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Our first online drug testing: Medusa!

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Our first drug test is online. From January to April 2009 18 auditor agent in the C30 and C200 have tested.

The reports were submitted online and the results are here stated:

http://e-vidia.de/Medusa-Arzneimittelpruefung.pdf

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Europe has chosen - and this blog bye

from over. Today, it has news value, tomorrow it will disappear into oblivion. The European Parliament.

her communication strategies would have to prevent this from happening, but it would be an illusion to believe that this actually happened. The new European Parliament will be like the old, if we fail to communicate it differently.

This blog was meant as an idea to contribute to this communication. But the effort is too great to me. I will set it so.

I will continue my English Europe blog,

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write, and I can all EU and Europe are interested only guess, keep in mind European blogosphere.

I for one will take part in future the German blogosphere increasingly become the focus, there comment in an attempt to establish the connection to the European level. That should be more effective than this parallel blog to write - and I hope so contribute to a broader, more Europeanized debate can be. If anyone needs

German translations of texts from my English blog, I wrote to it, and if the time is enough, I like doing it.

Otherwise, I say goodbye and hope to see you elsewhere!

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Germany google books critical of the EU Council of Ministers

Germany has reported for the tomorrow and the tomorrow of EU Ministers on competition policy with a letter to speak, in the warned urgently against google book and it calls for, to engage at EU level on this issue.

The EU Commission should be asked to scan the approach of Google, so books without the prior consent of rights holders to consider legal and if necessary, propose legislative measures to "save" the European copyright.

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2009 elections: where only the young voters?

€ News has an 8-minute clip to Europe turnout of young people in which includes the € ballot finds its mention.

Interesting!

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Quote of the Day: Bittner on Pöttering

From the TIME blog of Jochen Bittner :

" If the technical science was already so far that they could make for tasks such as European Parliament president Protocol robot, it would be something very Poettering-like come of it ." For all the

's do not know: Hans-Gert Poettering is (still) President of the European Parliament.

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Europe is worth it - EU leaders are in high national office

(Original: sells Europe - EU politicians making a career nationally )

There is a tendency somewhat disrespectful to talk about politicians who go to Brussels to the EU parliament and EU commissioner (in) are - as if the transition to Brussels / Strasbourg / Luxembourg would end a career.

confirmed yesterday European Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite, who had her office to rest, to in the presidential elections in Lithuania to compete , the trend that the road works in reverse very well: it actually is the first president Lithuania to bring also happen to be an important step toward more women in positions of power in Europe.

This is the third known case in my 14 months in which EU leaders, a national Career opportunities: the Latvian MEP Valdis Recently Dombrovskis, the Latvian Prime Minister and early last year it was the Finnish MEP Alexander Stubb abolished the post of foreign minister of his country, where he was allowed to take over the chairmanship of the OSCE. Not to mention a Toomas Hendrik Ilves that at the end of 2006 directly transferred from his position as an MEP to the office of the Estonian president.

There are more examples , as reflected in the comments to the English original of this article - and if you still have that also: Bring it on!

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European elections 2009 (102): young candidates for the European Parliament - LYMEC

(Original: United States Parliament elections 2009 (102): Youth candidates running for the European Parliament - LYMEC )

Last week, I've become accustomed to four youth organizations from Europe, parties - YEPP (Youth of European People's Party), ECOSY (Youth of European Socialists and Social Democrats), LYMEC (European Liberal Youth) and FYEG (the European Green Youth) - turned over and they asked for "their" candidate for the 2009 European elections.

Here are the questions and answers of the organization that I was the first (and so far only) reply - LYMEC :

Julien: Do you know who the / the youngest candidate of Liberal Party LYMEC or mother, is the commencement date for the European elections? If yes, you can something about him / her report? (If you do not know who the youngest or, you can also have the youngest participant / s report that / knows the her.)

LYMEC:
Name: Ingrid Lundqvist
organization: Youth of the Centre Party
Country: Sweden
Age: 21
E-mail: ingrid.lundqvist [at] centerpartiet.se
Personal Blog: Lundqvist-ingrid.blogspot.com (language: Swedish)

"I'm on course 35 of the list of the Centre Party and I am the youngest. I am 21 years old, live in Stockholm and am especially interested in trade, environment, and the cooperation of police and judicial matters in the fight against crime.

