tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post8224303529640451257..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Involving the public in the European Parliament Commission hearings: S & D's moveJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-57939109105225308532010-01-08T02:35:50.941+01:002010-01-08T02:35:50.941+01:00Julien,
No it doesn't. It's OK to engage...Julien, <br /><br />No it doesn't. It's OK to engage citizens (although the proportions of the theatre feel like compensation for the absence of decisive input by Europarties and citizens). <br /><br />Part of the long transition is due to the treaties as such, with different periods for the EP elections and the end of the old Commission mandate, part because of the long wait for the Lisbon Treaty to enter into force, but part because of the unwillingness to act promptly when the nominations were ready. <br /><br />Could any functioning country (except Belgium) accept or afford such slow motion?Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-47014879245519157972010-01-07T18:08:23.756+01:002010-01-07T18:08:23.756+01:00Oh okay, I agree on this one.
But that doesn'...Oh okay, I agree on this one.<br /><br />But that doesn't speak against citizens' involvement in the hearing, does it?Juliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-24146793619947173402010-01-07T16:58:12.300+01:002010-01-07T16:58:12.300+01:00Julien,
It is not the speed of legislation, but ...Julien, <br /><br />It is not the speed of legislation, but the length of the 'interregnum' I find to be inordinately long. <br /><br />When did the EP have its last substantive session last spring? <br /><br />When are we going to have a new Commission based (indirectly, but still) on the June 2009 elections?Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-19109635324401897612010-01-07T16:23:55.511+01:002010-01-07T16:23:55.511+01:00I am not sure I am getting your point. What do the...I am not sure I am getting your point. What do the hearings have to do with the speed of legislation?<br /><br />What I was saying is that it is good that S & D tries to create some attention around the nomination process of 26 people who will be in charge for 500 million Europeans over the next 5 years - if this isn't the task of the EP, why do we need a democratically elected body?Juliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-51333163349695218312010-01-07T15:28:29.178+01:002010-01-07T15:28:29.178+01:00Julien,
I agree with you that European politics ...Julien, <br /><br />I agree with you that European politics and the European Parliament deserve more attention from the public. (National governments are only slowly waking up to the fact that they need to keep in touch with the EP/MEPs.) <br /><br />But the mandate of the old Commission ended 1 November 2009, and the EP has been in no hurry to speed up the process - on the contrary. <br /><br />We haven't had the three institutions working at cruise speed for almost a year: <br /><br />There was no sense to send Commission proposals to a parliament on its last legs, cleaning the table from old initiatives before it effectively closed shop before the June European Parliament elections last spring. <br /><br />After the elections, the EP organised itself, but has not had much input from the Commission. <br /><br />Grandiose hearings may nurture the EP's self-esteem, but aren't working institutions more important?Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com