Yet this should not surprise us. And the reason is obvious: There is no European Campaign.
The groups in the European Parliament are not allowed to campaign and the European Political Parties can not agree on joint, campaignable platforms. The member parties each want to run their own national campaigns.
This does not come as a surprise if you look at the sometimes very diverse political agendas of member parties of a European Political Party.
This will only change if a condition is introduced for building a Political Group in European Parliament: Members must have campaigned on a joint political platform.
2 years ago I dud deep into the discussion about transnational list. Since I did not like the proposal I started to develop an alternative model to a similar end. But this project of mine ended in "draft of paper" status, because I saw no chance of Realisation. The transnational list proposal was already too far into the Insitutions.
This is an excellent observation!
Yet this should not surprise us. And the reason is obvious: There is no European Campaign.
The groups in the European Parliament are not allowed to campaign and the European Political Parties can not agree on joint, campaignable platforms. The member parties each want to run their own national campaigns.
This does not come as a surprise if you look at the sometimes very diverse political agendas of member parties of a European Political Party.
This will only change if a condition is introduced for building a Political Group in European Parliament: Members must have campaigned on a joint political platform.
Hi Klaus, Do you know why it is not allowed for groups in the European Parliament to campaign?
I will look it up.
2 years ago I dud deep into the discussion about transnational list. Since I did not like the proposal I started to develop an alternative model to a similar end. But this project of mine ended in "draft of paper" status, because I saw no chance of Realisation. The transnational list proposal was already too far into the Insitutions.
If you are interested please send me you Email.
I think the answer to your questio. was in there.
Klaus
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