1. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC
9 – 11 JUNE, 2017, LEGRAD, CROATIA

2. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS DEMOCRACY, DECISION MAKING
7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS
IN EUROPE:
DEMOCRACY, DECISION MAKING

3. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC European Economic Community (EEC) – 1957, Rome)
Democracy was the natural environment
Salazar (Portugal) regime collapsed in 1974
Franco (Spain) died in 1975
the Greek military junta collapsed in 1974

4. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC European Economic Community (EEC) – 1957, Rome)
Democracy was the natural environment
Salazar (Portugal) regime collapsed in 1974
Franco (Spain) died in 1975
the Greek military junta collapsed in 1974
After 1980, nobody questioned democracy

5. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC After 2010 – more and more questions about
de facto democracy (democracy in contents)
de jure democracy (democracy in form)

6. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC After 2010 – more and more questions about
de facto democracy (democracy in contents)
de jure democracy (democracy in form)

7. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC After 2010 – more and more questions about
de facto democracy (democracy in contents)
de jure democracy (democracy in form)
The system of checks & balances (separation of power)

8. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC
Separation of power

9. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC After 2010 – more and more questions about
de facto democracy (democracy in contents)
de jure democracy (democracy in form)
The system of checks & balances (separation of power)
DEMOCRACY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Too much information
Alternative reality
Strong manipulation

10. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC After 2010 – more and more questions about
de facto democracy (democracy in contents)
de jure democracy (democracy in form)
The system of checks & balances (separation of power)
Democratic results: BREXIT
TRUMP

11. 7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC Decision making
EU decision making rules were established in „quiet waters”
Consensus decision making

12. BUT WHAT ABOUT TROUBLED WATERS…?!
7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC
Decision making
EU decision making rules were established in „quiet waters”
Consensus decision making
BUT WHAT ABOUT TROUBLED WATERS…?!
REFUGEE CRYSIS IS REALLY „TROUBLED WATERS….!”
IN A CRYSIS,
EU DECISION MAKING PROCESS SEEMS SLOW AND UNDECISIVE

13. BUT WHAT ABOUT TROUBLED WATERS…?!
7TH EUROPEAN PICNIC
Decision making
EU decision making rules were established in „quiet waters”
Consensus decision making
BUT WHAT ABOUT TROUBLED WATERS…?!
REFUGEE CRYSIS IS REALLY „TROUBLED WATERS….!”
IN A CRYSIS,
EU DECISION MAKING PROCESS SEEMS SLOW AND UNDECISIVE
EU HAS TO RESHAPE AND
FIND A MORE EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING PROCESS