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The European Parliamentary Elections 2009 | 41 comments (41 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Wisdom through understanding ignorance (4.00 / 4)
A lovely paradox.

My frustration with the EU has exponentially increased since joining ET. We know it is potentially good - the only way to go for greater peace - but what can we do to make it better?

My main frustration is with the way the EU institutions communicate with the citizens - probably because that is what concerns me professionally. We know that a lot of good decisions are being taken (as well as slapdash decisions), but they are not presented well.

The media has a lot of blame in this imo. They are all (in Europe) essentially local and thus drive national issues in what is an international forum.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 16th, 2009 at 09:11:48 AM EST
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Re: Wisdom through understanding ignorance (4.00 / 4)
I know what you mean. For me as a Swiss it brings up the question, are EU citizens able to participate enough in the politcal process? Would they be more interested to know, if they were more involved?

I used to be very pro-EU, even voted to join, but today I am rather lukewarm for joining, one of the reasons would be that I would loose the influence (even though it might be little) I have on the political process as I do have it now as a Swiss citizen.

I am sure the media is an important aspect, but if I am not involved, I tend to read less and as soon as a vote comes up I start looking for information in the media.

by Fran on Fri Jan 16th, 2009 at 09:34:26 AM EST
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The European Parliamentary Elections 2009 | 41 comments (41 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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