Dear Roland,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:CAOLD2%2BbMfbctbqFejaL0jkrMrcfgKfMvhonkKWFaZ-wOqBgTCA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAOLD2+<u></u>bMfbctbqFejaL0jkrMrcfgKfMvhonk<u></u>KWFaZ-wOqBgTCA@mail.gmail.com</a>><u></u>, at 11:19:21 on Thu, 24 May 2012, Andrea Glorioso <<a href="mailto:andrea@digitalpolicy.it" target="_blank">andrea@digitalpolicy.it</a>> writes<div class="im">
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Assuming this is true (and, for quite obvious reasons, I don't want to take<br>
a position even on a personal capacity :) some would argue that this is a<br>
consequence of the fact that while in the EU we have an economic and<br>
monetary union, we still do not have a true "political union". Which is in<br>
part what all the proposals on "European economic governance" are about.<br>
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Does that mean we can't take properly democratic global IG decisions until there's "global governance" of some kind?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><br></blockquote><div><br>This is a very general question, therefore it is difficult for me to provide an answer.<br>
<br>But again generally speaking, I do believe we already have some form of "global governance" system in place which spans across many different policy areas; many of which are either impacted, or impact, or both, the Internet (and its governance). <br>
<br>Hence my suggestion that a mapping of this "global governance" system and the extent to which government/public authorities already have a role could be a useful step, not the least because it would allow to focus on those areas where the capability of government/public authorities to exercise their rights and obligations towards their citizens in a global cross-border environment is somewhat limited (privacy/personal data protection comes to mind). Furthermore, such a mapping could also help to identify which fora/processes could benefit from a broader involvement of more stakeholders.<br>
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