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By: The failures of EU democracy | Nosemonkey’s EUtopia

The failures of EU democracy | Nosemonkey’s EUtopia — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:03:13 +0000

[...] things are not the most attractive at the best of times. (And yes, I have indeed noted this before. Many, many [...]

By: Ralf Grahn

Ralf Grahn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:45:43 +0000

Devil’s Kitchen,

At least you are true to form. :-)

By: Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:21:43 +0000

“Instead you need populist conspiracy theories, knee-jerk politician-bashing, and plenty of rumour and innuendo.”

*waves cheerfully*

We all know that the EU deliberately makes its affairs deeply tedious so that no one can be bothered to scrutinise them. And then they will invade Poland. Or something.

By: Ralf Grahn

Ralf Grahn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:27:47 +0000

Oh yes, watching a proposal mooted, green-papered, white-papered, distorted, voted and enacted can be as exciting as watching paint dry.

But watching a great civilization sink into oblivion (at the present rate of reform) would call for a Gibbons reincarnated.

The learning experience is real, too.

Conspiracy, bashing, rumour, innuendo and distortion already have their markets, but there is a niche for enlightenment.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:02:51 +0000

Wise One,

It is so good of you to spare your time and write pieces for “idiots” and then blog here for a selective few.
Or is it because you change your mind between your first sentence and your last ?

By: European Union Law Blog

European Union Law Blog — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:14:29 +0000

The EU-Commission frequents my blog. I am not sure whether my blog and opinions really matter to them, but at least I know that there are people in the EU who seem to care enough.

But my primary goal is to inform everyday people and to pull them into the process, to just make them feel interested in what’s going on. I also like to speculate in a positive manner – what could they do, what will happen next, what does the law (possibly) say?

Next year my goal will be to help motivating people to vote for EP-candidates. I’ll be choosing a whole bunch of candidates from different parties and root for them, try to get some interviews maybe etc.

EU-blogging is interesting to myself, because I also learn a lot myself that way, and to me that’s worth it, because I study European and International Law anyway.

By: Jon Worth

Jon Worth — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:44:49 +0000

Thanks… :-) Should have said that I know there are a few people out there who do take what I write reasonably seriously. However I seem to know my audience less and less, and that worries me. I sort of feel that there are also a lot of people, particularly in Brussels, that should be a natural audience but are not reading anything I write, or indeed blogs in general.

As for the EU being boring – yes, it is, sometimes… But there are loads of intrigues in it too, and those can be fascinating and frustrating in equal measure.