I was vox-popped yesterday lunchtime by a TV journalist from Al-Jazeera wanting to ask English-speaking passers-by in the Rond Point Schuman about the current turmoil in the financial markets. I said I didn’t know anything about money and declined the invitation, exchanging friendly nods with the cameraman who has filmed numerous interviews with me by Balkan journalists.

I was a bit surprised, to be honest. Al-Jazeera seemed to have given their man a slightly weird assignment: “Go out onto the street in Brussels and see if you can find someone who will talk to you in English about global finance.” I hope they managed to get something worth broadcasting in the end.