NEWSLETTER #8

19 September 2005

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Content

 

0) EDITORIAL: GERMANY HAS VOTED

1) FIGURE OF THE MONTH: 82 %

2) REMINDER: DI MEETING

3) PARLIAMENTARIANS WANT EU WIDE REFERENDUM

4) BERLIN MIT DER BITTE UM WEISUNG

[BERLIN - REQUESTING INSTRUCTIONS]

 

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0) EDITORIAL: GERMANY HAS VOTED

 

by Ronald Pabst

 

German voters have decided. For a direct democrat

one point is remarkable. Nearly two thirds of the representatives

are belonging to parties which promote direct democracy

(at least officially).

The majority to change the constitution is so near like never

before…

At the end of this issue I have added a tip: Shortly after I started working for the European Referendum Campaign I met Harald Greib

who wrote a novel offering a look behind the scenes of European

policy making. I enjoyed proofreading the cheerful and stimulating novel.

It is available now.

 

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1) FIGURE OF THE MONTH: 82 %

 

Between 1998 and 2004 more than 80% of all new legislation for Germany was 'made in Brussels'. This s what the German

inistry of Justice stated in answering an official question by the German member of parliament Johannes Singhammer.

 

Please find all data here:

www.democracy-international.org/singhammer.html

 

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2) REMINDER: DI MEETING

 

Our next meeting will take place in Brussels on October 15

(10:30 - 17:00).

 

More information:

www.democracy-international.org/nextmeeting.html

 

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3) PARLIAMENTARIANS WANT EU WIDE REFERENDUM

 

Many members of the European Parliament are in favour of a

European wide referendum in 2009. Some Parliamentarians

suggest that the referendum should be about the outcomes of

a newly and directly elected Convention.

 

Read more

www.democracy-international.org/committee.html

 

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4) BERLIN MIT DER BITTE UM WEISUNG

[BERLIN - REQUESTING INSTRUCTIONS]

 

A German diplomat who does not want to be one. His girlfriend

Julia, who wants to marry him for his salary. A French top official - brilliant in making enemies. A German EU Ambassador…

 

These are some of the ingredients of the novel by Harald

Greib (*1961).

He studied law in Heidelberg, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier,

Karlsruhe and Geneva. Afterwards he worked for ten years as head of an advisory department for the German Ministry of the Interior and the Permanent Mission of Germany at the EU in Brussels including two years at the French Ministry of the Interior.

Since 2001, he is vice president of the think-tank on European policy

Europe 2020.

 

The book is published in German.

 

Find more information and a possibility to get a copy:

www.berlinmitbitteumweisung.de.vu

 

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Ronald Pabst / Carsten Berg

 

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