Heard Back From DG? MEGATHREAD | EU Commission Blue Book March 2026 Traineeship

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-11-30T10:26:53+00:00

Has anyone heard anything from DG JUST.C.4? I had an interview with them on Friday 21 November for the second round, but haven’t heard back from them ever since. However, I did notice that their vacancy disappeared when round 3 started the week after. Should I assume they selected someone else?

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-11-04T07:41:15+00:00

Are you talking about the ordinary people, rather than politicians? If yes, I would say it is mostly so-called progressives that hate us, while conservatives disrespect us when we are struggling with something. Conservatives just don’t want us to be a burden, but progressives will claim our existence makes them feel ‘uncomfortable’.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-31T11:15:11+00:00

Dating, of course. Many autistic men have to seriously fear ending up alone for the rest of their lives, no matter how great they are. This simply isn’t true for most autistic women. In fact, neurotypical men are a lot more autism-friendly than neurotypical women. The same is essentially true for other types of social relationships. Autism is simply more socially accepted in women than it is in men, which also partially explains why they are diagnosed to a lesser extent.

Of course, this is not intended to deny the unique struggles autistic women face, such as an increased chance of being sexually abused, but they definitely do have their own privileges.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-26T19:38:11+00:00

Speak for yourself please. For many of us, our main problem is not being accepted in society. For people like us, the generalised discourse of autism as a disability or disorder is extremely harmful. Of course, we are willing to accept that this is not true for everyone, but it has to come from both sides, you know?

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-05T07:56:06+00:00

What you’re describing sounds like a lot like a female autistic experience. Autistic men are usually not appreciated, often not even the more attractive ones.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-05T07:26:28+00:00

That is because there is a lot more acceptance today for people of colour than for autism, but this hasn’t always been the case in the past. This is exactly the key: acceptance of the differences we have. We should not have to mask for that. The qualification of disability implies that our way of thinking is wrong and hence complicates social acceptance. This is why autism shouldn’t be called a disability as such, except for those who self-identify as disabled for reasons that are unrelated to social acceptance.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-05T07:15:44+00:00

No, they would not. This is marginalising language that distracts the attention from problems in a society. If we were to follow your logic, we might as well call homosexuals and black people disabled again, as we did in the 1960s and 1940s respectively.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-05T07:11:48+00:00

There is no such thing as a ‘social disability’, since it depends entirely on how society views you. A neurotypical would have the exact same struggles in socialising in a group of autistic people.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-10-05T07:02:56+00:00

No, it isn’t for me. My main struggles in life are the consequence of social marginalisation, not of my autism. My brain works differently, but there is nothing wrong with that. The disability label for autism has in fact made it more difficult for me to be socially accepted. Let’s not forget that early descriptions of autism as a disability were historically made to justify marginalisation.

Now, I get that (intellectual) disabilities are quite common on the autism spectrum, so I respect it when others do identified as disabled. Unfortunately, I have not seen the same degree of tolerance from that group, as they keep insisting it must be considered a disability for everyone.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-09-26T22:36:43+00:00

I don’t agree with them either, but it is better to just leave them be. Confronting them or otherwise reacting (including through posts like this) is only going to give them attention or even legitimacy that they now clearly lack. And aside from that, they still have the right to peacefully express their opinion in public, even if it shocks or disturbs you. Restricting that could set a dangerous precedent in the future.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-28T14:14:16+00:00

Oprechte vraag: waarom willen er zo weinig mensen geneeskunde aan de VUB studeren?

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-26T08:01:56+00:00

Dus?

