ABSTRACT
Brussels-based reporters tend to cover the big stories: the EU summits; major votes in the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; and big decisions and legislative proposals from the European Commission. On top of that, they often serve as a sort of Europe correspondent, rushing to Paris to cover terrorist attack and to Italy or Greece for latest refugee tragedy. They often don't have time to cover the many steps of the EU legislative process to give the readers the same level of coverage as they would for an equivalent law passed within their home country – this wouldn't be possible even if there were two or three times as many EU correspondents. The only solution to giving EU questions the attention they deserve is for both generalist and specialist reporters to start incorporating the EU into their everyday reporting, because there is hardly any part of political life today that does not have an EU dimension to it.
