Europe Weekly: it’s not the G20, it’s the G1000!

12/11/11 09:24 CET

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European news last week was dominated by the fall of the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and the announcement that Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi is stepping down.

Are politicians alone able to deal with the crisis sweeping Europe? This is one of the questions raised at the G1000 Citizens’ Summit in Brussels. The aim of the summit is to revive democracy in Belgium, a country which has been without a government for more than 500 days now.

The 1,000 citizens who gathered debated the themes they felt were most important: social security, immigration and prosperity in times of financial crisis.

A group of 32 of the delegates was designated to draw up the most detailed propositions to be published in April next year. Whether Belgian authorities will act on any of them or whether the summit will be copied elsewhere remains to be seen.

More about: Economic crisis, George Papandreou, Greece, Italy, Political crisis, Silvio Berlusconi

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