[pp.int.general] The conference - what went wrong; how can we do better?

[Alexander Bock]

Am 22.04.2010 um 16:52 schrieb Justus Ršoemeth:

> The question in the long run is whether that is fair.
> Why does an opinion of somebody in Luxemburg counts more than that of someone in kenya or China?
> 
> Nevertheless, this is probably the best system for PPI. Even though it will be harder to change the official opinion of the bigger parties as a member of that party like Sweden or Germany) than in a small one, the official opinion of those bigger parties will have a bigger impact, no matter if it's one vote per country or not.

How does that matter? PPI does not enforce anything. If it makes a decision against Sweden's or Germany's wishes, they don't have to comply. Same goes for anyone else. Consensus will be key here.

> If we, in the long run, found a European party as well (for the European parlament) we should not apply the type of organization we chose/will choose for PPI though (which makes sense, as the European party would, even though it serves the same long-term goal in the same movement, employ very different methods than PPI and also sets different objectives). While it made sense for the EC to put a 'one vote for each country' policy in place. Today this policy is outdated however, a vote for the European parlament cast in Germany is much less valuable than one cast in Sweden (or Luxemburg or Malta).
> A PP.EU shouldtake that into account. PPI should not, or at least not until we have free worldwide elections for the UN (or a similair institution).
> 
> On the other hand it was very important to establish a system where PPI can not dominate a singel party on it's stance in politics (just imagine the Danish and Finnish pirate parties ganging up to tell the Swedish party on what to do. That is basically what could be happening in the european commission.

I agree.

Byebye,
Alex

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