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admin [Was ist "Europa" in Brüssel?] 		text:bruessel_23:bruessel_23_en [2023/10/23 10:45] (aktuell)
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-The European Commission is the administration of the European Union. It has many of the tasks of a government, but is not elected; instead, the commissioners (ministers) are appointed by the nation states on the basis of complicated proportional representation. In addition, there are the 30,000 civil servants. They are officials of the Commission and form the engine room of the EU administration. The crew that drives the ship. Under the command of changing officers, but necessarily largely independent in their day-to-day work. They are employees of the Commission, not of the nation states. The officials from the United Kingdom will also remain here despite Brexit.\\+The European Commission is the administration of the European Union. It has many of the tasks of a government, but is not elected; instead, the commissioners (ministers) are appointed by the nation states on the basis of complicated proportional representation. In addition, there are the 30,000 civil servants. They are officials of the Commission and form the engine room of the EU administration. The crew that drives the ship - under the command of changing officers, but necessarily largely independent in their day-to-day work. They are employees of the Commission, not of the nation states. The officials from the United Kingdom will also remain here despite Brexit.\\
  
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 We meet two officials from the "Mobility" and "Climate" directorates on the study tour. They tell us about the tasks of the Commission, about which aspects and how Europe is governed from this headquarters. I only get an idea of how complicated the structures are that manoeuvre between national and supranational responsibilities. Both officials have been here for decades, and I think I can hear in the overtones: the two are not overwhelmed, weary or aimless. They see themselves as part of an institution that has now been around for a long time and that works in principle. They speak of models, probabilities and of very long-term developments that escape the public eye and day-to-day politics. I ask both of them about the dwindling enthusiasm for the European Union among the populations of the nation states. They don't seem to understand me and talk about regulations being implemented and that there would be no major problems with that. Perhaps I did not formulate my question well? Or maybe it is just that their gaze is fixed on a point on the distant horizon, overlooking the near surroundings? There is something in that that I find reassuring, I am surprised to realise.\\ We meet two officials from the "Mobility" and "Climate" directorates on the study tour. They tell us about the tasks of the Commission, about which aspects and how Europe is governed from this headquarters. I only get an idea of how complicated the structures are that manoeuvre between national and supranational responsibilities. Both officials have been here for decades, and I think I can hear in the overtones: the two are not overwhelmed, weary or aimless. They see themselves as part of an institution that has now been around for a long time and that works in principle. They speak of models, probabilities and of very long-term developments that escape the public eye and day-to-day politics. I ask both of them about the dwindling enthusiasm for the European Union among the populations of the nation states. They don't seem to understand me and talk about regulations being implemented and that there would be no major problems with that. Perhaps I did not formulate my question well? Or maybe it is just that their gaze is fixed on a point on the distant horizon, overlooking the near surroundings? There is something in that that I find reassuring, I am surprised to realise.\\
  
-In the evening, we meet a few staff members of MPs, they tell us about their work and their convictions. I feel the wind of change in our times, but it feels different here, so close to the decisions. Our conversations are strangely concrete, determined and at the same time cautious, as if words could have consequences here.\\+In the evening, we meet a few staff members of MEPs, they tell us about their work and their convictions. I feel the wind of change in our times, but it feels different here, so close to the decisions. Our conversations are strangely concrete, determined and at the same time cautious, as if words could have consequences here.\\
  
  
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-At breakfast I want to write, but a conversation arises with a German company representative who is preparing an appointment with a member of parliament. It is about the new EU legislation, the "Green Deal". Her company needs more land, but fears that the EU rules will prohibit it. This would ruin the company or force it to emigrate. She wants to argue that in 20 years (after the desired management of the land), the company would renaturalise the area to a higher quality. Then a CO2 sink would be created, which would turn the entire climate balance of the project into a positive one by the year 2100. The MEP should be convinced to bring this position into the political process and to try to move the Commission to find a derogation.\+At breakfast I want to write my travel log, but a conversation arises with a German company representative who is preparing an appointment with a member of parliament. It is about the new EU legislation, the "Green Deal". Her company needs more land, but fears that the EU rules will prohibit it. This would ruin the company or force it to emigrate. She wants to argue that in 20 years (after the desired management of the land), the company would renaturalise the area to a higher quality. Then a CO2 sink would be created, which would turn the entire climate balance of the project into a positive one by the year 2100. The MEP should be convinced to bring this position into the political process and to try to move the Commission to find a derogation.\
  
 Just another morning in a hotel in Brussels, I suppose. I ask the woman if she is a lobbyist. She hesitates, can't see herself that way personally. Although she does represent interests... is that already lobbying?\\ Just another morning in a hotel in Brussels, I suppose. I ask the woman if she is a lobbyist. She hesitates, can't see herself that way personally. Although she does represent interests... is that already lobbying?\\
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 Pawel in Krakow calls this attitude the subsidiary heart of the West.  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity |Subsidiarity]] here means: the individual has significance, rights and dignity vis-à-vis the state and the community. This is a very short definition for the essence of the "West" and its distinction from the emerging authoritarian systems in the world. One can also say "liberal conception of man".\\ Pawel in Krakow calls this attitude the subsidiary heart of the West.  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity |Subsidiarity]] here means: the individual has significance, rights and dignity vis-à-vis the state and the community. This is a very short definition for the essence of the "West" and its distinction from the emerging authoritarian systems in the world. One can also say "liberal conception of man".\\
  
