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A delightful time was had by all at last night’s launch debate\/party for Tomorrow’s Europe<\/a> in Brussels – except my feet, which got pounded by the picturesque Brussels cobbles (thanks to be being too cheap to get a taxi) and then soaked by the decidedly less picturesque Brussels rain (for the self-same reason).<\/p>\n An array of intriguing people also met, from high-profile politicos through to the chap behind tip-top French superblog Euros du Village<\/a>, and in my absence the new project that took me to Belgium has gone live<\/a>, so go have a look-see:<\/p>\n dLiberation<\/a> – a Nosemonkey-edited look at deliberative democracy, EU participation, and the future of the European Union, brought to you by openDemocracy<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve got two vaguely introductory posts up so far, which should give you an idea of what we’re hoping to achieve, with many more to follow – from me and a range of experts from academics to MEPs through a few choice Brussels bureaucrats, bloggers and more. Go have a gander: Cloudy skies over tomorrow’s Europe<\/a> I’ve also got a fair few posts lined up looking at the content of last night’s debate, featuring the likes of EU constitution mastermind and former President of France Val\u00c3\u00a9ry Giscard d’Estaing<\/a>, current Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato<\/a>, blogging commissioner Margot Wallstr\u00c3\u00b6m<\/a> (whom I accosted last night and got an assurance that she’d try to contribute to the dLiberation blog), and the entertaining Danish eurosceptic MEP Jens-Peter Bonde<\/a> (from whom I also extracted a promise to write for us).<\/p>\n Should be fun – that link again: dLiberation<\/a> – pop over and help me kick-start a much-needed debate about the role of democracy in the future of the EU. You know you want to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A delightful time was had by all at last night’s launch debate\/party for Tomorrow’s Europe in Brussels – except my feet, which got pounded by the picturesque Brussels cobbles (thanks to be being too cheap to get a taxi) and … Continue reading
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\nNext up, later today, will be Professor James Fishkin<\/a> of Stanford University – the mastermind of Deliberative Polling<\/a> – explaining the basic thinking behind the methodology of the Tomorrow’s Europe<\/a> event, around which the blog will be focussing its attention.<\/p>\n