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"If these two ‘no’ votes in two important founder Member States of the EU have not exactly plunged the whole of the EU into a crisis situation, they have in any case sent shock waves of a kind through the institutions. That is also why we are asking ourselves what the explanations are for these ‘no’ votes. What is the import of the ‘no’ votes in the Netherlands and France? It is important to carry out this analysis and simply to listen to the arguments that were used.
We have a fair knowledge of what these arguments were in both France and the Netherlands and of what the explanations for the ‘no’ votes were. The votes also reflect a situation and problems that are more far-reaching and that exist not only in those countries but also elsewhere around Europe. In my opinion, too much of this project has been reserved for a fairly small political elite, this being a situation we must change.
People today demand more of our democratic systems. They are better educated and better informed, and they want to be involved and to feel that they can influence matters. It is in this area that we must improve the way we operate. As I see it, there are also two routes to go down: one involving a right and the other an obligation. The right is the right I have as a person to be given information about what is going on, how decisions are made and what is being decided of relevance to me, my everyday life and my future. The obligation is the obligation of these democratic institutions to inform people about what is happening, what decisions are being taken and how people can be involved and exercise influence. We cannot pretend that we do not have this obligation also to inform. Some people call this propaganda but, for me, this is a very important task of ours. Providing information should be one of our fundamental tasks. It must, then, be done in a professional and efficient way.
Can you imagine
other institution of this size not being engaged in public relations or the task of communication, that is to say having no relationship with those people whom you in Parliament have to represent and with whom we should have some dialogue and discussion."@en1
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