Machiavelli in Brussels: backstabbing and intrigue in Euroland

New comedy series Parlement imagines political infighting in the European Union

It’s late at night in a Brussels office. A group of rowdy British politicians are ripping apart the blue and gold-starred European flag, swilling beer, dancing with the Union Jack aloft. One MEP clambers up onto a table: “We’ve taken back control,” she shouts, before falling flat on her face.

Welcome to the European parliament as imagined for the small screen. Parlement, a Franco-German-Belgian co-production, is a 10-part comedy series and something rather unusual: a slice of the European Union in popular culture.

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