{"id":1311,"date":"2018-02-05T14:45:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroalter.local\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2020-02-25T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:46:47","slug":"real-representation-europeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/fr\/real-representation-europeans\/","title":{"rendered":"Real representation as Europeans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>OUR PETITION<\/h2>\n<h4>Candidates running for the European Parliament in upcoming elections should be accountable to all EU citizens, and not only to their national electorate. Time has come to elect Members of Parliament no longer based on their country of origin and to allow them to run across Europe.<\/h4>\n<h4>Make the necessary changes to ensure this happens!<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.wemove.eu\/campaigns\/real-representation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14673 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition.png 800w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition-768x192.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/final.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/final.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/final-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/final-768x483.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"630\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>A bold proposal to revolutionise European elections\u00a0<\/strong>was just announced. The European Parliament (EP) will have to decide whether to\u00a0<strong>take it forward or reject it this Wednesday.<\/strong>\u00a0[1]\n<p><strong>Right now, many of our representatives are immersed in a daily battlefield to defend the interests of their country<\/strong>, when they should be thinking about our common future as Europeans. Instead of win-win solutions, politics in the EP often end up in a zero sum game.<\/p>\n<p>But this new proposal, known as \u2018transnational lists\u2019, can change that. By having at least some\u00a0<strong>parliamentarians\u00a0<\/strong>(MEPs) accountable to all Europeans, the EP\u00a0<strong>can become more of a forum to plan our common future as Europeans.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s possible, but not easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Already an significant number of MEPs favour this idea.\u00a0<\/strong>But many are still undecided and we\u2019ve just learnt which ones are trying to block the proposal by heavily lobbying their colleagues.\u00a0<strong>As their electors, we can pressure them and voice our message for a stronger democracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If candidates in the next EP elections could run as part of a truly international and European party\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 not just as part of a conglomerate of national parties, they could be free from conflicting national agendas. We would still vote for national MEPs, but we would also vote for a candidate on a joint European list. And that candidate wouldn\u2019t need to be from our own country.<\/p>\n<p>They would be better placed to bear in mind everyone\u2019s interests \u2013 our interests as Europeans, and not just the interests of people who share their passport.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity \u2013\u00a0<strong>an outcry from a movement of mobilised Europeans can mark the difference between a parliament that searches for win-win solutions or a battlefield over petty nationalistic interests!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint European lists would breathe new life into the debates in Parliament,\u00a0<\/strong>force political parties to put forward their vision for Europe and possibly stimulate greater voter turnout!<\/p>\n<p>We need to influence both parliamentarians and our national leaders for this to happen.<\/p>\n<p>After the vote in Parliament it\u2019s the countries of the EU that will be calling the shots on the future of the proposal. It\u2019ll be their time to decide.\u00a0<strong>France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Malta and Greece already<\/strong>\u00a0favour the proposal. [2] We have a tangible chance to make this happen: but we still need to shift key players like Germany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.wemove.eu\/campaigns\/real-representation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14673 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition.png 800w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/button-sign-petition-768x192.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>References<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20180123IPR92301\/eu-elections-2019-meps-pave-way-for-pan-european-constituency-post-brexit\">http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20180123IPR92301\/eu-elections-2019-meps-pave-way-for-pan-european-constituency-post-brexit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primeminister.gr\/en\/2018\/01\/11\/19195\">https:\/\/primeminister.gr\/en\/2018\/01\/11\/19195<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>In partnership with<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.wemove.eu\/campaigns\/real-representation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14659 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegoodlobby.eu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wemove.eu\/sites\/wemove.eu\/files\/fq2y7y6r_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ecas.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wemove.eu\/sites\/wemove.eu\/files\/ecas-tagline-300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/2018\/real-representation-europeans\" data-a2a-title=\"Real representation as Europeans\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR PETITION Candidates running for the European Parliament in upcoming elections should be accountable to all EU citizens, and not only to their national electorate.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transnational-democracy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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