tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post7855442288054313906..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: A Week as a Romanian S&D MEPEurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-71716264330994930182010-06-02T15:29:20.065+01:002010-06-02T15:29:20.065+01:00Hi Daniele (sorry for the late reply - I've ha...Hi Daniele (sorry for the late reply - I've had exams recently),<br /><br />Thanks! Luckily we were just small enough to co-ordinate (or at least not splinter too much). Though we did have one or two rebels - and one surprised us all by submitting an amendment without telling anyone in the party (which is a strange tactic, since if you don't tell anyone about it, then it doesn't have much hope of passing...).Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-22294613506819233182010-05-21T05:42:15.526+01:002010-05-21T05:42:15.526+01:00Hi Conor,
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First of all Conor, let me ...EPP Germany, present!<br /><br />First of all Conor, let me say that your blog is really brilliant and I can’t agree with you more about the need for Europe of a “citizen-centred vision that can deliver for citizens and involve them in building a pan-continental future”.<br /><br />Back to the topic: being a member of EPP, actually one of its coordinators, I can confirm your statements. It was almost impossible to work. Sometimes I wasn’t even aware that someone was submitting an amendment. It was so stressful to try to keep the party united and with 1 clear idea to support. Btw those were the most challenging moments: for us diplomacy was firstly an art to be used inside our own party! I can’t really say that we were divided into several wings but each one of us tended to act following a prevailing nationalistic attitude. But at the very end we managed to be united in diversity! <br /><br />Thanks for your contributions <br />danieledaniele martinellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-71920877125416091752010-05-12T15:05:58.023+01:002010-05-12T15:05:58.023+01:00The EPP had a big challenge keeping their party un...The EPP had a big challenge keeping their party united; it was so big that it was hard to get everyone together for a proper discussion, so it must have been hard to keep MEPs on side if they didn't feel as involved. The S&D were lucky in having 28 - any more and the party would probably have been unwieldy.<br /><br />Thanks for the link!Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-72384288749077614652010-05-12T09:55:06.600+01:002010-05-12T09:55:06.600+01:00wow, two legislations and the draft are passed bet...wow, two legislations and the draft are passed between the EP and the Council all the time - that's really stressful. But it sounds like you experienced a very realistic picture, with some MEPs only showing up for the final vote and the heads of groups having trouble to keep their troops together. If you're interested, there is also an association called EuroSIM that organizes <a href="http://www.eurosim.info/" rel="nofollow">simulations</a> regularly. There are always pretty brainy Americans present who show the Europeans that you don't have to live in Europe to know the Union.Andréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964083958627359931noreply@blogger.com