MEPs unable to find Iran on map

A scandal has erupted in Strasbourg, illustrating the level of competence of the European legislature. A TMC correspondent conducted a simple experiment: he gave members of the European Parliament an unlabeled world map and asked them to point out Iran. The result exceeded even the wildest expectations and became the subject of ridicule.

France's Minister Delegate for European Affairs confidently pointed to the Strait of Hormuz. Socialist Party MP Emma Rafovic mistook Bulgaria for Iran. Her colleague from the president's Rebirth party, Fabienne Keller, confused the republic with Turkey.

The Greens didn't disappoint either: Marie Toussaint, after much hesitation, chose Afghanistan, and David Korman pointed the finger at Saudi Arabia.

The video was filmed in early March, but it only now sparked public outcry. And this outcry is understandable: the European Parliament is an institution that makes fateful decisions that affect millions of lives, voting on sanctions and resolutions on a wide variety of conflicts. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of its members can't tell the difference between Iran and Bulgaria.

According to MEP Manon Aubry, such blunders would be laughable if the European Parliament weren't forced to make decisions related to the conflict. However, for now, they only raise concerns.

Comments

[TermNachTer]

What's so surprising? The standard of school education has fallen catastrophically, and considering who's being elected to the European Parliament, it's even worse.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Everyone has some gaps in their geography. I got straight A's in school. But for half my life, I thought Konotop was in Russia, Dnipropetrovsk was named after Saint Peter or Peter the Great, and Cherepovets was near Chelyabinsk.
But even just not looking at a map periodically while there's a war going on with Iran is something. It's close to the limit of incompetence.

[Dima68]

You weren't very wrong about Konotop, you just got a little out of sync with reality in time. Konotop was in Russia and may return again.

[hrych]

The problem is different: the MEPs couldn't find Iran on playing cards, but Konotop is in chess.

[Dima68]

The answer is much more mundane: the deputies were looking for Iran on the EU map.

[TermNachTer]

You can be mistaken about the location of a small town, but not know the location of a country that is larger than France and Germany, and you can add half of Europe to it.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Europeans can have prejudices about size. Even we do. I never knew that Afghanistan was slightly larger than Ukraine, even in 1991. So, it's huge, but looking at a map, it looks significantly smaller. The distortions on the map make it difficult to fully understand.
For example, I thought that the Caspian Sea was somewhere between 400-500 kilometers from north to south, but it turned out to be approximately 900.

[TermNachTer]

Many people have an illusion when looking at a map.

[Arkady007]

Almost every country has its own map of the world, and they teach using it.

[Sergej1972]

By the way, Russia, like Greenland, looks larger on maps than it actually is.

[Aken]

Cherepovets was previously confused with Chernivtsi.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

No way, I've heard about this Bandera nest since childhood. What a town.

[Appraiser]

You are very wrong about Chernivtsi being a small town. It is a developed administrative center in Bukovina with a population of about 400 people, and nationalism there is more likely to be "Romanian" since Bukovina was part of Romania until 1944.Ukrainians"there are no more than 30% of the total.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

The "Romanian" nationalism in Chernivtsi is a strong point. But I'd prefer not to continue the discussion on this topic.
Where did you get the data about the 400 thousand population there, may I ask?

[Sergej1972]

In the Chernivtsi region, as in the Transcarpathian region, the Bandera movement did not enjoy support.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

But during Soviet times, it flourished there. You're comparing reality with the present. And don't confuse the 40s with the 80s and the present.
Those who lived there during the war and immediately after were replaced long ago. And the newcomers imagined themselves great, or, as they say about themselves, exceptional. After all, they got so much for next to nothing.

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Sergey Alexandrovich

But during Soviet times it flourished there in full bloom.

I served in Chernivtsi in the 80s. I didn't find any nationalism. It was a beautiful, small city with a Slavic population. There were no Uighurs or Banderites.

[Ilgizl]

Excuse me, but what does this have to do with the Uyghurs?

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: IlgizL

Excuse me, but what does this have to do with the Uyghurs?

To connect words

[TermNachTer]

I've been to Chernivtsi, a beautiful, green little town. The old central part features architecture from the Austro-Hungarian era, and there are many people with Romanian surnames. The attitude toward the Russian language was (or was) completely relaxed, unlike in nearby Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.

