Comments on: Creating the European public sphere http://www.eldr.eu/blog/2010/05/20/creating-the-european-public-sphere/ The blog of European Liberal Democrats Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Robert Aled http://www.eldr.eu/blog/2010/05/20/creating-the-european-public-sphere/comment-page-1/#comment-9136 Robert Aled Thu, 20 May 2010 14:17:38 +0000 http://www.eldr.eu/blog/?p=417#comment-9136 I repectfully find myself opposed to these ideas. I believe it essential that elected represemntatives are accountable on a local basis. Coming from teh UK, where the concept of an MP representing th eviews and interests of 50 to 100 thousand persons, it is already difficult to imagine a proportional representation where no identity is ascribed to a MEP, as is rthe case in Spain where there are roughly 1 MEP per million. All knowledge and experience of what "Joe Bloggs" in teh street has already gone, and on a European scale would be seriously absent. Regards I repectfully find myself opposed to these ideas. I believe it essential that elected represemntatives are accountable on a local basis. Coming from teh UK, where the concept of an MP representing th eviews and interests of 50 to 100 thousand persons, it is already difficult to imagine a proportional representation where no identity is ascribed to a MEP, as is rthe case in Spain where there are roughly 1 MEP per million.
All knowledge and experience of what “Joe Bloggs” in teh street has already gone, and on a European scale would be seriously absent.
Regards

]]> By: Roald Schoenmakers http://www.eldr.eu/blog/2010/05/20/creating-the-european-public-sphere/comment-page-1/#comment-9135 Roald Schoenmakers Thu, 20 May 2010 11:13:33 +0000 http://www.eldr.eu/blog/?p=417#comment-9135 I think a pan-European liberal party adding to national parties is an interesting concept. Miguel, Count me in (as usual) on working on this idea. My best contribution (my strong point) is search engine and social media (facebook) marketing to attract and interact with sympathisers. I think a pan-European liberal party adding to national parties is an interesting concept. Miguel, Count me in (as usual) on working on this idea. My best contribution (my strong point) is search engine and social media (facebook) marketing to attract and interact with sympathisers.

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