EPP vice-President Bonsignore to EuroFora: +EU, not only USA Ships between Sicelia-Libya !
While French President Nicolas Sarkozy's, a.o. EU Leaders, call for a special EU Summit to urgently decide on a new European Policy for the Mediteranean, was just starting to apparenty produce some 1st hopeful results, with EU President Van Rompoy apparently focusing with Energy to organize, the same Day, both an EU and a €uroZone Summits in Brussels,
One of the most far reaching MEPs' reactions on the Mediterranean Crisis was that of vice-President of EPP Group, Italian mainstream MEP Vito Bonsignore, who cried his indignation,at a Press Conference together with the Head of the Italian EPP Delegation Mario Mauro, in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, : : - "I can't stand to see, even from Sicilia, right in front of the Libyan cities where People are currently hit by bombs, only USA Military Navy Carriers crossing the Mediterranean Sea : If Barroso (EU Commission's President) hasn't got any Carriers, then, let him go buy some !", stressed Bonsignore.
The closest terrestrial link between Libya and the Western Word obviously faces EU Member Country's Southernest region of Sicelia, in the Middle of the Mediterranean Sea, which is already linked with a Pipeline to Tunisia.
+ Speaking afterwords to "EuroFora", Bonisgnore explained that such unacceptable Facts make obvious EU's need to develop a real European Defence, able to be active at least at its close Neighborhood. According to the EPP's vice-President, an EU Civic Protection Force and/or any eventual EU act which woud be limited only to Humanitarian matters, woud not be enough, nor stand at the level of the seriousness of the current Crisis.
French mainstream MEP, Chairman of EU Pariament's Security and Defence Committee, Arnould Danjean, also stressed, in this occasion, that EU obviously needed to boost its "Dual, Civil and Military Capacities", in order to be able to act and face such Humanitarian and Security Urgencies.
But, the Experienced former EU Expert at the former Yugoslavian conflict, also warned that, at any case, EU must avoid to get trapped in a kind of "Bosnian" negative precedent, where, f.ex., even armed Soldiers, with a too restrictif UN Mandate, couldn't even prevent a Massacre from taking place right in front of their noses...
Meanwhile, however, such bad Experiences made France, but also Germany, Italy and other EU Member States to deeply negotiate an adequate UNO Mandate in order to accept to lead the 2006 International Peace-keeping Operation at Lebanon's borders with Israel, which apparently succeeded to stabilize that area.
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The incredible superficiality with which some 3rd Mediterranean Countries' Heads of State/Government, often treat P litical Dissidents, is revealing, at least in the case of Libya, as also of Turkey, :
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Thus, Colonel Kaddafi's incredible Failure to distinguish between an "Al Quaida" Extremist Islamist and ...a USA-Educated professional intellectual or a Minister for Privatisation with many EU/US links, (etc), can now explain, at last, how he had recently also confused between someone whose personal sacrifices deserve a "Human Rights Award", with a ruthless, carrierist Politician in the notoriously anti-Democratic Turkish regime, such as Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan...
German Chancellor Merkel recently stressed Internet Communications' contributions to Democratic upheavals in 3rd Mediterranean Countries, at the same occasion that she observed Turkey's abundant Internet links, asking Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to augment them, while EU Parliament's Resolution on Turkey denounces Serious Violations against Freedom of Speech including at the Internet, with prosecution and/or e-Aggresions against critical Websites, etc..
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Facing a 70% Abstention threat in 2009 Election, EU endorses EuroFora's idea for Citizens' debates on crucial EU decisions !
- Different views on "Europe's Future", should be debated among Citizens at June 2009 EU Elections, thanks to political Parties' "Manifestos", says EU Parliament's Report
A main idea, initiated and promoted by EuroFora's founders since 1997: the vital need to develop European Citizens' democratic right to actively participate in multilingual debates on EU decisions, is formally endorsed by the EU from 2009 !