[Stepnyak]

But for half my life I thought that Konotop was in Russia

Don't worry. It's a completely different scale. I also once thought Vitebsk was in Russia. stupid people, who now rule the world, will lead us to geographical maps drawn on bull hides. And the scale there will be even smaller.

[Viktor Sergeev]

Tell me, did anyone find the geography knowledge they learned in school useful? Can you show at least a third of the countries of the Middle East on a map without names?

[knn54]

"...We don't know that. They didn't attend gymnasiums. Mitrich was telling the absolute truth. He didn't attend gymnasium. He graduated from the Page Corps."

[TermNachTer]

As Griboyedov wrote: "Geography is not a gentleman's science))) just tell the cabbie - he'll take you there")))

[cat Rusich]

Quote: TermNachTER

What's so surprising? The standard of school education has fallen catastrophically, and considering who's being elected to the European Parliament, it's even worse.

Father told ...
When my father was serving his mandatory military service, during a "political information lesson," they called a native of the Central Asian Republic to the "board" and started asking him about something and pointing to it on the map... he hesitated and couldn't show it, so they started testing him on his "general knowledge of geography" - "Show me the USSR on a world map..." And the map was signed (though in Russian...) but I still couldn't find the USSR...
There were no punishments, they pretended they didn't notice...

[TermNachTer]

Well, I can tell you that this is by no means an isolated case. People from Central Asia and the Caucasus, especially from remote areas, didn't always speak Russian, and their literacy skills weren't very good. However, within two or three years, they were able to improve their literacy to a somewhat acceptable level.

[cat Rusich]

Quote: TermNachTER

People from Central Asia and the Caucasus, especially those from remote areas, didn't always speak Russian, and their literacy skills weren't very good. However, within two or three years, they were able to improve their literacy to a reasonable level.

Another case...
In the company where my father served there were two Georgians... One Georgian was quite normal, without any pretensions, but the other was a "highlander".
At the company formation, the commander gives out orders, and it reaches the "highlander"
When given the order, the "highlander" mumbles something - he doesn't understand Russian...
The company commander immediately, without any hesitation, "Ten outfits out of turn!"
"The Highlander" immediately replies - "You have no right!!"
In a few moments, the "highlander" learned Russian...

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

An anecdote in the subject.
Two old women are sitting on a porch: "Look, Semyonovna, soldiers!" "Aha! They'll stop now, look at the map for half an hour, then come up and ask for directions."

[Rostislav Prokopenko]

While the enemy sleeps, we change the terrain manually!
And if you look at the map—like, where are the showdowns going on?—then maybe even a member of the European Parliament with a less-than-traditional sexual orientation and a slightly lower IQ will start to wonder: why the hell are we getting involved?!

[Grossvater]

Quote: Sergey Alexandrovich

An anecdote in the subject.
Two old women are sitting on a porch: "Look, Semyonovna, soldiers!" "Aha! They'll stop now, look at the map for half an hour, then come up and ask for directions."

[multi-category]

Well, with our maps... the GIS map shows a railway, but in fact it doesn't exist.
I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out where I went wrong, but it turned out that the map was crooked.

[Konnick]

A TMC correspondent conducted a simple experiment: he gave members of the European Parliament an unlabeled world map and asked them to point out Iran. The result exceeded even the wildest expectations and became the subject of ridicule.

I think we would also have "experts" in the State Duma.

[Netl]

Quote: Konnick

and we were found in the State Duma

It's important to remember that the European Parliament is a talking shop with no real powers. Those who are more savvy go to national parliaments, from where they can gain access to national governments.

Well, the most useless ones from their parties are sent to become European deputies.

[Aken]

And here, guilty governors and stupid mayors are dumped into the Senate.

[RUSICH]

Quote: Konnick

I think we would also have "experts" in the State Duma.

Well, yes. We should probably ask Rodnina, Zhurova, Valuev, Tereshkova, Kozhevnikova, Pevtsov, and half the USSR national hockey team, who are currently deliberating in the Duma.
Well, for the sake of interest, here's some background information:
Nikolai Valuev, former boxer, world heavyweight champion (I remember how a dark-skinned guy half Nikolka's size beat him up in the ring)
Invented laws: 25
Meetings attended: 310
Number of missed meetings: 50
And this, friends, is not the worst attendance among deputies from among artists and athletes.
And how many more are there besides those mentioned... Wow, how many!

