3
May
2022
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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, we have come to the end of this experiment. I don't know what else to call it. An experiment that had the ambition to bring institutions from citizens, but did nothing but bring citizens, or rather a small minority of citizens, who we do not know well chosen as, within the vortex of institutions. An experiment that immediately gave the impression of not looking so much at the result, but of doing, a compulsive, disorganized and above all without clear objectives and purposes. Obviously with these premises, the result could only be what is now in front of everyone's eyes. The mountain gave birth to a mouse. A mouse made up of recommendations, which are largely acceptable, yes, but which are already largely the subject of political discussions and have therefore not brought much news. A mouse that has also made clearly straight recommendations such as those on transnational lists. If we think that European citizens consider them a priority, perhaps it would be better to get out of the situation for a moment. comfort zone Let's talk to the real people who at this moment have many other problems, many other concerns. Let's face it, it was an experiment that completely missed its goal, unless its goal was to give a semblance of popular legitimacy to positions that are very well rooted within the palace. But only here. Of course, we will never know exactly how much this experiment cost, but we hope that the lesson is that politics will once again have its legitimate decision-making primacy without being ashamed of it, while actively and concretely involving all citizens, even and above all the most critical ones, who have had no voice within this initiative, which is all the more reason to consider this experiment a failure. Too bad. We all believed it, but we have, you have missed another opportunity to really bring European citizens closer to these institutions.