networking [european] democracy
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A presentation at Republica Berlin by Anthony Zacharzewski (Demsoc) and Karen Melchior.TRANSCRIPT
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Networking [European] Democracy
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1. Fingers crossed: More leaflets, then they’ll
understand
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2. Back to the 50s ! (or before)
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3. Once more from the top: A constitutional convention
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4. I want to tell you a narrative: A series of
conferences
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5. Occupy Europe (let 500 million General Assemblies bloom)
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We risk a crisis that undoes the gains of
sixty years.
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By Christmas, we’ll have a new Parliament
and Commission: a fresh start
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Lewes
Using existing networks
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NHS Citizen
Networked participation infrastructure
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Open, organic and collaborative
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but with the structure democracy needs
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Institutions that behave differently
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How?• Work outside the Brussels bubble
• Multiple small engagements not big staged conferences*
• Make networks of networks
• Ten commandments of new politics for the new Commission and Parliament
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So … over to you
• What should we do ?
• What should we demand ?
• Stay involved : demsoc.org/europe