The move is a key attempt to overcome "catastrophic" Polls which warn that only ...30% of Citizens are ready to vote in the forthcoming June 2009 EU Election ! This was revealed by EU Commission's vice-president, in charge of Communication policy, Margot Wallstrom, during a "hot" meeting of EU Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education, during the December 2008 Strasbourg session.
Wallstrom faced criticism, but also suggestions from various MEPs, naturally worried by Abstention threats which herself found even "worse" than in 1999 or 2004...
A Report on "Active Dialogue with Citizens",examined at the same time, presented some useful practical tips, on "facilitating Interviews"; etc., but also a potentialy important call to "incorporate the conclusions of ...debates...into (EU) policies, and take into consideration the expectations that Citizens have of the EU when deciding". An amendment even implies that Citizens' participation in debates on EU decisions is a democratic "Right".
More importantly, it finds that a Debate "on the Future of Europe", (as French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked since 2007), would be a good idea " for the 2009 European parliamentary Elections", because "clarifying the political differences between the EU political parties would help citizens to identify themselves with, and choose between various concepts", for which "all parties (should) present their Manifesto".
A "Joint political declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership", co-signed by "the European Parliament, Council and ... Commission", confirms that they "attach the utmost importance to improving communication on EU issues", by "enabling European citizens to exercise their right to participate in the democratic life of the Union, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizens, observing the principles of pluralism, participation, openness and transparency".
This should "enable Citizens to exercise their right to express their views and to participate actively in the public Debate on European Union issues", while also "promoting the respect of multilingualism". In this regard, EU confirms its "wish to develop synergies with national, regional and local authorities as well as with representatives of Civil Society".
It's since 1997 that a group of EuroFora's founders have officially presented a pioneer Project (then called "EIW", for "Europe in the World"), which aimed to develop Strasbourg's "Polyphonic music", by providing "Interactive information", on "main issues ... during the Decision-making process of European Organizations which engage in Transparent and Public Democratic Debates"
This should be done, inter alia, by "exploring the potential of New Communication Tools (mainly Internet)", as well as classic-form debates, the 1997 EIW pioneer project's anounced in its "Synopsis". It was formally "accepted for evaluation" by EU Commission in Brussels in order to be examined for a grant in the framework of the "Research/Technology/Development (RTD) Programme in the field of Information Technologies", then called "ESPRIT", as a "Best Practice Pilot Project".
But the vital, urgent Political need for EU to search new, efficient ways to reach the People and interact with European Citizens, was really felt in Brussels and elsewhere only after the unprecedented in History 1999 and 2004 Majority Abstention in EU Elections, followed by 3 "NO" in Referenda in France, the Netherlands and Ireland, on 2005 and 2008...
In this New Political Landscape, we prepared a new, actualised and more developed version of our initial idea, in a simplified and more efficient form, thanks also to a large Experience accumulated during many years of EU/CoE/UNO Press work and Multi-lingual debates, with the New project "EuroFora" :
On 2006 we presented in Public its main lines during Questions/Replies that we raised at two Press Conferences by EU Commission President, Jose Baroso, and mainly EU Commission's vice-President, in charge of Communication policy, Margot Wallstrom, together with EU Parliament's vice-president, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, in Strasbourg, (Videos available), and we reminded it at various brief contacts with Commissioner Wallstrom in 2007 and 2008.
Meanwhile, a new Text was also presented for "EuroFora" Project mainly to certain Political and other personalities, at European, National or Regional/Local level, mainly in 2007, but also in 2008..
Now, after the unexpected 2008 Irish "NO", and before the 2009 EU Elections, which are due to be of exceptionally crucial importance for Europe's Future, the moment has obviously come to launch that project, progressively, but in real practice.
Whoever really cares for Europe and its Citizens is welcome to join, in one way or another. Only anti-European, anti-democratic, obscure or ignorant groups might oppose or attempt to "steal" and deviate the main idea.
But European Citizens, incited by enlightened political leaders, are those who will finally write the real History.
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