A short reflection over the EP election results: The upcoming football World Championships is likely to bring more people to their feet than people who went to the polls at the recent EU elections. A stagnating low voter turnout of 43% and the strong performance of Eurosceptic extremist parties – vulgar right and vulgar left – delivering them more than 20% of the seats in the new European Parliament are the sad outcomes of the elections. Sad,but not surprising. The subsequent quibbling between the Council and the EU Parliament over who endorses the next Commission President helps complementing the image of the EU as an elitist club of politicians and technocrats who take decisions behind closed doors. Despair not: In the lead-up to the EU elections more than 1,400 candidates – from every EU Member State and every major party – pledged support for a new EU Convention on democratic reform. Close to 150 of these supporters were elected as MEPs, forming a serious base of support for a new EU convention during the next legislative period. This is a direct result of the EU Candidate Check conducted by “Democratic Europe Now”. Actions by the newly elected EP deputies towards a democratic, transparent and open reform process of the EU is perforce. Their commitment and their deeds for a democratic European Union will hopefully convince all politicians in Brussels that continuing business as usual is NOT an option.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:28:35 +0000
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