2010/05/30

A Great Victory !!!

In course of our DDEV meeting in Prag on March 5, 2010 we have had as a guest John Radek and Kristina Koci, the leader and a leading officer of Veci Verejne, a new political Movement in the Czech Republic.
Veci Verejne ( Public affairs ) is a party fostering Direct Democracy, and after some years of hard work has become popular in the Czech Republic where most of the citizens are disgusted from the corruption of the political parties which have run the post-comunist era governments.

Yesterday, Saturday May 29, the results in the nation-wide polls gave Veci Verejne an astonishing 10,9%.
It never happened that a new political movement could get such a wonderful result : we consider that the concept of Direct Democracy has offered to many Czech citizens the hope to overcome the present miserable situation.

We wish John Radek all the best, and will propose to the DDEV European Committe to offer him to lead the Direct Democrats in the Czech Republic !!!

Federico Tonini

2009/12/01

DDEV Newsletter

AS DECIDED IN COURSE OF THE ATHENS MEETING, THE NEWS BULLETIN ISSUED FROM OUR CZECH FRIENDS HAS NOW BECOME THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF DDEV.
SINCE A FEW DAYS WE MAKE AVAILABLE THE DDEV NEWSLETTER IN ITALIAN TO OUR READERS, IN A PDF FILE THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED AND PRINTED.
ALL OF US IN ATHENS, MILAN, PARIS AND PRAG ARE VERY PROUD FOR BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN MOVEMENT FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY TO PUBLISH ITS JOURNAL IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

DEMOCRAZIA FEDERALE
FEDERICO TONINI


2009/09/03

SECOND DDEV MEETING, ATHENS OCTOBER 3

IN THE FIRST MEETING IN PRAG THE FOUNDING MOVEMENTS HAVE DECIDED TO CONFEDERATE INTO ONE EUROPEAN WIDE MOVEMENT WITH THE NAME OF DDEV ( DIRECT DEMOCRACY EURO VISION ).
NOW THEY HAVE AGREED TO MEET AGAIN IN ATHENS, FOR THE WEEKEND OF 3/4 OCTOBER, TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE ORGANIZATION OF DDEV AND AGREE ON COMMON RULES TO BE FOLLOWED FOR ELECTIONS IN THEIR COUNTRIES, STARTING FROM JANUARY 2010.
THE DATE HAS BEEN CHOOSEN IN ORDER TO MEET THE GERMAN ACTIVISTS OF OMNIBUS FUR DEMOKRATIE, WHICH WILL BE IN ATHENS IN THE SAME DAYS.
IN THE NEXT POST DETAILS SHALL BE RELEASED ABOUT THE MEETING AGENDA.
FEDERICO TONINI

2009/03/30

Press Release from Prag Conference

In the following the press-release issued at the Conference in Prag which marked the establishment of the European Coalition of Direct Democracy Movements.
The European Movement has been given he name of DDEV Direct Democracy Euro Vision.
Details on the Conference shall be given later on on this Blog.

“DIRECT DEMOCRACY EURO – VISION”

Website:
www.theeuropeandemocrat.blogspot.com
E-mails: geoko@otenet.gr
jiri.polak@swipnet.se
tobuz@libero.it

Prague, March 22, 2009


PRESS RELEASE

The discourses of the Conference held by direct Democracy Movements of Europe, that took place in the Czech Republic, which is appointed with the Presidency of the European Union, at the beginning of the vernal equinox, symbolizing the basic democratic principles of the equality of rights, the equality before the law and the equality of speech, were completed successfully today, establishing a Resolution for the foundation of a Political Action Network, at a European level, called:

“Direct Democracy Euro – Vision”,

which was given a relative logo for the purpose of its possible use in the upcoming European Parliament Elections of June 7, 2009.
Noteworthy is the decision to ask the European citizens, through a Pan – European Referendum, to decline the acceptance of new member – states within the European Union, until the integration of the existing ones is completed, excluding the future acceptance of Russia, which will take place after the direct establishment of a specific financial relationship between Russia and the European Union.
The people of Russia should also accept, through a Referendum, such a prospect and the “direct Democratic Euro – Vision” will undertake the initiative to broaden this idea and its perspectives in both sides soon.

