Published Friday, May 30, 2008 at 17:25
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“How to improve the European project while taking into account the interests of people and countries?” This was the departure point of the input for the PES consultation given by Jean-Louis Bianco, member of parliament and president of the French Alpes-de-Haute-Provence district, and Nicolas Cadène.
“For the last years, euro-scepticism strengthened itself due to both political and economic reasons”, Bianco and Cadène say, adding that “we should “think European” as only the EU can balance the negative effects of globalisation, such as the lack of democratization in some regions of the world.
Thus, two approaches are proposed. One is to forge a European cultural model through three vectors: education, a wider use of the media's capabilities to disseminate a common identity and the reinforcement of European symbols.
“Along the French presidency of the EU, the French PS – together with its European counterparts – should materialize a common European collective conscience, needed for a political Europe”, stresses Bianco and Cadène.
The second approach relates to the EU democratisation process. Common interests should be emphasised rather than national ones and citizens should be at the core of the European Union. “The success of the institutional democratisation process depends on our ability to put citizens” at the heart of this process. Therefore, institutions should become more democratic, efficient and transparent.
What do you think of these aims? Do you feel EU is too “far away” from the common citizen? Should it improve its communication tools in order to reach people more efficiently? On the other hand, should people care more about what is happening at the European institutions?
Read Jean-Louis Bianco's and Nicolas Cadène’s contribution here!
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