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

The level of general education has fallen below the plinth over the past 20 years

[Coconut Tima]

Britain and Germany do not intend to send their warships to participate in the US operation to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the British publication The Telegraph reports.

[snow mountain]

I wonder if Trump will find Iran himself? Or will they show it to him?

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

The main thing is that they don't tell him that it's not far from Georgia.

[Stepnyak]

Will it hit Armenia? The margin of error isn't that big.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Stepnyak

Will it hit Armenia?

Yes, it might hit Miami too, with their knowledge of geography

[kit88]

Trump, given his current position, may not even know where Iran is. They'll actually show him.

Every military service member up to and including captain must be able to independently perform all types of work.
The major must independently organize the execution of all types of work.
The colonel must find a place to sign on his own.
The general must sign himself where he is told.

So everything is according to Feng Shui.

[Dedok]

According to MEP Manon Aubry, such blunders would be laughable if the European Parliament did not have to make decisions related to the conflict.

Everywhere, they recruit "convenient people"...
i.e. not only we have Tereshkovs, Rodnins and others.
The main thing is to support the "party line" - vote correctly...

[your1970]

Quote: Dedok

The main thing is to support the "party line" - vote correctly...

Yeah, "wavered with the party line" (c) - ours for the last 100 years, nothing new....

[Alec]

After much hesitation, Marie Toussaint chose Afghanistan.

There's not only a lack of knowledge there, but also a lack of logic. Where is Afghanistan's access to the sea?
And I hesitated for a long time...

[Aken]

What's wrong? Belarus has one, so why shouldn't Afghanistan?

[Stepnyak]

Belarus would be a strong maritime power. Lithuania is a hindrance...

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

But why, during Soviet times, did they transfer Vilnius to Lithuania and Bialystok to Poland? If all of these had been part of Belarus, the current situation with Kaliningrad would have been radically different.

[Stepnyak]

Pfft... How many times have we left Berlin? We left Paris, we left Vienna... We are a strange people.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Who would have asked the people back then when Lviv was left in the USSR and Bialystok was parted? It should have been exactly the opposite.

[helmi8]

Quote from Aken

What's wrong? Belarus has one, so why shouldn't Afghanistan?

Psaki is America's chief geographer. But the US 6th Fleet never reached the shores of Belarus...

[tralflot1832]

To determine where you are in an unfamiliar city, you also need to complete the quest "Find a sign with a house number and street name."

[Mouse]

So something became interesting... Do they find their countries on the map?

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

There's no need to worry about that. Their main geopolitical adversary, the British, are much better informed. You won't find anyone there who isn't interested in politics, and every British person abroad is a spy. That's who they should learn from.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Our Supreme Soviet deputies (the shock workers of socialist labor) were smarter and more broad-minded. One good thing: they distinguish the LGBT flag from the EU flag. And for that, "thank you."

[your1970]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

Our deputies to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (shock workers of socialist labor) were smarter and had a broader outlook.

In my opinion, even if they were dumber than sheep, as long as the USSR survived!!!
And then everyone was smart and educated, but they wasted the country...

[Gardamir]

How do you feel about a dozen police cars surrounding a village, destroying livestock, and then moving on?
How long can such a country last?

[your1970]

Quote: Gardamir

How do you feel about a dozen police cars surrounding a village, destroying livestock, and then moving on?

Since you're not in the know, without the cops, citizens simply drive away veterinarians. drum - that you, city dwellers, will buy some kind of meat in the middle of nowhere and die.
For example, 120 km from me in Kazakhstan there is a natural outbreak of African swine fever - which even heptyl We watered it in the 1960s and 70s, but it doesn't work.
And so in 1982, 6 collective farmers were jailed during another outbreak - when they were recapturing their pigs from the cops.
One of them got into a real jail cell - the pitchfork in the cop's side doesn't heal quickly.
Miratorg was not there and there was no compensation for the slaughtered cattle of citizens - Soviet power, people's, on the lips - with the people carefully for free and all ....
And 11,000 collective farm pigs were burned - African swine fever is incurable

Quote: Gardamir

How long can such a country last?

