(Off & for the press) We need a ‘Democracy Commissioner’: defining for EU coalition-building

(Off & for the press) We need a ‘Democracy Commissioner’: defining for EU coalition-building

Christophe Leclercq Christophe Leclercq

Christophe Leclercq

Digital media & corporate governance. Chair Europe MédiaLab (ex-Fondation EurActiv): initiating Stars4media programmes. Founder of EURACTIV.com. Ex-McKinsey consultant & EU Directorate Gal Competition

发布日期: 2024年6月7日
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3 themes will help define the next political coalition, and its priorities:

  • the Green Deal (possibly adjusted: long discussions coming up)
  • Security & Defense (stronger, but how?)
  • last but not least - Democracy (not just rule of law principles). This is the focus of the OpEd below.

The 3 potential priorities are related:

  • all about protecting Europeans: an overall narrative?
  • likely consensual between democratic parties of left and right, including member parties of EPP, PES, Greens, Renew. And also many governments (not quite all…)
  • Based on Sunday’s election results, can help bridge differences on other points. For example, PES, Greens and Renew are unlikely to join a coalition without Green Deal and Democracy.?

Plus, Europe needs a healthy and sovereign press:

  • not just platforms and AI, boosting disinformation...
  • Hence a media industrial policy. Bundling policies and resources
  • the future Democracy Commissioner should be supported by ‘DG DEM’ (Commission directorate general for democracy and media). Unlike the current duo: Thierry Breton & Vera Jourova...

EN: Europe Needs a Democracy Commissioner

FR: L'Europe a besoin d'un Commissaire à la Démocratie

DE: Europa braucht ein Kommissar(in) für Demokratie


Two possible next steps for you?

Deeper? You wish to influence negotiations? More details available, notably from me, on ‘Why, What and How’.?The three versions above, via ? Project Syndicate , aim for the national press. They are quite high level & ‘grand public’.??

Acting? We, at Europe MédiaLab, also act for democracy. In addition to initiating @Stars4media programmes, we launch the Maison du MédiaLab, to help triple the number of Eastern European correspondents. This is in line with your values? Please tell your friends about these openings: a) Programmes & Fundraising Director b) Programme coordinator trainee


Adam Thomas Mouchtar

Head of Office to MEP Nikola Minchev, Vice-Chair of the IMCO Committee in the European Parliament

5 个月

Excellent idea that will hopefully find political support from Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola Free press is the fourth pillar of any democracy and is not negotiable

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Christophe Leclercq

Digital media & corporate governance. Chair Europe MédiaLab (ex-Fondation EurActiv): initiating Stars4media programmes. Founder of EURACTIV.com. Ex-McKinsey consultant & EU Directorate Gal Competition

5 个月

Update upon EP election results this Sunday: EPP Group is in the lead, and will negotiate both with hard right like ECR, and with progressives like Party of European Socialists (PES), centrists @Renew and The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament. Red lines could includes values like Democracy, best embodied by its own Commissioner. Alongside priorities like Defense / Security, and Greening. As we advocate at Europe MédiaLab, with my co-authors Paolo Cesarini of European Digital Media Observatory, and @Maria Jo?o Rodrigues EU of FEPS Europe.

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David Mekkaoui

Executive Leader, enthusiastic MédiaLab MD, previously Euractiv CEO, also speaker and consultant on AI in Media.

5 个月

A Democracy Commissioner would not only safeguard democracy but also enhance public trust and counter disinformation. Great idea!

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