Paul Dallison writes Declassified, a weekly satirical column.

It’s official: Members of the European Parliament are not the most dangerous creatures in Europe!

French MEP Manon Aubry wrote on social media on Monday that she was in hospital after being bitten by a viper. Aubry didn’t say where the snake attack took place, but she was smiling in her post, despite what she said were “complications related to the poisoning.”