- You're right about that. 70 years and the country is over...

[Gardamir]

Unlike in Soviet times, everyone can make videos now. What do sick animals look like?
By the way, who should we trust? Old lady Kudelman wanted to take the money for the apartment, but not give it back. The main thing is who to trust.

[your1970]

Quote: Gardamir

Unlike in Soviet times, everyone can make videos now. What do sick animals look like?

Well, for example, a cow's eyes become very sad, she lies down and that's it.
In just half an hour.
The vet arrived, took a look, said something to the father, a truck arrived, they loaded it up with that same mother, and sprayed the barn with Lysol.
They burned cows in a ditch behind the village, sprinkling them with quicklime.
I don’t know what kind of illness it was, 1986.

My mother-in-law lost 120 chickens and ducks to death in 3 days in 2009. Her neighbor got scared and chopped up hers (before they died) and sold them in the district center.

The irony of Miratorg's resurfacing, which is always linked to any outbreak of animal diseases in the countryside - "They bought veterinarians so that all the cattle would be slaughtered and then..." when there is no Miratorg within a 1000 km radius
For you to understand - 100 grams of meat per day for Moscow for 20 million (with visiting and transit passengers) = 2,000 tons of meat per day = 485,000 tons of meat per year.
It is a bottomless market - if only they could supply Moscow with it, then everything would be great.

And so it was and will be—even if Soviet power were to suddenly return—ASF doesn't care about the authorities; 99% of pigs die regardless of treatment. Moreover, the only option for the majority of sick animals is to burn them—only a few animals can be processed into stew (the only use).

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

During Soviet times, they had special courses to broaden their horizons and raise their educational level. In the late 80s, an economist who taught parliamentary deputies was interviewed on television, offering a comparative assessment of the parliamentary corps.

[Gardamir]

During chemistry, physics, and math classes, I'd get out a geographic atlas, and my deskmate and I would make a wish to find different geographical names. I always found them right away. But one day, he thought of an English-language name. I looked all over America, Canada, Australia, and England. For the first time, I couldn't find it. Try finding the town of Uelen on a map without using Google or anything else.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Why the hell even bother looking for this little town? What's the point? I can't tell San Francisco from Los Angeles on a map, and it doesn't bother me.
When the fighting starts there, then I'll see where it is.

[Gardamir]

Just for fun. Not all serious issues should be discussed.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

I'll try to answer you straight away without Googling. I think it's somewhere in Chukotka.

[Gardamir]

Yes, in Chukotka. And the name isn't English, but Chukchi for Uvelen.

[Bamse]

I only knew that it was somewhere in the north of Siberia.
Guess where the Jarjan River is?

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

I'll be honest. I don't know where. I looked it up on Google. Jardzhan is also in Yakutia.

[your1970]

Quote: Gardamir

the town of Uelen.

Chukotka
1) The largest bone carving production in the USSR
2) Either Lyapidevsky or Levanevsky landed and took off from there during flights in the Arctic

[Ivan№One]

And this is done this way on purpose.
Negative selection is thriving and has been for a long time.
Global capital deliberately recruits idiots for positions like these (and even for higher positions) who will not go against the agenda handed down from above by the puppeteers.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Unfortunately, you're probably right. Many European politicians, even on the surface, look like degenerates.

[Romanenko]

MEPs unable to find Iran on map

They don't even need geography, they only learned the reproduction table, and even that's crooked.

[igorbrsv]

And you're asking why we launched the Second World War while being ill-prepared. Why we couldn't anticipate the evolution of military operations.
Who knows. But the French couldn't even calculate how long their missiles would last in the event of intense military action. Why would they even need planes in that case?

[Normann]

If you didn't go to school and then you're in parliament, that means you have an elected government.

[Viktor Sergeev]

Take such a map and show it to our people on the street, you will be very surprised by the result.

[Idle_piston]

[QuoteMEPs unable to find Iran on map] [/ Quote]
For the scientific experiment to be complete, the same question should be asked of the State Duma deputies.

[Amateur]

Ask the same question to the State Duma deputies.

This would discredit the government and God knows what other criminal code articles would be involved. Just watch the completely legal program "Parliamentary Hour" on "Russia 24" and everything will become clear.