{"id":1854,"date":"2008-10-16T06:58:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T06:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2008-10-16T07:23:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T07:23:41","slug":"eu-democracy-from-an-unlikely-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/eu-democracy-from-an-unlikely-source\/","title":{"rendered":"EU democracy from an unlikely source"},"content":{"rendered":"

And from the most unlikely of sources – Britain’s leading terrestrial commercial television channel ITV. The self-same ITV that’s been kicking up a fuss<\/a> over it’s obligation to provide “public service” programmes for the last year or more.<\/p>\n

So, following Euronews<\/a>, EUX.TV<\/a> and the European Parliament’s own EuroparlTV<\/a>, we now get a version aimed exclusively at the UK, aiming to promote knowledge and understanding of the EU and MEPs in the run-up to next year’s European Parliament elections: ITV Local’s MyEurope<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It may suffer from the perennial problem of these sorts of attempts to make the EU accessible (namely misguided efforts to target younger audiences via “trendy” music and over-excitable presenters), the promised Video profiles of MEPs are currently missing (at least for London), and their links section<\/a> fails to mention this place or Fistful<\/a> under EU blogs while finding time for the long-defunct Voice of Europe<\/a> and a blog I’ve never heard<\/a> of with barely any EU coverage, but still – who’d have thought it? A UK-focussed initiative to increase knowledge of EU affairs and encourage participation in EU democracy launched by a commercial organisation that’s previously shown barely a smidgeon of interest in Brussels. Whatever next?<\/p>\n

Note to ITV – if you want a hand sorting out some of the niggles and expanding some of the written content, get in touch. I offer competitive rates and I’m fairly certain that a certain Mr Worth<\/a> may be able to help you and all…<\/p>\n

Still, MyEurope<\/a> – a good initiative. MEPs have long been some of the least well-known of all public servants in the UK, an it’s long overdue that they were made a bit more accessible. Hopefully this should help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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