The greek presidency of the European Union has created in website in which people from Europe can express their opinion!
The url is: http://evote.eu2003.gr
It only takes a few minutes to answer.
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E-vote! Vote for the EU you want!
E-vote! Vote for the EU you want!
Hello!!
The greek presidency of the European Union has created in website in which people from Europe can express their opinion!
The url is: http://evote.eu2003.gr
It only takes a few minutes to answer.
Olivier
The greek presidency of the European Union has created in website in which people from Europe can express their opinion!
The url is: http://evote.eu2003.gr
It only takes a few minutes to answer.
Olivier
, so maybe you're right.
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I think only people interested in Europe care to vote ... which may explain the resultsAntti wrote:The results look good. (I mean they look good to me because in most of the questions the majority agreed with me) Still I fear the real general opinion isn't this positive, I think the EU-scpatists don't bother to vote. (or maybe I'm just too sceptic considering the general opinions)
Time is on our side ...
Here is the article of EUObserver about the polls on the website of the greek presidency:
E-vote attracts more than 140,000 people
Italians, Greeks, Germans and Belgians, mostly between the age of 25-39, have been the most active participants of the E-vote. (Photo: European Commission)
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – More than 140,000 people from all over Europe have expressed their views on various EU-related topics via the special website set up by the Greek presidency.
Set up a little over two months ago, the survey asks people about various aspects of the Union's activities including enlargement. According to the results, approximately 35% of respondents think EU enlargement is "as much good as a bad" development, although another group of slightly over 30% agreed that enlargement is a good idea. Less than 5% of respondents felt that the swelling of the current 15 member states to 25 next year is "a very bad" development.
Swedes most sceptical about the euro
As for the common European currency, 50% of respondents think the introduction of the euro was very successful. Evaluating the process on a scale from one to 10, 10 being the worst rate, half of the e-voters gave the euro a grade from one to three. Sweden and Great Britain, two of the three EU members that have not introduced the single European currency in their markets, are the most sceptical among the EU.
Every fifth Swedish participant of the E-vote evaluated the introduction of euro as very unsuccessful. More than 10% of the British and only 5% of Danish respondents had the same opinion.
Future of the EU
We want the EU to keep its current name and we want to elect the future president of Europe is the general reflection of the E-voters on the future of the EU. On the question of whether the EU should change its name, 65% of the respondents from the current EU member states say "No". However, other suggested variants – Europa, United Europe and United States of Europe – also gained some support.
Approximately half of the respondents agreed that an elected president of Europe is a good idea. However, the opinions on who should elect the head of EU states differed. More than 60% said it should be the people of Europe, 20% preferred the European Parliament to take the job.
With this project, the Greek Presidency is hoping to increase citizen participation in the decision-making process. This would be achieved by presenting the EU leaders with the E-vote results, spokesperson Kati Kaskeala told EUobserver.
Iraq E-vote most popular
Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou has shared the E-vote results with his colleagues. The European Commission, MEPs as well as Foreign Affairs ministries of EU member states and accession countries were also familiar with the project, the spokesperson added.
Besides general EU topics, the Greek Presidency has also launched several questionnaires on specific areas such as drug policy, immigration and asylum.
But the most popular e-vote so far has been the inquiry on War on Iraq with more than 100,000 participants.
On April 16, the date of the Accession Treaty signature, the Presidency launched the E-vote in all ten languages of the newcomers.
E-vote attracts more than 140,000 people
Italians, Greeks, Germans and Belgians, mostly between the age of 25-39, have been the most active participants of the E-vote. (Photo: European Commission)
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – More than 140,000 people from all over Europe have expressed their views on various EU-related topics via the special website set up by the Greek presidency.
Set up a little over two months ago, the survey asks people about various aspects of the Union's activities including enlargement. According to the results, approximately 35% of respondents think EU enlargement is "as much good as a bad" development, although another group of slightly over 30% agreed that enlargement is a good idea. Less than 5% of respondents felt that the swelling of the current 15 member states to 25 next year is "a very bad" development.
Swedes most sceptical about the euro
As for the common European currency, 50% of respondents think the introduction of the euro was very successful. Evaluating the process on a scale from one to 10, 10 being the worst rate, half of the e-voters gave the euro a grade from one to three. Sweden and Great Britain, two of the three EU members that have not introduced the single European currency in their markets, are the most sceptical among the EU.
Every fifth Swedish participant of the E-vote evaluated the introduction of euro as very unsuccessful. More than 10% of the British and only 5% of Danish respondents had the same opinion.
Future of the EU
We want the EU to keep its current name and we want to elect the future president of Europe is the general reflection of the E-voters on the future of the EU. On the question of whether the EU should change its name, 65% of the respondents from the current EU member states say "No". However, other suggested variants – Europa, United Europe and United States of Europe – also gained some support.
Approximately half of the respondents agreed that an elected president of Europe is a good idea. However, the opinions on who should elect the head of EU states differed. More than 60% said it should be the people of Europe, 20% preferred the European Parliament to take the job.
With this project, the Greek Presidency is hoping to increase citizen participation in the decision-making process. This would be achieved by presenting the EU leaders with the E-vote results, spokesperson Kati Kaskeala told EUobserver.
Iraq E-vote most popular
Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou has shared the E-vote results with his colleagues. The European Commission, MEPs as well as Foreign Affairs ministries of EU member states and accession countries were also familiar with the project, the spokesperson added.
Besides general EU topics, the Greek Presidency has also launched several questionnaires on specific areas such as drug policy, immigration and asylum.
But the most popular e-vote so far has been the inquiry on War on Iraq with more than 100,000 participants.
On April 16, the date of the Accession Treaty signature, the Presidency launched the E-vote in all ten languages of the newcomers.