You only have to wade through a metric measure or two of European prose, culled from its directives, circulars, reports, communiques or what pass as debates in its 'parliament', and you will quickly understand that Europe is, in truth, synonymous with bureaucracy - to which one might add 'to', 'from' and 'with' bureaucracy if one were so minded.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- European bureaucratic language is dense and confusing, highlighting excessive bureaucracy.
- In plain terms
- Reading European documents shows that bureaucracy is the defining feature.
- What can you take from it?
- Excessive rules and documents often signal unhealthy bureaucracy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is bureaucracy always a sign of inefficiency?
- How can rules be clearer?
Another view
Not all complex documents are useless or overly bureaucratic.
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