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# Letters — Issue 1
- URL: https://theroundabout.eu/letters-issue-1/
- Published: 2026-09-01T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T08:08:45.000Z
- Author: Aristidis Myrmidon
- Tags: Issue 1, Letters

*To the Editors of The Roundabout*

*Sir,*

*Your founding statement, which I read with considerable interest and moderate approval, contains a factual error that I feel compelled to bring to your attention, as someone who was present at the briefing in question in a capacity I am not at liberty to disclose.*

*The duration of the briefing in Briefing Room B of the Berlaymont on the fourteenth of July was not, as you state, ninety minutes. It was ninety-one minutes. I have the agenda. I also have the sign-in sheet, which records the departure time of at least one senior retired official at minute eighty-seven, though I will not speculate as to his identity.*

*I would further note that the visual aids did not consist solely of a timeline. There was also a pie chart. The pie chart was not referred to during the briefing. Its purpose remains unclear.*

*I trust you will issue a correction in your next issue. I have taken the liberty of copying this letter to the relevant directorate-general, which I am confident will file it appropriately.*

*Yours faithfully,* 
*Dr Ing Helmut Sachverständiger* 
*Bonn*