An article in the German version of HUFFPOST |
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junge Europa-Abgeordnete erklären, wie sie sich die Zukunft der
EU vorstellen Are we confident that we are in good hands? |
by Leonhard Landes |
Our views | |||
We see the following problems in the EU |
1. Deficiency in the democractic procedures and the EU political structure 2. Within the framework of the EU structure some countries were brought to the verge of economic disaster like Greece 3. Authoritarian and patriarchal social features especially gender relation predominate in the majority of the EU countries. Except UK and Sweden not much is done within METOO movement. 4. BREXIT - The advanced country with the exceptionally well-developed Rule of Law, transparency, tolerance is leaving the EU 5. Member States ignore EU laws taking to too long exceptions from the Schengen free movement. |
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Nice young people, avoiding to mention the major problems of the EU | Lets see what our young EU MP's think or avoid to think about | ||
Interviewees | name | interview answer | our comments below |
Jan Philipp Albrecht (Deutschland, 35 Jahre) Fraktion der Grünen / Freie Europäische Allianz @JanAlbrecht |
“Nicht nur das Logo der nationalen, sondern auch der europäischen Partei sollte auf den Stimmzettel der Europawahl stehen” |
Bizarre understanding - why to make it difficult for the new
parties. It is a conservative, authoritarian approach Still it is not clear if it will be allowed to vote for the same party from all member states. i.e. transnational electorate. Albrecht represents Environmental progressive party. Knowing national past he doesn't trust authorities, and is against transparency as he confuses it with privacy. He keeps distance to Metoo movement. (check Twitter) It is not strange as he comes from a nation with patriarchal and authoritarian past. The position of women ouside of Scandinavia is very week |
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Ska Keller (Deutschland, 36 Jahre) Fraktion der Grünen / Freie Europäische Allianz @SkaKeller |
Allerdings haben die CDU und CSU im Europäischen Parlament “dafür gesorgt, dass es keine transnationalen Listen von Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten bei der kommenden Europawahl geben wird” | Keller tells almost nothing about metoo. In Sweden thousands of actors, doctors witnessed about sexual harassment. Strange that in the German patriarchal society all is almost quiet. | |
Elly Schlein (Italien, 32 Jahre) Progressive Allianz der Sozialdemokraten @ellyesse |
“eine Gemeinschaft der Offenheit, der Solidarität und der Möglichkeiten für unsere und die nächste Generation | Nice approach not to have ideas, no details on what to do. With this approach there is no much future for the EU. | |
Nadja Hirsch (Deutschland, 39 Jahre) Allianz der Liberalen und Demokraten @nadjahirsch |
“Ohne beherzte Investitionen in digitale Infrastruktur, barrierefreien Zugang zu Produkten und Dienstleistungen, praktikablen Datenschutz, drastisch bessere Bedingungen für Start-Ups und digitale Innovationen werden wir Arbeitsplätze, Wohlstand und globalen Einfluss verlieren.” |
Why not to copy digital infrastructure of Sweden. In Sweden and Estonia
all can be accomplished on-line
except passport It works very well.. Why to reinvent things. Germany and Austria are the largest obstacles for transparent, open societies due to the past experience of dictatorship and the lingering fear of Authorities. Digitalization assumes transparency and openness. Comparing to UK Denmark and Sweden - the citizens in Germany and Austria are very "fearful" and understandably suspicious vis-a-vis the state. Even Street View is not fully implemented. The issues of digitalization is not the primarily the EU issue, it is internal issue. Sweden has done it alone without much problems. |
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Eva Kaili (Griechenland, 31 Jahre) Progressive Allianz der Sozialdemokraten Chair Scientific Foresight Unit #STOA @EvaKailiMEP |
“Wir müssen Wege finden, wie wir die Länder an Bord holen
können, die nicht die Geschwindigkeit der restlichen Länder
haben” Länder, die das nicht wollten, sollten nicht dieselben Freiheiten haben, in der EU Entscheidungen zu treffen. |
It would mean that the Greece could be excluded from the EU elite. I heard discussion in the finance circles where Greece is called Auction State. How could the EU allow such econnomic disaster like in Greece |
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