I dream of a European Union with open borders in which we work together for a healthier environment, worldwide. I would like to ensure that every citizen of the EU to achieve its goals. I also want companies to trade within and outside the EU on similar terms to trade with us.

I hope others - mostly young - to inspire people to become interested in politics "

Julien. Who on the board of LYMEC replaces in the European elections and also has good chances to get into the European Parliament?

LYMEC:
Alexander Plahr, LYMEC Vice President (for the FDP in Germany)
Sibel Redzheb, LYMEC Treasurer (for the MRF in Bulgaria)

Both are not chosen without a chance to be, and they work hard to achieve this goal.

Julien: Are you satisfied with the number and places the list of young liberal candidate undocumented on the electoral lists of liberal parties in the Member States?

LYMEC: We are very happy, many of our parties, young candidates established and some are also places where they have a realistic chance to be elected. The answers I wrote

Srd Kisevic, Secretary General of LYMEC.

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ARD and ZDF with special offers for the 2009 European election

Well, at last, however slow starts the detailed media coverage of European elections.

The ZDF media library has created for the European elections, a special section on at this stage already 21 posts

And the ARD has its own tag to Euroawahl under which it, inter alia, for almost an hour EU policy with Merkel, Muentefering, Gysi, Kühnast, Guttenberg, Koch-Mehrin, Schulz, Ferrero-Waldner the WDR Europa Forum of 9 can be found in May .

on my English blog, meanwhile, is the 100th Article in the "European Parliament elections 2009 " appeared.

For all these English are powerful and want to track, as has the Euro election campaign last July developed up to now, this is the right place, especially because I have not the time to translate any article from there into German.

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2009 elections: 17 . May deadline for EU citizens in Germany and German foreign

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EU citizens wishing to vote in the European elections in Germany and German expatriates who worked for the European elections their vote wish to make in Germany must to 17 May 2009 your local authority an application for admission to post to the electoral register:

Elections 2009: On 17 May end deadline for German foreign and EU nationals

WIESBADEN - The Federal Returning Officer points out that the 17 May 2009 at three points of an important date in preparing for the European elections of 2009.

Up to this day, German and EU citizens abroad and apply for citizens in Germany, who want to choose their registration on the electoral roll. Also receive up to 17 May 2009, all eligible voters for the European elections their voting card, which also indicated the polling station, where they on 7 June 2009, cast their vote.

Who at the 2009 European elections in Germany will, in principle, be registered on the electoral roll. On the electoral register all eligible voters of an electoral district are summarized. The voters, on 3 May 2009 - the 35th Day before the election - at the registration office of the municipality were registered with the main dwelling shall be entered on the electoral roll by the authorities and obtain a voting card.

German living abroad and want to vote in Germany must, as soon as possible to apply for registration put on the electoral roll of the municipality in which they were registered prior to their departure from Germany recently. The application must by 17 May 2009 be received by the community. Even German abroad, who had already registered at the last European election in 2004 at the request of the electoral roll shall, to the 2009 European elections to re-apply for registration. Further information and application forms can be obtained abroad in all German embassies and consulates of the Federal Republic of Germany or the website of the Federal Returning Officer.

living in Germany citizens of other EU Member States wishing to vote in the elections of 2009, German deputies have also in a German voters are registered. For this they must provide the local authority of their German residence an application for registration in the electoral roll, then to 17 May 2009 be received. An exception applies to EU citizens who had already registered for the 2004 European election in the electoral roll and have not since been deleted at the request or because of leaving home to foreign countries from the electoral register: You will be entered ex officio in the electoral roll. More information and an application form will EU citizens and citizens in Germany to the local authority of residence or the website of the Federal Returning Officer.

From 18 up to and including 22. May 2009 the local authorities keep their electoral rolls during the general opening times for voters ready for inspection. Citizens, up to 17 , 2009 No election notification received, but the views are to be still eligible to vote, should immediately contact the election office at the location of their principal residence in connection so that an investigation can take place.

