Meetings and votes round off the week

8.30 Arrive in office then go to out ALDE ECON prep meeting. We are now having meetings with Italian translation, but our Italian members are not there. We decide to change the format again and go back to having an informal breakfast meeting followed by our more formal meeting, all on Strasbourg Thursdays.

9.45 Back to the office and I have another telephone discussion on statistics.

11.00 Yet another meeting, this time with the UK advisor from the Patent Office. This is really so we can update one another on how we think things are being perceived. He was present for my presentations at the conference in Berlin just before Easter.

12.00 Votes, including my report on PPP which goes through as expected.

13.00 Back to the office and begin the clear up and packing.

16.30 Go to meet a visitor Group.

17.30 Type up some more thoughts for the statistics paper, tend to emails and then go to get my car to Basle at 7pm. Get home at about midnight UK time which my body now thinks is 1am. A week of campaigning now beckons with the local elections next Thursday.