The Greek poet Archilochus said that “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing”. Hence, the hedgehog knows everything about something – the fox knows a little about everything. An Advocate General is a fox by nature. This places him in a tricky situation when addressing an audience of highly qualified experts. The risk of inadvertent banalities and unsound generalisations is high. Furthermore, an Advocate General, when speaking