BRUSSELS, Belgium — An art installation of the European Union presidency Tuesday covered up the part that showed Bulgaria as a squat toilet after protests from the aggrieved nation.
Bulgaria formally protested the way it was depicted on a work by Czech artist David Cerny that poked fun at each of the EU’s 27 nations. Measuring 25 by 25 yards, it bears the outlines of EU nations on a tubular grid showing each country, warts and all.
France is depicted as on strike, the Netherlands is covered by floodwaters pierced only by minarets of mosques. And Britain is such a reluctant European that it does not appear at all.
The huge artwork graces the main lobby of the EU Council’s headquarters in central Brussels and was the Czech Republic’s attempt to celebrate its six-month presidency of the EU. The Associated Press
