Grands
Prix Newropeans 2004 : when
citizens reward the real actors
behind the democratization of
Europe
The
Grands
Prix Newropeans 2004 were
awarded Friday the 22nd of October
in Paris to 11 organizations
and European actors for their
particular role in the democratization
of the European Union.
This was the second edition
of this unique awards ceremony
in Europe that asks 500 representatives
from the civil society in the
25 EU countries to vote via
Internet for the winners, thanks
to the technological support
of Election-Europe.com.
From the leading European network
of biological tissues, EuroBiobank,
to organizations spearheaded
by the European youth, Aegee-Europe
and Cafe
Babel, the winners that
the Euro-Citizen jury selected
represent particular dynamic
groups that bring together tens
of thousands of Europeans on
a daily basis.
A
sign of the times, while Jean-Claude
Junker (the new Mr. Euro)
won in the category "Politics,"
coming in in a very close second
place was Paul
Van Buitenen, while in a
distant third was head of the
EU Commission M.
Barroso. Ironically, Mr.
Van Buitenen was employed by
the Commission in the past,
but 5 years ago it was he that
denounced the fraud and corruption
running rampant among the institutions.
In the "Culture" category,
it was « Goodbye
Lenin » that won,
while Easy
Jet and Eurostar
tied for first place in Mobility,
only slightly beating the bus
company Eurolines.
As for the regions, it was the
IANIS,
network, linking regions by
shared interests in technology,
that easily won. In the Media
category, EuroNews
was elected by a vast majority
of jury members. And in the
domain of services, Logos
helping Europeans in multiple
languages barely won with Vodafone
right behind.
As
for the institutions, the
European Court for Human Rights
won first place, suggesting
that it is not only the European
Union institutions which are
considered to be essential in
the eyes of European citizens.
Franck Biancheri, the president
of Newropeans, announced that
next year's Grand Prix Newropeans
2005 will continue to grow stretching
out to a jury of 1,000 to 2,000
representatives from the European
civil society. Franck Biancheri,
who is also President of TIESWeb,
has proposed that next year,
TIESWEB organize a similar project
entitled TIESWeb's « Transatlantic
Citizenship Grand Prix »,
aimed at rewarding those organizations/people
that have best developed links
between the American and European
civil societies.
EU
democratisation will require
the invention of new tools
The
Newropeans "Grands Prix"
reward every year the actors
(people and organisations) of
EU democratisation:
Technological challenge. Democratic
challenge. The Newropeans
are proud to have a Jury made
of 500 citizens located in 25
countries elect the winners
of the "Newropeans 2004
Grands Prix" thanks to
the Internet and to election-europe.com,
who graciously puts its state-of-the-art
technology to the Grands Prix'
disposition.
The
nominees of the 2004 edition
of the Newropeans Grands Prix
include Eurostar, José
Barroso, Café babel,
Vodafone, Euronews, Tiscali
Europe, Easyjet, EuroBioBank,
FSF Europe, The Öresund
Committee, The European Court
of Auditors...
Practical
Info
| Election
period : October
1st-22nd, 2004 |
|
| Technical
partner of the election
: Election-Europe.com |
|
| Voters
: 500 representatives
of European civil society
who compose the European
Grand Jury |
| Candidates
: 28 nominees,
3 categories, 9 sub-categories,
9 Grands Prix |
The
results will be announced on
Friday, October 22nd 2004,
10 pm in Paris (Western European
Time)