-I see the message of this freedom in the architectural ensemble in the European Quarter. Under the simultaneous desire for a message of powerful self-confidence.\\  +I see the message of this freedom in the architectural ensemble in the European Quarter. But at the same time, a powerful self-confidence should be radiated.\\  
-I feel a little sorry for the buildings because of the wide balancing act they have to perform in their outward appearance. But I now gladly forgive them for their exaggerated grandiosity. And by the way: the "insect hotel" is actually an ambitious ecological urban greening.\\+I feel a little sorry for the buildings because of the wide balancing act they have to perform in their outward appearance. But I now gladly forgive them for their exaggerated grandiosity. And by the way: the "insect hotel" is actually part of an ambitious ecological Urban Greening Plan.\\
  
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 I consider the following three principles to be deep convictions at the EU in Brussels. Not as rules, but they belong to an attitude to which rules have to justify themselves - and out of which new rules can emerge:  I consider the following three principles to be deep convictions at the EU in Brussels. Not as rules, but they belong to an attitude to which rules have to justify themselves - and out of which new rules can emerge: 
  
-==== 1. Der Proporz ==== +==== 1. Proportional representation ==== 
-Niemand in Europa soll einen Vorteil haben gegen jemand Anderen: Keine Nation; keine Sprache; keine Staatengruppe; kein Geschlecht; keine Minderheit; keine Mehrheit; kein Bildungslevel; keine Behinderung; keine Gesinnung; usw. Und niemand soll über irgendetwas alleine ohne die anderen bestimmen können. \\+No one in Europe should have an advantage over anyone else: No nation; no language; no group of states; no gender; no minority; no majority; no level of education; no disability; no creed; etc. And no one should be able to decide on anything alone without the others. \\
  
-==== 2. Der Kompromiss ==== +==== 2. The compromise ==== 
-Alle müssen sich dauernd einigen. Innerhalb der Kommission. Innerhalb der parlamentarischen Ausschüsse, innerhalb des Rates. Innerhalb der beratenden Gremien. Durch den Proporz ist das sehr schwer und wahrscheinlich oft sehr frustrierend. Ein Beamter aus dem Rat der Regionen sagt es so: „Ein guter Kompromiss ist, wenn alle unzufrieden sind.“ Gewinnen, so verstehe ich ihn, will man zusammen. Nicht einer gegen den anderen.+Everyone has to agree all the time. Within the Commission. Within the parliamentary committees, within the Council. Within the consultative bodies. Because of proportional representation, this is very difficult and probably often very frustrating. As one Council of Regions official puts it, "A good compromise is when everyone is unhappy." Winning, as I understand him, is about winning together. Not one against the other.
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-==== 3. Die Subsidiarität ==== +==== 3. Subsidiarity ==== 
-Das ist das Herz des „Westens“: Jeder und jede darf für sich selbst entscheiden. Es sei denn, eine Entscheidung berührt die Entscheidungsfreiheit von jemand anderem. Dann beginnt der Versuch und die Notwendigkeit sich zu einigen. Nein, nicht erst dann, sondern schon im Vorfeld sorgt der Proporz für ein Gleichgewicht, eine gerechte Basis für die Kompromissverhandlungen.+This is the heart of the "West": everyone is allowed to decide for themselves. Unless a decision affects someone else's freedom of choice. Then the attempt and the necessity to agree begins. No, not only then, but already in the run-up, proportional representation ensures a balance, a fair basis for the compromise negotiations.
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-===== Abschluß =====+===== Conclusion =====
  
  
-Die EU ist ein fürchterlich komplizierter Marktplatz von Einigungsprozessen und Einflussnahmen. Und darin begegnet sich die ganze europäische Vielfalt beständig selbst, und zwar so divers, dass wahrscheinlich niemand mehr den Überblick hat. Aber den braucht es auch nicht, es ist vielleicht auch besser so: letztendlich werden Europa und die Europäische Union in die eigene Identität vertrauen müssen. Dieses Vertrauen wäre die "Einheit in der Vielfalt", die die Europäische Union sich wünscht und die sie, wie ich meine auch erreichen kann.\\+The EU is a terribly complicated marketplace of agreement processes and influencing. And in it, the whole European diversity constantly encounters itself, in such a diverse way that probably no one has an overview any more. But there is no need for that, and perhaps it is better that way: in the end, Europe and the European Union will have to trust in their own identity. This confidence would be the "unity in diversity" that the European Union desires and which I believe it can achieve.
  
-Trotz aller Mängel in den Methoden und in der Umsetzung.+Despite all the shortcomings in the methods and in the implementation.
  
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 Stefan Budian, \\ Stefan Budian, \\
-Mainz, 30. April 2023+Mainz, 30 April 2023
  
-===== Postscriptum: in der rheinland-pfälzischen Landesvertretung =====+===== Postscriptum: in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Representation =====
  
  
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-In der ständigen Vertretung von Rheinland-Pfalz denke ich, es wäre schön, mein Projekt „Der Osten des Westens“ in Brüssel zu zeigen. Es ist ein Projekt, das in Rheinland-Pfalz entstanden ist und sich mit Europa beschäftigt und ich würde gerne "die EU“ einladen, es wahrzunehmen. \\ +In the Permanent Representation of Rhineland-Palatinate, I think it would be nice to show my project "The East of the West" in Brussels. It's a project that was created in Rhineland-Palatinate and deals with Europe and I would like to invite "the EU" to notice it. \\ 
-Als Lobbyist für das Vertrauen in die Kraft und die Würde des Prozesses der Europäischen Einigkeit.+As a lobbyist for confidence in the strength and dignity of the process of European unity.
  
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