The EU's survival handbag advice looks ridiculous - but they have a point

by Eugenio Lanza In the last few hours, a video by the European Commissioner for Equality, Management and Crisis Preparedness Hadja Lahbib, entitled “What's in my bag? Survival edition”. In Italian: “What's in my bag? Survival version.” In the bizarre clip, Belgian politics shows the objects that she always has with her in her clutch, and in particular those that it would be appropriate to have at hand in the event of a crisis. The reference, be…

The EU's survival handbag advice looks ridiculous - but they have a point

If you can’t wait for April Fool’s Day to be duped by an official piece of communication that turns out to be a joke, may I direct you today to a post on X by Hadja Lahbib, the European Union’s commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management.Lahbib presents a video in which she explains that the EU “is preparing its strategy to be sure that every citizen is safe in case of crisis”. So, to the accompaniment of jazz piano, she soberl…

An ostentatious smile and a 'Mary Poppins' style clutch, Hadja Lahbib tried to convince Europeans that everything they will need in an emergency is in a handbag

This is the 'leit motiv' that, from the European Union, want to promote from now on after having presented the plan with 30 actions to prepare in case of catastrophe or war. Among the actions is previewed a commented 'emergency kit', a kind of resistance backpack with elements to resist 72 hours without needing external help while waiting for the help of the emergency services. The one in charge of showing what this 'kit' should carry has been H…

The European commissioner is taking things out of her purse, matches, a lighter, some vitamin bars, and many remind us of the stewardesses explaining how to put on a life jacket in the “unprobably” case that they are necessary, apostillan, while with a smile they try to reassure the passage.Keep reading...

On Wednesday, Belgian European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib (MR) sent a video into the world via X to launch the European Commission's new 'Preparedness Strategy'. She even made it to the Russian news. The video was met with ridicule and disbelief. In the video, Lahbib shows the contents of her handbag, because in an emergency situation, everyone needs to have certain things at hand. She proposed a kind of emergency kit for 72 hours. She herself ca…