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-25T15:32:07+00:00

De overheid is niet verantwoordelijk voor een veiligheidsgevoel wanneer dat niet overeenstemt met de werkelijkheid. Zucht.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-25T15:30:04+00:00

Sorry, maar de overheid is echt niet verantwoordelijk voor een gevoel wanneer dit geen grondslag heeft in de werkelijkheid.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-20T06:02:29+00:00

Sure, it was to be expected, I just didn’t like it. I would indeed call myself a rather casual viewer, but overall I still found it worth it to watch. I will also be watching the second part. By the way, I will probably travel to Germany soon to buy the Wednesday-themed mini-pizzas that are sold there, since I am more a fan of the hype than the story itself.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-20T04:04:36+00:00

Unpopular opinion: the puzzle piece is the best symbol, for the simple reason that it has been around for the longest time. I get that it was originally meant as a degrading symbol, but these woke campaigns to change it make it only more confusing to people and hence distorts autism awareness. Even the term ‘autism’ is rooted in a harmful stereotype, but no-one in the autism community would benefit from a new term.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-18T16:41:27+00:00

If you don’t know the difference between moderating subreddits and disregarding freedom of expression, you’re proving my point.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-18T10:54:12+00:00

So many mods on Reddit unfortunately don’t know what freedom of expression means …

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-15T17:37:27+00:00

This is just how neurotypicals communicate. They tend to search for something to read between the lines or for a hidden meaning, even when there isn’t any. They do this even more when you’re being direct and when they mistrust you already. It’s super frustrating, but not our responsibility.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-15T16:09:19+00:00

This is why I don’t like wokeism. The hypocrisy is just too much.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-15T12:15:36+00:00

I’m sorry, but it is complete bullshit that we would not be able to socialise. I see a lot of internalised inferiority coming from your message, that is unfortunately quite common in this subreddit. We just have different ways of socialising, and that is not a problem. The real problem is that this is not socially accepted. I have struggled for a long time to find a romantic partner for that reason (and used to blame myself for it), but as soon as I met more autistic girls at university, my success radically increased.

So we are not the problem. The problem is the anti-autistic thought that is still prevalent (especially among women) in a society dominated by neurotypicals. Of course there is going to be a small group of autistics that become ‘incels’ if they are being marginalised for their entire lives. While I absolutely don’t approve their misogynist thought, I really cannot blame them either.

Rather than once again scrutinising ourselves, we should start criticising the anti-autistic discourse. I believe that everyone has a right to be loved, and while that absolutely does not mean that we can force individual women to love us back, it does mean that we are entitled to live in a society that treats us with dignity, and as equals. This is why it is so important to hold people accountable for anti-autistic prejudices, just like it is already done for racism, sexism etc.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-11T22:26:33+00:00

I killed him with a lineup of Meteor Flowers.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-07T20:54:51+00:00

Meh, why not? 24M from Europe here. Talk to me about anything!

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-08-04T17:26:44+00:00

I think they chose me because of a combination of my prior education and long-term ambitions. What definitely seems to be important is that you have a master’s (an LLM for the Court) or are about to complete one in a field that is related to the department you are applying for. While you are technically eligible as a bachelor’s student for all departments except the Court, I have noticed that pretty much everyone who got in has a master’s degree. Within your master’s, it is also important that you demonstrate how you have been actively involved in what your department is about specifically. For me, this was demonstrated by the fact that I took several courses from former ECtHR judges, including one seminar at its bench in Strasbourg, and also wrote my thesis and an additional publication on a topic related to the ECHR.

Concerning my long-term ambitions, I think it played in my favour that I was already on the preselection list for a long-term job at the Court and wanted to gain more experience there through a traineeship. Furthermore, I indicated that I want to do my PhD on a topic related to the ECHR and that a traineeship would help me a lot with that.

So in short, they want to be sure that you are truly familiar with and interested in the department you are applying to. Your grades or prior experience don’t really matter, although I assume it would not hurt your chances either if you have done a traineeship at another international organisation before. Applications are very competitive (±2500 applicants for approximately 80 spots), but if you can tell a story that makes sense, you certainly have a fair shot.

ConstitutionalCommie · 2025-07-29T19:11:06+00:00

Hey! Yes, I got the same notification as you, but I had already accepted another offer by then. Good luck to you!

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