Source: press release of the Federal Returning Officer of 05 May 2009

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restructuring of the Secretariat of the European Parliament

( Original: Restructuring of the European Parliament secretariat )

Klaus Welle , the new Secretary General of the European Parliament has announced to restructure the Secretariat of the European Parliament and also in shifting a special focus on issues of information technology:

" There was a discussion with Mr. Wells, the new Secretary General of the EP instead of [ 'd ...] his first appearance in the Budget Committee since his appointment on 15 March 2009. The new Secretary General at random, the main points of his reorganization of the General Secretariat. would affect the main change in the personnel department, which is divided into three sections. He stressed the need for better staff Statutes and a modernization of the tracks, mobility and recruitment.

said Mr. Weller the increased importance of infrastructure and concluded that it needed a new unit. This new unit would get additional tasks such as maintenance of buildings is applied. The collapse of the ceiling in Strasbourg had made clear that special training and would not yet required in the EP available personnel for maintenance.

information technology was another key element of Mr. Wells as secretary general work program. After he felt this was a central part of the control [original: 'Governance'] over the last 10 years hardly enough attention to high level has been given. "

: write ( source Report of the Council Secretariat to Member States on the meeting of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament in Brussels on 27 April 2009)

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guest bloggers to "TH! NK ABOUT IT"

This week I as Guest Blogger on the European platform " TH! NK ABOUT IT " on the report in a blog competition of 3 bloggers from all 27 Member States of Europe, the European elections and the situation in their countries in this context.

Who know English , by my posts, which were also discussed for some happy, here .

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Hans-Gert Poettering on Europe and his time as European Parliament President

dry something, a little long (almost 20 minutes), but still detailed talks EPP leaders and outgoing European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering the successes and failures of the European Union during his term, and gives an outlook on the next European elections:

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honorary doctorate Barroso: How undignified!

yippee, it's election and nobody goes.

For this is the one to which there is no campaign to Chemnitz. And picks up an honorary doctorate.

Oh great Lord Barroso, and really great University Chemnitz, for making this outstanding step, the personification and embodiment of boredom to the problems of the EU as an honorary Doctor!

Maybe you can put instead of a statue of Karl Marx now simply Barroso's head somewhere in the city and rename them in San Jose. There's still not in Germany.

Otherwise: I can wake up someone if these European elections are over - so slow I'm one ...

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see the bigger picture: the European magazine of the ARD and zoom Europe on ARTE

If, like me, from a European policy perspective, looking at Europe, not only to EU institutions but also to its own Noses into other areas and countries of Europe, then you on German TV not so many clear points of contact.

Well done and interesting than many others are the European magazine the ARD, whose individual contributions can be online as well viewed in the library and Zoom Europe , which looked at ARTE +7 a week after broadcast are (here the show this week ) can.

The European daily politics is of some summit meetings, crisis declarations and directives hyped few barely noticeable, so it is only right and proper, if at least some items of our European Accept reality.

But what I really missing on German TV show is a real European policy, one that covers a spectrum of topics, so that is to understand how to play together local, national and European influence and determine our reality. One in the visible, that "Europe" just as it affects our lives, "Germany" or do "Hamburg / Berlin / small town life."

But often it is only a mention in the margin or a rather random post, because it's just fits into the concept. Only Europe is just already much further.

If it's only our media would also ...

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europa-transparent on the debate over the work of European parliamentarians

On europa-transparent there is a long article on the debate of recent days, as for now measure the performance of MEPs was.

background, the interim closing of the page 'parlorama.eu should be measured quantitatively in how active the EU parliament in the last legislature were. The site was closed after a large number at first, but will be reactivated soon.

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Five years of EU Enlargement: A personal review

(original from shortly after midnight Five years of European Union enlargement: A personal review )

I know exactly where I was five Years, to the 1st Mitternach May 2004, the moment when the European Union was extended by eight Central and Eastern European states and two countries from the Mediterranean.

I was in the eastern center of Berlin, at a public party to celebrate the expansion, and just before we counted down from 24 Clock 10, and at midnight a happy throngs of mostly young people welcomed our new "roommate".

It was a remarkable moment for Europe and the European Union, and I must admit, for me too.

As a relatively Francophile man my eyes and my heart was more on the west. But the extension this focus has changed, and I have used one of the first opportunities to visit a number of new Member States. And just nine months after the enlargement, I even pulled one of the new Member States.

