Luxembourg, and throws up a mixture of some obvious and distinctly quirky fin...
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Already a member? Login hereBenjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.