| VISION
EUROPE 2020 :
Contents which throws the traditional European visions up-side down
On
June 17th, 2002, the think-tank
Europe 2020 launched publicly
the first European political
project developed by the
generations born after the
Treaty of Rome: 14 concrete
proposals designed to reform
the European construction,
entitled " Vision Europe
2020 ". Fourteen strategic
and operational proposals
to build an effective and
democratic European Union
in the course of the next
two decades, developed on
the basis of three years
of work, which involved
over 10,000 citizens, national
and European civil servants,
experts, students, NGOs…
The document was widely
distributed in June 2002
towards European political
leaders, heads of State
and Government, members
of European and national
Parliaments, and members
of the Convention on the
Future of Europe; a distribution
which has triggered a large
debate at the highest level
of the EU, already resulting
in the emergence of a number
of new official proposals
regarding the future of
the EU.
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Newropeans Democracy Marathon : An event without precedent
A
democratic debate on the future
of Europe is a coherent and organized
event, wihch ought to ask simple
and concrete questions on what
we expect from tomorrow's Europe.
It should also be an open debate,
enabling to get free from the
ancient decisions made 50 years
ago, from the preferences of today's
Brussels bureaucrats, and from
all national fears. Being innovative
and citizen-based, the 14 proposals
of " Vision Europe 2020 " offer
an ideal basis to fuel the debate
with all those European citizens
who wonder " Where is Europe going?
" and who have ideas on some possible
answers to that question.
For
these reasons, together with numerous
members of the Europe 2020 and
Newropeans, the coordinator
of " Vision Europe 2020 ", Franck
Biancheri, has agreed to animate
personally a debate based on the
14 proposals, to be held in 100
European towns located in 25 different
countries, between October 2002
and June 2003. A physical and
intellectual challenge at the
scale of this new Europe we must
now organize.
In
July 2003, a new version of "Vision
Europe 2020", integrating comments
made by the citizens in these
debates and on the Internet, will
be published, distributed and
officially presented in the framework
of the closing congress of the
NDM operation : the Congress "Newropeans
2003".
THE DEBATES " Where
is Europe going ? "
The
entire network of partners and
contacts of both Europe 2020 and
Newropeans is mobilized, and new
partnerships are being developed,
around the organization of the
100 debate-conferences. The model-format
of these conferences is the following
:
Duration : 2 ½ heures
Progress:
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10 mns : Introduction by a representative
of the partner-organisation
. 40mns : Presentation of the
" 14 proposals " by
Franck Biancheri and 1 national
member of the Newropeans network
. 20 mns : Comment by 1-2 national
speakers
. 50 mns : Debate with the audience
. 30 mns : Press-meeting
Average
number of participants : 50-100
people
Work language(s)
: French and/or English (+ national
language depending on audience
and available equipment)
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