Tvärt om, och just därför är det viktigt att fokusera på moderater och kristdemokrater.
PP sitter i Gröna gruppen och Gröna gruppen har ~7% av rösterna i EP. Det är alltså lite som att jobba med Vänsterpartiet i riksdagen: bra folk, goda ideer, men ingen majoritet... Man måste fokusera på att dra ihop en majoritet i EP när det är så kort om tid och det finns chans att Snowden/Sacharov blir en tvärpolitisk symbolfråga på EU-nivå. Annars kan man lika gärna låta bli. //Erik On 08/29/2013 02:24 PM, Erik Lönroth wrote: > Jag tror att det inte skulle vara omöjligt att övertala Christian > Engström och Amelia Andersdotter på något sådant här från Piratpartiet. > > /Erik > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Erik Josefsson > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 08/29/2013 11:47 AM, Hanna Larsson wrote: >> Shit vad bra!!! Vad är nästa steg? > > Nu gäller det att få ihop ett gäng moderater och/eller > kristdemokrater att hålla med Svallfors. > > Det lär inte finnas några i Sverige, så det är lika bra att > försöka utomlands. Börja med grannländerna runt Östersjön. Börja > medsols: Finland, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tyskland och > sist Danmark. > > MEParna finns listade här: > http://parltrack.euwiki.org/meps/?date=29/08/2013 > > Skriv helst på modersmålet. Översätt gärna artikeln till Finska, > Estniska och Polska (skaka fram kompisar som är tvåspråkiga > och/eller deras släktingar). > > Sacharovpriset kommer att diskuteras i alla politiska grupper > Europaparlamentet nästa vecka, antagligen på Tisdag 2 september. > Vore bra om alla EPP MEPar från norra Europa åtminstone sett > förslaget innan dess. > > *Target:* An independent cross party nomination by 40 EPP+ALDE+ECR > MEPs. > > Deadline för nominering är 12 september. > > //Erik > > > >> >> Aug 29, 2013 kl. 11:35 skrev Erik Josefsson >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >>> Sydsvenskan publicerar idag 29 augusti en artikel av Professor >>> Stefan Svallfors: >>> >>> *"Låt Snowden få Sacharovpriset"* >>> >>> http://www.sydsvenskan.se/opinion/aktuella-fragor/lat-snowden-fa-sacharovpriset/ >>> >>> Nedan en engelsk version. >>> >>> //Erik >>> >>> *A Sakharov for our time? >>> * >>> Since 1988, the European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov Prize. >>> According to its statutes, this is given to a person or group "who made >>> remarkable efforts to defend human rights and fundamental freedoms" and >>> thus "worked against intolerance, fanaticism and oppression." >>> >>> The award is given in memory of the Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov >>> (1921-1989), known as one of the men behind the hydrogen bomb but even more >>> as a Soviet dissident with his Human Rights Committee and his defense of >>> political prisoners. Sakharov stands as a symbol of the individual human >>> being who dares to stand up against tyranny and oppression, even when the >>> personal cost is very high. >>> >>> A most deserving recipient of the 2013 price would be the American >>> whistle blower Edward Snowden. In May, The Guardian published his >>> disclosure of the extensive, illegal and deeply intrusive monitoring >>> conducted by the American National Security Agency. For this heroic effort >>> Snowden has paid a heavy personal price. He is hunted as an outlaw by the >>> U.S. government, accused of crimes that will put him in jail for the rest >>> of his life. The U.S. government has threatened the governments that dare >>> to offer him asylum with serious consequences. In a painful irony, the only >>> sanctuary that had been found for Snowden is Russia, a country whose >>> democratic problems and authoritarian tendencies are obvious. >>> >>> But is really Snowden a worthy recipient of the prize, someone may >>> sneeze. Is not America the world's leading democracy, a friend of Europe, >>> committed to the rule of law? Yes. But even democracies can hide pockets of >>> tyranny in their hearts, a democratic state may well coexist with other >>> systems that are characterized by anything but democracy and law. As the >>> monitoring system which now puts its global tentacles far into the private >>> lives of citizens. By exposing this system Snowden made it possible for us >>> to say No – this is not a development and a society we want, we protect our >>> civil rights and freedoms when they are threatened. >>> >>> Snowden's revelations make explicit demands on citizens and politicians >>> to act and react. How have we responded to these demands? Not in any >>> impressive way one must say. Individual politicians and many citizens have >>> reacted, expressed support for Snowden, trying to act in his defense. They >>> see the unpleasant consequences of a surveillance system where innocent >>> citizens get their electronic communication and their phone calls tapped >>> and mapped. The German President Joachim Gauck, with his personal East >>> German experience, for example stated that Snowden "deserves respect" for >>> his actions. But otherwise an awkward silence, evasive answers, gentle >>> tiptoeing. Merkel hums, The European Commission whispers, the parliaments >>> remain silent. >>> >>> On the Swedish side, even more depressing inaction is observed. Sweden >>> acts together with Britain to make sure the question should not be >>> addressed at European level. This is a bilateral issue and by the way, no >>> Swedish interests are at stake, the Foreign Minister distractedly announces >>> before returning to Twitter. The government obviously sees no reason to >>> allow this issue to eclipse the splendor of Obama's forthcoming state >>> visit. From the political left, a complete disinterest is shown. No social >>> democratic position is advanced or even formulated. >>> >>> It is tragic to see how thin the liberal veneer is in many places. When >>> liberalism is no longer easy and obvious, when it requires courage and >>> sacrifice, when we are forced to choose and our choices have real costs, >>> what happens then? We fall into line, we bend to power. Without grumbling >>> we let fairly manageable threats from terrorists sweep away fundamental >>> rights and freedoms. >>> >>> We must demand more of ourselves and our elected officials than that. >>> We could start by giving Edward Snowden the price whose name symbolizes a >>> man who refused to bow to oppression and thereby actually changed history. >>> >>> >>> >>> Stefan Svallfors >>> Professor of Sociology at Umeå University >>> & the Institute for Future Studies >> > >
