FabSwingers.com forum: Is Brussels finally getting it?

By *uliaChris OP Couple
over a year ago

westerham

A couple of recent stories suggest they are in danger of understanding part of the problem...:

“Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for the Promotion of the European Way of Life, has underlined that the Future of Europe conference should focus on the “genuine people” and not the “Brussels bubble”.

“The Future of Europe Conference “should be an opportunity to launch a real debate with the genuine population, not with the people inside the Brussels bubble”, Schinas said on Monday (31 May) at the plenary session of the 65th Conference of Community Affairs Committees (COSAC), organised under the parliamentary dimension of the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the European Union.

According to the vice-president of the EU executive, it would be a “failure” if the debate on the future of Europe, which began on 9 May in Strasbourg, were “just another occasion where Brussels talks for Brussels”.

“Because there will always be plenty of opportunities for people involved in European politics to do things better,” he justified.

Highlighting the conference as “a unique opportunity to take things outside Brussels”, Schinas called for all sectors of society to join the debate, from social partners, regional authorities and national parliaments to farmers and the Erasmus generation.”

By *obka3Couple
over a year ago

bournemouth

"What do you think how far removed your own politicians and top civil servants are? "

All politicians etc are miles removed, consultations are just lip service