Digital trends among the European Parliament
MEPs continue to make use of a wide range of channels to communicate with constituents. The most notable developments since 2009 have been the rise of social networks (mainly Facebook) and the decline in blogging. This is likely due to a number of reasons: the time-intensive nature of blogging is worthwhile in an election year, but less so now; platforms like Facebook and Twitter provide immediately accessible audiences while blogs have to be marketed.
MEP 2.0 Workshops
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This initiative is based on the French “Ateliers de l’élu 2.0” launched in October 2009 by Secretary of State, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet for French parliamentarians. The French version of these workshops gathered 180 parliamentarians in total and resulted in the creation of over 30 Twitter and Facebook account. Continue Reading
Improving the attractiveness of the plenary
Message from Diana Wallis, representative for the working party for improving attractiveness of the plenary during the conference of presidents:
“As you may already be aware, I will be representing the Group on the new Working Party on Improving the Attractiveness of the Plenary set up by the Conference of Presidents, and chaired by Hannes Swoboda from the S&D group. Our first meeting is scheduled for this week, on the 11th November, and I would very much appreciate receiving your thoughts and ideas before this first meeting, or indeed as our work continues. I will of course be keeping you informed of any concrete proposals borne of our discussions there.
Parliament’s first year in numbers: July 2009 to July 201
It is just over a year since the June 2009 elections and in the first year a remarkable number of debates and votes have taken place. Here we look at some of the numbers that have dominated the first of the five year mandate.
European Commission report on public document access
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