Dear Jean-Louis,<br><br>On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <<a href="mailto:jlfullsack@orange.fr">jlfullsack@orange.fr</a>> wrote:<br>> Dear All<br>><br>> i cannot but subscribe to all the arguments Wolfgang is presenting in his comments. Thanks to him for having given such a substance to my initial message. For all the mentioned reasons -also in former mails- Guttengerg is NOT the mediator European CS and "European Values" deserve.<br>
><br>> Once again -and sorry for Andrea- Mrs Kroes did a very big mistake and discredited the work done so far by the European bodies, i.a. the European Parliament. I do hope she will be informed about our discussion.<br>
<br>You don't need to be sorry for me (but thanks for the thought :). I am still unconvinced by the arguments I heard, which I personally think are based on an understanding of the political priorities and constraints we are facing (and of the role of zu Guttenberg, who is not a spokesperson nor certainly a "mediator" in the sense I would normally give to the term) that simply do not correspond to reality. <br>
<br>I am also deeply unconvinced about the rather romantic depiction of "civil society" in authoritarian regimes made by Wolfgang and others. Those activists and citizens whom I met (with Neelie Kroes or alone) ranged from very romantic types indeed, to people who would have made Machiavelli take notes. (Needless to say, being the cynical black soul of a eurocrat I am, I personally connected much better with the latter ones :). <br>
<br>But in the end it is not my opinion that counts. <br><br>Vice-President Kroes will certainly be informed of the exchanges, although I am afraid I am not enough of a poet to properly convey the level of indignation and grief I heard from some of you (yes, I *am* being a tiny wee sarcastic here :). <br>
<br>Again, I encourage you to contact Neelie Kroes if you want to let her know something, but let me friendly remind you: the time and attention of a European Commissioner, like any other person in a similar office, is a (very) scarce resource. It is your choice on what you want such time and attention to be focused: on decisions already taken, or on those yet to take. <br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Andrea <br>