This was the beginning of my second Europeanization, I when I was at that time quite convinced European. I have focused my eyes again, and I got to Europe as a broader concept to understand, perceive the real significance of this open space and the ideals of freedom and unity. I began to understand that Europe, and this particular union was not only the targets that you wanted, but that this is only the basis for the achievement of other goals.

Since the enlargement, I've shared houses and flats and (new) friends with Bulgarians, Germans, Ukrainians, Finns, Hungary, Spain, Estonia, Moldova, Austrians, Serbs, Russians (random order), I have good relationships with many other European citizens built up, and I think I managed to talk about the last five years with at least one person from almost every country of this continent.

The enlargement was a success, regardless of the technical problems that existed and even still exist because they are the prospects opened because not only the EU has expanded, but our horizon.

Sure, sometimes it is not easy with a larger number of people and countries to deal, and each has its own interests, hopes and vision of each individual, and to some extent, every country. Only we need to understand that these interests are not really the interests of countries and nations, but that, if one stores only its national position, very similar problems of individuals and groups who live in different but yet similar situations.

The average Polish farmer has no other interests than the average French farm, and the IT specialist from Estonia probably thinks very much like an IT specialist from Ireland. Most people I've met, share a desire to be allowed to be mobile - whether for a short trip, an exchange, or for the rest of life, whether for 10 kilometers or 2000 miles - because it gives them the opportunity to their own small and big dreams come true. That is, we all have a similar story, no matter whether the characters look different or have the directors have a different style.

EU enlargement tells us this story, the story that we are able to integrate the "other" because the "other" is really like us.

We sometimes lose in institutional Debates, which are indeed true, since unity in diversity is not always a natural process but the result is well-designed institutional solutions. But the intrinsic value of the extension (s) and the prospect of enlargement are both driving forces for those who are already in the club and also those who still want to enter.

Without solid expansion opportunities, from the western Balkans, the Eastern European countries all the way to Turkey if it eventually is ready, there is no need and no impetus to change our views, no need to reform, not in these countries in the European Union itself, if we content ourselves with what we have achieved , we are losing sight of what we can still achieve.

Today I celebrate five years of EU enlargement and I celebrate it in the hope of being able to celebrate soon the accession of new countries into the Union - also because I over the last few years have also seen one yet: It

Nothing better than with his fellow-Europeans celebrate!

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European elections 2009 (92): As the EPP in Warsaw Europe will win (just me)

(Original: European Parliament elections 2009 (92): How the EPP is going to win Europe (but not me) )

Today and tomorrow will meet the European People's Party (EPP), ie European conservatives, Christian Democrats and the center-right parties to its Congress in Warsaw, to finally adopt its election platform and launch their election campaign.

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The EPP is lagging so far behind all other major European parties, both in the choice program and as far as the election campaign. But in Warsaw, all the great leaders who will meet the EPP - the program reads like a who's who of the powerful European and abuse of power ends - and all lead in the aisles.

They will celebrate their past victories and Europe confirm that they will again go as a win.

your choice draft program will adopt without major changes, any change would be a democratic step that might jeopardize the election campaign.

the dullness and weakness of Barroso, the emotionless efficiency of Angela Merkel, the antics of Berlusconi and Sarkozy are glorified just like the grumpy Hans-Gert Poettering, in his capacity EU Parliament President, and (if it's going well) all this with such grandiose Europeans such as Jean-Claude Juncker whitewash.

How confident of victory, the EPP, the European polls speak for them, one can see in this selbstbeweihräuchernden video, which also can not miss all those elements that would make such a video for the YouTube audience interest (at the moment of writing have only just over 72 people viewed this video on Youtube ...):



So maybe I am too europtimistisch to believe that European policy is a real European vision should be conducted to discover the positive impulses emanating from the EPP. So far I've

but still nothing and (almost) see anyone coming from the EPP that would convince me that this party and its people the right thing for Europe and the European Union would be!

see (time as the Congress is running, in addition to the Live Stream EPP will also try New Europe , then report)

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French Finance Minister praises European cooperation in American comedy show

(original. French finance minister praises EU co-operation in Jon Stewart's Daily Show )

While a French Minister of the European elections vilified , manages the other Christine Lagarde , the European Union in the U.S. comedy news " The Daily Show with Jon Stewart " absolutely credible and to praise the best of English and to be defended:

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Now that's a good ambassador for the European Union and European collaboration, since others in their party - like a slice cut from - even the good President Sarkozy!

