newsitems New CoE Assembly President Brasseur to EuroFora: Internet Vitamin to renew representative Democracy?
New CoE Assembly President Brasseur to EuroFora: Internet Vitamin to renew representative Democracy?
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The substance of Anne Brasseur's Report advises to take care about Internet's Security as well as to avoid attempts of Mass Manipulation, slandering, etc., but also stresses the important Potential that New Communication technologies could bring Today in order to make Public Decisions more Transparent, and give interested Citizens a chance to interact with competent Politicians before they take crucial Decisions which affect their Lives : Something which could also help contribute usefully to a much needed Renaissance of Representative Democracy in the new Historic context of Modern life.
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- Smiling, President Brasseur "thanked" "EuroFora" for our sincere Congratulations for her surprisingly Brillant Win, "much Faster and stronger than initially expected", by succeeding to gather an Absolute Majority already from the 1st Round of CoE Assembly's Votes.
- Most important, Anne Brasseur strongly expressed her will to actively "continue examining" the consequences of her landmark Report on "Internet and Politics", and in particular on "the Impact of New Information and Communication Technologies on Democracy", after its forthcoming Vote by CoE's Assembly : - "Certainly, Yes ! I also made a reference to that" in her acceptance speech, she simply replied to "EuroFora"s relevant Question.
- "But I can't present my Report myself, however," personaly at PACE's Plenary, "now", after being elected as its President, she went on to add. However Brassseur intends to "follow up" its repercussions, from her New Post as President of the COE's PanEuropean Parliamenbtary Assembly, and the Fate that will be reserved to the Proposals made in the Resolution and Recommendation by Politicians, Experts, and CoE's Committee of Ministers, where now she would have a say, as "EuroFora" observed.
+ => Finally, replying Positivelty to "EuroFora"s suggestion to "Open", as much as possible, the forthcoming "Consultation" of Experts, Politicians, Media, NGOs, etc, on how to revigorate concretely the Representative Democracy, by accepting also several Interesting Contributions by certain simple Journalists, concerned EU Citizens, etc, she left the door quite open :
- "Yes, we (CoE) shall search to find the most Appropriate ways" to gather also a larger input on that, the new CoE Assemby's President carefuly promised.
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+++ Last but not least, President Anne Brasseur, speaking later also to "EuroFora", welcomed the main Changes added at the last minute to her Report by CoE Assembly's Political Affairs Committee, as "Reinforcing" even further the main thrust of her suggestions :
- Thus, f.ex., CoE's PanEuropean Parliamentary Assembly adopted "Unanimously", inter alia, also an Amendment calling to "elaborate a Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, on the Right to Participation in the conduct of Public Affairs, ..... and pay special Attention to the role of the Internet and other Digital Tools of Participation, such as Social Networks, On line Platforms of Discussion (i.e. Internet Forums, etc), Electronic Voting, and Open Government Initiatives".
Speaking fluently not only French, German and English, but also ... "Luxemburgish", as she proudly proved earlier by pronouncing at least 1 key paragraph in what has recently been re-established as Luxembourg's National Language, (as "EuroFora" had already found out as early as since 2005 on the spot : at the Shengen village itself, during the Luxembourgian Presidency of the EU). So that Today, Brasseur's move inevitably reminded to "EuroFora" the case of a sympathetic Taxi-Driver from Portugal, who was really Proud of the fact that his small Son, born and raised in Luxembourg, already spoke .. "5 Languages", as he had boasted : Portugeese, French, German, English and ... "Luxemburgish" !...
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(NDLR : Partly updated on 29/1/2014)
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Strategically located between Paris and Prague, Strasbourg offered a natural location for the French and Czech EU 2008 and 2009 Presidencies to tune their agendas for a resolute European move towards Renewable Energies, during an exceptional Joint Parliamentary meeting on "Energy and Sustainable Development", co-organized here by the Presidents of EU Parliament, Hans Gert Poettering, French National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, and Senate, Gerard Larcher, on November 20 and 21.
Concluded by a busy-looking French super-Minister of Energy, Environment and Regional planning, Jean-Louis Borloo, the exceptional gathering of Top MPs from all 27 EU States' Parliaments hoped that a Ministerial meeting prepared by Borloo, will pave the way to an overall agreement at the level of EU Heads of State and Government Summit chaired on December 2008 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, allowing the next EU chair, the Czech Republic, to start working from the beginning of 2009 on concrete measures.
Speaking to "EuroFora" President Accoyer resumed the general feeling by stressing that "Europe has no Oil-Gas resources, but an important Scientific-Technologic potential. Therefore, we must develop Renewable Energy sources". "Since the Sun is the most abundant and free RES, we must do the outmost to boost Solar Energy" solutions, he added, at the eve of a special meeting on Solar energy and the Mediterranean organised by Borloo on Saturday.
Oil-gas supplies' security and diversification were also examined by the EU gathering, after which, President Accoyer replied to our question on risks of long, expensive and fragile pipe-lines' projects, crossing through foreign countries out of the EU, compared to new possibilities for Sea and River Ship direct EU transport even of Gas, thanks to New Liquification technologies : - "We have just écreated the Union for the Mediterranean for concrete projects like these", Accoyer stressed, speaking of Sea-River Ship Highways, fundeable under EU's TENS programs.
Rapporteur on "Energy innovation and sustainable development", Dr. Bedrich Moldan, vice-President of Czech Senate's Environment and Regional Development Committee, added that Climat issues, price uncertainties and diminution of accessible Fossil energies, played together with EU's RST potential in order to make RES both a need and "an opportunity". However, in cases as "Solar Energy, even if the main Scientific ideas are already here, we have to make some technologic breakthroughs in order to find how to produce it on a large scale, store and transport it", Dr. Moldan added to "EuroFora".
Czech interest for RES was also expressed, earlier in Strasbourg, by Jan Kohout, the deputy Minister pf Foreign Affairs who participated to a workshop on "Renewable Energies" organized by the French EU 2008 Presidency : - "The focus is on Development", he told us.
On this and other RES issues, Dr. Moldan anounced the Czech EU 2009 chair's intention to organize an important 2-days Conference on Renewable Energies and Sustainable Development late January 2009 at nearby Prague.