Debating Europe is excited to announce the launch of Debating Europe Vote 2014, the largest ever pan-European exercise in e-Democracy, giving citizens a chance to decide for themselves who they want to vote for in the 2014 European Parliament elections.
With unemployment in Europe at record levels, along with rising extremism and popular discontent, citizens need a way to challenge politicians directly and raise the issues they care about. Debating Europe will host a series of online debates, live chats, and physical events, designed to enable Europe’s citizens to question MEPs (and prospective MEPs) on the issues facing Europe, and help make up their mind about who to vote for in the European elections. Citizens will be invited to cast their vote for the European political group they support and a live chart of the European Parliament hemicycle will show the results in real-time.
The results will be presented directly to the European Parliament each month. Citizens, students and first-time voters from each of the (soon-to-be) 28 EU member-states will take part, and the online vote will be closed one month before the 2014 European Parliament elections so the final results can be sent out to European and national media, acting as a high-profile barometer ahead of the real elections.