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European elections 2009 (91): As a French Minister of the elections denounced

(Original: European Parliament elections 2009 (91): French minister and EP candidate ridicules the European elections )

During a meeting of the UMP, youth organization (the UMP's Nicolas Sarkozy's party), the French Justice Minister and number two in the UMP list for the European elections, Rachida Dati , denigrates the election campaign and thus discredited:

Rachida Dati: L'Europe, la fait rire?
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On Taurillon there is to an excellent article entitled "Red Card to Rachida Dati and her wicked Europe incompetence." The article explains Laurent this incredible misfire with the fact that this campaign rather Dati sees as a reduction, not as a political opportunity.

fallen out of favor politically, they were nominated for the European list to then disappear from her post as Minister of Justice, and not because they had distinguished himself as a convinced European. You could say that they would be frustrated.

But anyway: In coming to such an event totally unprepared as to giggle a little child, and like to present an absolute newcomer and not as a professional ruin not only their reputation, but also destroyed a lot of credibility these European elections, which also occasionally can not complain of condescension.

And while I appreciate the fact that the election campaign in France is much livelier and more active than in many other EU countries, it is still unacceptable to nominate droves politician for a job that actually requires openness to new ideas .

Thank Mr. Sarkozy!

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The Parliamentary Assembly debate on the next Secretary General of

(Original: Parliamentary Assembly debates next Secretary General of the Council of Europe and celebrates the 60th anniversary CoE's )

No, the € Europe is not the Council of the European Union , he is an independent international organization with 47 member countries of the continent.

The € Europe is a European Union light , he is like the smart older brother from whom all thought that he would sometimes be the pride of the family, except that the younger brother studied economics, got rich (with coal and steel ), and so now for all the family gifts and should be the darling boy. The elder brother studied philosophy, came around, always had more real friends, wrote the books better, had the better answers and I was respected by his colleagues and all who knew him - only he had simply never been enough money and attention, to make himself popular.

This older brother, € Europe this year celebrates its 60th Birthday.

meets this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council - the Consultative Assembly, the predecessor of the European Parliament, is very similar - their second of four annual meetings. Parliamentarians from the 47 Member States in Strasbourg to discuss issues of general importance and urgency.

course also plays the birthday of the Europe an important role during this sitting week. In his birthday speech after this small film summarized Lluís Maria de Puig , the President of the Parliamentary Assembly met the Council of Europe as successful.

" The € Europe is above all a moral size, this size is different ways, but with the same goal, expressed by the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights , which this year celebrates its 50th birthday, by the Committee of Ministers , which represents the governments, through the institution the Commissioner for Human Rights by the Venice Commission and by European Youth Centre , to name just a few, and of course by this meeting with the elected representatives of the voice of 800 million Europeans to the outside. "

the important issues of this sitting week will be the three urgencies :

• the situation in the Moldova ;
  
• the non-ratification of the Protocol 14 to the European Convention of Human Rights and
  
• to election of the next Secretary General of the Europe .
  

Regular readers of my blog will know English, why first topic is important (for future here and here ).

The second theme is an old friend for € Council of Europe experts, since identified four years: 46 of 47 Member States of the Council (which have so that all the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was ratified, including some additional Protocols), have the 14th Additional Protocol to the Convention signed and ratified, and has been for years. Only Russia, although it signed the protocol, refused to ratify it. This protocol is intended to the Functioning of the Human Rights Court, which oversees the Convention to reform and simplify, as the European Human Rights Court is overloaded with cases and can work faster has to be justice to his task. But since Russia would not benefit them, of course, if more cases were closed (against Russia), it blocked the reform that can only come into force when all 47 states have ratified the protocol.

The third theme , most of you probably do not have on the screen. € The Council receives this year a new Secretary General. The incumbent, Terry Davis may not run again, and so, Member States were invited to submit nominations for a successor.

