[governance] European Parliament

[Ian Peter]

(slightly humorous and partially factual)

Just to confirm that this meeting took place as scheduled. The European
Parliamentarians were represented by Bertrand de La Chapelle and I
represented Civil Society. I explained as follows (apologies to Nitin Desai)

essentially, this is a dialogue between two groups of people ... and
we must face up to that reality. On the one hand, we have a group of
people who feel that the present modalities of government of all things by
sovereign states is working, will work, even in the future, who are afraid
that any major change in the way in which these arrangements are set
up would compromise governments in some form. And on the other
hand, we have a lot of people who are dependent on the Internet for
their activities, for the economic, social, political, whatever, who
feel that they have to have a say in the public policy issues which
affect how the Net runs in this manner. These are essentially the
two groups who are in dialogue here.


(Bertrand was delegated to act for European Parliamentarians in a last
minute arrangement, and with no venue confirmed we agreed to postpone a
meeting between us to a suitable social function)

Ian Peter
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kleinwächter, Wolfgang
> > [mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de]
> > Sent: 25 November 2008 03:30
> > To: Kleinwächter, Wolfgang; governance at lists.cpsr.org; jlfullsack;
> > governance at lists.cpsr.org; Elisabeth.MARKOT at ec.europa.eu
> > Cc: Parminder; William Drake
> > Subject: [governance] European Parliament
> >
> >
> > Dear list
> >
> > Elisabeth Markort from the European Commission forwarded me the
> invitation
> > of the European delegation which includes also a number of members of
> the
> > European Parliament, for a meeting with civil society in Hyderabad at 4.
> > Dezember, 13:00. Room will be announced.
> >
> > We had such meetings in Athens and Rio and it was very useful.  Please
> > reserve the date in your calendar.
> >
> > Wolfgang
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