Flexicurity = is a welfare state model with a pro-active labour market policy. (So flexible, nothing gets done)
Toilettage = the process of minutely examining new laws and treaties to make sure there’s no errors in translation and that they comply with existing legislation. (Dare I ask where it is performed??)
Constructive ambiguity = phrasing an idea in such a vague way that no one is quite sure what is being said. (Is that the opposite to the destructive clarity??)
Nuts = The nomenclature of territorial units for statistics was created by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, in order to create a single and coherent structure for the management of the Structural Funds. Currently there are three NUTS levels. You may be interested to learn that Germany is nuts level 1 and France and Italy are nuts level 3.
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