According to various sources (eg here and here ), there were four candidates (the deadline for doing so had expired in March), internal of which, after a vote at the diplomatic level in the past week (the unconfirmed results are be published here ) only the first two below the names of the Parliamentary Assembly at its next meeting in June provided.

Candidates are (or were):

• former Polish Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz ;
  
• the former Norwegian Prime Minister and currently President of the Parliament Thorbjorn Jagland ;
  
• the former Flemish Prime Minister (Belgium) and current President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union Luc Van den Brande ;
  
• the Hungarian Parliament simply Mátyás Eörsi .
  

The final agenda According to the debate will take place over the next Secretary-General on Wednesday 15 clock, and the discussion on Republic of Moldova will follow afterwards. The 14th Additional Protocol is on Thursday on the agenda.

are shown as the entire session via Live Stream you can look at the well.

It seems an interesting birthday week to add and are still talking of Tarja Halonen , President of Finland and the English Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero .

is the end really only one request: I know that the euro ignored by most of Europe and by some estimates is low, but the themes he worked and the width of the countries it covers, make it one of the three major European agencies such as the EU and the OSCE. I can-follow only recommend what happened in its various organs and institutions, because even if the political impact may not always be visible, so the € Europe plays but in many cases, not least in Eastern Europe and in connection with legal judgments of the Court of Human Rights, a central role in the protection of European values, especially for the protection of human rights!

I wish, therefore, happy birthday, brother € Europe, and wish them much luck and success for the future!

(Note: The English original of this article was the 500th Article of "Watching Europe. Since it was only logical to him to widemen a pan-European organization, which is older than the European Union, which - to know not many - the mother of the European flag and anthem, the ranges in nearly all areas of the continent, and to the values prescribed, are also driving for my personal, political and professional activity: human rights, democracy and rule of law)

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€ ballot-video "Why I June 7, select "

In addition to the last article , here's a short video with "€ round star" to say why it on 7 June to vote in European elections.

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The "€ ballot" to the policy factory for the 2009 elections: a successful kick-off event

(This is a great opportunity to write the first German entry in this blog A translation for the English version of the blog there later.)



Sunday evening I was at the kick-off event of € ballot, a voluntary initiative of the student policy factory in Europe in Berlin.

€ The ballot has set itself the goal of young people throughout Germany for the European elections to interest and delight, (have been recruited for the 80 young "ballot" as an ambassador and trained) in particular debates in 80 German cities, but also print, audio, and video materials to be distributed all over Germany and shown .

The event to start the action tonight was a complete success, without compromising!

were invited representatives of Germany's five political parties represented in Parliament.


From left :

• MEP Alexander Graf Lambsdorf (FDP / ALDE)
  
• MEP Dagmar Roth Behrendt (SPD / PE)
  
• Hajo Schumacher (Moderator)
• MEP and European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering (CDU / EPP)
  
• MEP Gabi Zimmer (LEFT / VEL )
  
• MEP Rebecca Harms (Green)

The atmosphere was excellent, and the mixture of young people, over 200 were determined, excellent.

One can talk about elections, politics and young people a lot of stupid and intelligent stuff, but have in the room because I felt nothing of disinterest, lack of passion, politics.

If passion brings together for European policy and a willingness to engage in a common cause more than 200 young people, then little is left of such negative talk. And since the Euro-skeptics can and down the country down and lash out like mad, so much positive atmosphere they can not make their whole life!

The candidates (and the leader) seemed to be in a space policy in Europe and enthusiastic young people feel good. The discussion was open, direct, and especially within Europe, and even if sometimes had to break through the typical politician's speech, seemed the but five MEPs to be able to adapt quite well to the audience.

Only Pöttering made several times is not a good figure, muttering to Rebecca Harms, told extravagant stories, intended to prove his political beliefs (but were just boring), and also drove one of the questioners on the mouth. If I did not choose one for tonight, then Poettering.

I could write a lot about the event , but because that would clearly too long, here just a list of questions or topics that the young viewers interested in the hall, to which she replies and comments from the candidates wanted:

• low turnout as a result of lack of information or lack of identification?
  
• militarization of the EU?
  
• initiative for the European Parliament?
  
• meaning of the Federal Parliament in relation to the EP?
  
• Different value of the vote in different Member States without Nations
  
• Europe - Europe of the regions?
  
