Debate

The Delphi Economic Forum and the E-Kyklos think tank are organizing an online debate titled "The Day After in Greek-Turkish Relations," with the participation of former foreign ministers Evangelos Venizelos and Dora Bakoyiannis and former defense minister Evangelos Apostolakis.

As Croatian MPs discussed a proposed law amendment, that would allow authorities easier access to citizens' information amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, opposition lawmakers warned that it could limit citizens' rights to freedom of movement and their privacy.

French lawmakers on Monday started debating President Emmanuel Macron's divisive plan to overhaul the pensions system, expected to be a several-month-long, fierce parliamentary debate, the Associated Press reported. According to the agency, the final vote after the legislative procedures in the National Assembly is not expected before the summer.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Thursday that he has called on Parliament leadership to suspend the procedures for debating and adopting bills until the new Government issues its point of view on each piece of legislation. "I have asked the leadership of the two Chambers to suspend the procedures for debating and adopting laws until the Government issues a point of view.

Independent presidential candidate Mircea Diaconu spoke on Friday invited the presidential hopefuls to a public debate on the role and duties of the president. "Let's talk about the Constitution! That should be the debate, not how bad you are and who knows what bad thing you did who knows when. Things now are about the petty, cheap and unpleasant.

The change in the political atmosphere that one witnessed in the first days of the new government was confirmed in the three-day parliamentary debate on the government's programme leading to the vote of confidence.

After the last cycle of public discussions on the final draft of the Strategy for Development of Bulgarian Culture 2019-2029, the Ministry of Culture announced that it will continue to accept ideas and proposals for the project by the end of August at protocol@mc.government.bg, writes Transmedium.news

Chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE, junior coalition partner) Calin Popescu Tariceanu told a press conference held Thursday in Satu Mare that interest in the elections to the European Parliament is not at the level he would like it to be at, and the public debate is monopolized by internal topics.

The drafting of the media strategy requires dialogue and the building of trust between the government and journalist associations.

The debate between "statists" and "neoliberals" has been going on for years as if we were in another country, as if the words "private," "public" and "state" had a distinct meaning here. In Greece, though, these labels are misleading, with the result that the discussion rages around theoretical constructs which have little relation to reality.