9/2024 Athens
First Meeting of the Pilot Transnational Peoples’ Assembly
Su questa assemblea
The Democratic Odyssey is on its way to completing the first Athens moment of this 2024/25 Pilot Assembly.
On the morning of 29 September, on the hills of the very historic Pnyx, we will debate a common message of the Assembly, which we present here as a draft to be debated:
Our people’s assembly has met in the first port of its Democratic Odyssey: Athens. We seek to invent an institution that allows more participatory democracy via regular and transparent deliberation between people, and involving policy-makers, scientists and journalists, that leads to concrete commitments and actions at local, regional, national and transnational levels. We believe this assembly can contribute to better planning for future crises, build trust and promote the health and wellbeing of everyone.
At the Pnyx, we will also cover 6 main themes:
- Should we have regulated media or more independent media?
- How to balance governmental power and individual freedom?
- Should businesses have a say in the democratic discussion, or should the people impose their will?
- Should new technologies become central to our democracies or should we protect our democracies from them?
- Which kinds of people’s political participation are most effective?
- Should we have a common education system across Europe to prepare for crisis or should we keep national differences?
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