• role of religion in Europe?
  
• why no less quarrel between politicians?
  
• inclusion of Turkey into the EU?
  
• reduction of agricultural subsidies?
  
• opinion about the Lisbon Treaty?
  
• referendum for amendments?
  
• length of the ballot (because quite long in some states) back
  
• as prosperity in Europe?
  
• on the views of youth organizations in European politics?
  

The five on the panel picked because of the large number of questions out they liked best, and so the answers were mostly from relatively satisfactory, which the hall took well-meaning, with frequent but sincere applause, regardless of who the answer came.

One thing that was stressed "across party lines", the special role of the individual members of the European Parliament :

Unlike in national parliaments, with their group pressures and a governing majority has, MEP, is the unanimous opinion, a lot more freedom in the majority of procurement, even across party boundaries, and also what the personal As for voting. Politically, this seems to be very pleasant, and it had not seemed as if only one is of the five would be on the podium his job in Strasbourg / Brussels exchange for a seat in the federal or in a German state parliament.

Overall, a really successful evening has given me a lot of fun, and I can only hope that the 80 ballot to take this enthusiasm with "in the province" and there still inspire many more young people to Europe and the European elections!

Merci to the ballot and the whole policy factory!

(Note: The author of this blog is not part of the ballot initiative, but has been writing since last July on his English Europa-Blog on activities in advance of the 2009 European elections .)

Addendum : course you can see everything negatively and make it small as to sueddeutsche.de - but more Europe does not create one by dry German journalism, which is able to put such an action even in a European context!

Congratulations, Mr. Reese, packed for lack of enthusiasm in objective journalism!

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PS. I had found in an earlier post that the Information Office of the European Parliament is not really dominated by the European elections.

The representative of the Commission (which returns this week to Brussels and replaced by Matthias Petschke is, however, has noted today that had been since October, the entire financial and human resources made available to the Commission's Representation Office to the EP for the European elections are available. To me nothing is noticed is not that nothing happens.

I also have the Europe House now views from a distance, and at least over there you can not see it that - and when - are the European elections.

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10 years Bologna Process: Report of failure

(Original: 10 years of the Bologna Process: A more or less great failure )

Next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet the Minister of Education 46 European countries, EU Commissioner Jan Figel , and other representatives of international and European organizations, such as the € of Europe, UNESCO, the European Students Union (ESU) to celebrate in Leuven (Belgium) for 10 years Bologna Process .

This process was then started to make studying in Europe, comparable, reliable and transparent. For some it was seen as a way to reduce the period of study so that young people would come quickly to the labor market. And the most important goal was to increase the mobility of students, while studying and between the three newly introduced (Bachelor's, Master's, doctorate studies).

are in principle all of these goals worthy of support, and so the process would have the situation of students and scientists / researchers across Europe to improve.

But apart from some superficial changes failed process.

Member States do not have it taken seriously enough. University leaders have used it to introduce structures which serve their organizational interests more than the best interests of mobile students. The coordination was poor, and so is studying in Europe today is not comparable as they were 10 years ago.

The European Students Union (ESU, formerly ESIB), probably has one of the most competent actors in this context that in its press release to 2009-he made edition of its report " Bologna from a student perspective " very clear:

"Although were made progress in introducing "structural" reforms such as the three-cycle (Bachelor, Master, PhD degree), but substantive reforms in terms of mobility, social dimension and the involvement of students, largely ignored, which leaves a massive gap in the core of the process.

The report shows that European students, 10 years after the introduction of the process still find huge hurdles, for example, by socio-economic conditions, family situation and gender issues that they are not recognized as equal partners in the academic and administrative structures, and that they are largely unable to it of the ability to be mobile, make use of to "

And it continues:

. That is, the Bologna process is in jeopardy, as a superficial reform of the European higher education structures to highlight, and non-academic as a logical paradigm Education . The ESU

In its report, however, that small in some areas at least Progress has been made and no one has to paint everything black.

But it remains clear that the core elements of the reform in Europe were still never really taken seriously.

The 10th Anniversary of the Bologna process is therefore not the right time to celebrate, but rather should be used as an opportunity to reflect on what all went wrong, and how the ideas - and ideals - from Bologna perhaps still can save.