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At an event inside the European Parliament hosted by MEP Graham Watson, the Club of Rome – EU Chapter and the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, the cornerstones for a possible future global democracy were debated on the occasion of a special screening of the documentary “World Vote Now” by Joel Ben Marsden.
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The Lisbon Treaty enters into force today and introduces provisions which will change the institutional balance of the EU. The democratic deficit which sprang, at least in part, from institutional weaknesses is now supposed to shrink under clearer administration and leadership of the Union. Yet the question remains of how EU citizens perceive the EU, what they know about it and how they see the changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty. How might this change now?
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In “Coulisses de Bruxelles, UE”, Jean Quatremer, reports that Jerzy Buzek has been elected president of the European Parliament in the first round with 555 out of 644 votes and 713 present out of 736 MEPs.
Supported by the three first political groups of the European Parliament, the European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Buzek’s election came as no surprise to anyone.
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Last week the British government published its “Digital Britain” report on the future of communications in the UK.
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In these elections most Europeans have neglected the future composition of the European Parliament, and those who did not, have supported the Right at the expense of the centre-left. The Euroscepticism has also won as a result of the “punishment vote” by citizens.


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