acknowledge that before delving into the European Union saw it as something distant to me, which sometimes read the headlines press but rarely captured my attention. As I meet more of it, I'm putting everything in place, it's like the puzzle of this great system around us will become more understandable and therefore more interesting to me.
I see an ever closer Europe, its citizens eager to participate and get involved, learn their secrets and benefits of European citizenship, although it is true that they have not known how, or how to communicate. There is more to do the low participation of European citizens in the ongoing public consultations
that the EU makes available to any citizen who wants to really engage in this Europe. The results of these collaborations are minimal, as on other occasions
I mentioned.
I've always been attracted much attention as to why this happens, why people are so little support and participate in issues such transcendent as politics, education, culture ... be at whatever level, and change how we are able to spend our money and our time on inconsequential surveys such as those advertised daily on TV. I think the only explanation I can find is that the latter "sell" better than the EU itself.
If we were Europeans aware of the power means that a body like the EU, we see, if we were able to understand and do understand that with the collaboration and participation have the power to change policies Great, maybe, someday ... democracy becomes to its true function representative through a real active citizenship.
Active citizenship in which the city became political actor and a mere mediator of this action, the politician would regain its true function: to serve the people . Passive citizenship policy gives a perfect tool to believe in the power to impose their will, in addition feels immune to justice because they are believed backed by such anonymous mass that once gave such representation. There are those who believe
touched by the finger of God and optimism that made a real problem
social
. Unfortunately for active citizenship, none of these modes of understanding politics arouses the attention of millions of English and Europeans are much more attracted to, today, by the bait of inconsequential msm TV programs. Rather invite lethargy, as "total, if all are equal."
Well, I expect that some day comes that way of doing politics which triggers the self-absorbed, the sleepers and the rebel in us all and be able to make ourselves heard, we are in the position we are and the political sign is, but ultimately active citizens nonetheless.
partcicipación To read about active, I recommend an interesting article in
Factory Mayor of Parthenay (France) to 2,001, Michel Hervé, who was able to implement a true example of participation active in this city. Undoubtedly, a glimmer of hope that things can be different, because basically, man is collaborative and participatory.
