Many of our national laws start life at the EU level and big corporations and the banks spend hundreds of millions of euros every year to ensure that EU policy-making meets their needs– and it works. But Europe’s citizens can take action at politicsforpeople.eu says ALTER – EU. Meanwhile people like us lose out. The…
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“Personalization is the icing on the cake of democracy”
Tax havens, euro bonds and the losers in the debt crisis … these were some of the topics in a SPIEGEL interview between leading candidates Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin Schulz because this May European voters will decide for the first time who becomes the president of the European Commission. Who believs in the power of consensus and who…
Instead of a windmill, could the “new” EU become a lighthouse?
The crisis of the democratic legitimacy of the European Union is very serious, and the optimism regarding its future can hardly and scarcely be found. At the same time, the upcoming elections for the European Parliament should provide hope in its brighter future, but to the citizens the EU remains distant, complicated and “intended for”…
The Don Quijote in Europe – who “nicked” the last EU elections?
The Europe is not all rivers of honey and milk, but is Toni Vidan the Don Quijote? – we could make a joke after the discussion with this veteran activist in the area of environment protection and sustainable development, the member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and one of the last year’s…
Citizens’ tailored EU elections?
In order to motivate citizens to get out and vote, to inform all stakeholders of the electoral process, as well as to improve democratic standards, in the wake of the election for the European Parliament on the 25th of May 2014., GONG will organize a series of activities aiming at the positive impact of the…
European Parliament election in Croatia to be held on 25 May
President Ivo Josipovic on Wednesday called the election of 11 Croatian deputies to the European Parliament for 25 May, and urged citizens to turn out at those polls in large numbers, as he said, the polls would impact Croatia’s future. Elections for the European Parliament will be held in all member states of the European…