Federico Tonini

2009/03/16

This is the press release regarding the coming event in Prague, where the DEV, the new European Direct Democracy Movement shall be founded.

March 14, 2009
“DEMOCRATIC EURO-VISION”
Press Release
Subject: Conference in Prague held by the “Democratic Euro-Vision”andDirect Democratic Initiatives of Europe.
In most European countries, there are organisations and/or movements tryingto democratize their political systems by introducing elements of DirectDemocracy.
To increase their efficiency, it is desirable to establish acoalition forming a common European movement, aiming at regular contacts bymeans of a blog, discussing common goals and strategy and supporting oneanother´ s efforts.
The “Democratic Euro-Vision” serves this purpose and invites all european national movements, initiatives and organizations, who accept certain common direct democracy principles, to join and give moral support to one another with efforts to democratize their respective countries, especially expressing our ideas through our participation in the coming EuropeanParliament elections of June 7, 2009.
In order to broaden and strengthen its aims, Democratic Euro-Vision is organizing a Conference, which will be held in Prague, on the 21st and 22nd of March 2009.
All european movements and organizations that serve direct Democracy values and principles are invited to attend.
The main purpose of the Conferenceshall be the founding of the European Direct Democracy Confederation, underthe name: “Democratic Euro-Vision”, organized by the national Movements taking part.
Other Movements from countries outside Europe or individuals notrepresenting a Movement are invited to attend as observers.
INFO:
www.theeuropeandemocrat.blogspot.com
geoko@otenet.gr ;
tobuz@libero.it ;
jiri.polak@swipnet.se

2009/01/22

WE ARE NOW FOUR !!

WHILE OTHER EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TAKE PART IN OUR GROUP, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW ENTRY IN THE GROUP :
THE FRENCH RDD, RASSEMBLEMENT POUR LA DEMOCRATIR DIRECTE, HAS NOW ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY IN A MEETING HELD IN PARIS WITH DEMOCRAZIA FEDERALE THEY WILL BE PART OF THE NEW COALITION.
A DELEGATION FROM RDD WILL THEN TAKE PART IN THE PRAG CONGRESS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH FOR ESTABLISHING THE NEW EUROPEAN MOVEMENT.
AT THIS TIME THEN THE FOLLOWING NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE COALITION : CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, GREECE, ITALY.
FEDERICO TONINI

2009/01/05

Meeting in Sweden

A meeting was held in Sweden on December 30, 2008 when Democrazia Federale from Italy met mr. Jiri Polak, editor of the Direct Democracy Newsletter and a leading person in the international Direct Democracy movement.
In the following a summarized report about the issues discussed in course of the meeting.

Sandby, Dec 30 2008

Meeting between Democrazia Federale and Mr Jiri Polak

The meeting was called for the purpose of organizing steps and events required for starting the project of a European Confederation of DD Movements.
The following issues have been discussed :

1 – DD Movements

All European Movements approving our DD Charter as published in our Blog are entitled to take part into the Confederation.
The above is the only necessary condition to enter the Confederation, while the practical steps of organization and methods to reach the common objective can be different from one country to another.

2 – Newsletter

The Newsletter published in Prag by Jiri Polak is a precious resource for our projects.
It has been agreed that, starting with the next March issue, the following changes will be implemented

The Newsletter will be organized into a European section, serving as official journal for the Confederation, and an International section reporting news from DD movements around the world outside Europe.
The newsletter will be translated into the main European languages to reach a satisfactory diffusion over the whole territory of the Union.

3 – Conference in Prag

The date has been restricted to the choice between March 14 and March 21.
The main purpose of the Conference shall be the founding of the European DD Confederation, organized by the national Movements taking part.
Other Movements from countries outside Europe, or individuals not representing a Movement are invited to attend as observers.


Federico Tonini