Louis Drounau
@louisdrounau.eudemocracy.eu
Founder of European Democracy Consulting (eudemocracy.eu), European Democracy Consulting Stiftung (edcstiftung.eu, epfo.eu) and EuropeanConstitution.eu 🇪🇺 PhD candidate, Uni Innsbruck
Sucker for #europeanparties, #eudemocracy and #eureform.
Sucker for #europeanparties, #eudemocracy and #eureform.
PS: managing to write an entire article about the future of European politics without once mentioned existing #europeanparties is not a great sign for the health of our current representative democracy.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
PS: managing to write an entire article about the future of European politics without once mentioned existing #europeanparties is not a great sign for the health of our current representative democracy.
"If you can't beat them.. don't even try" seems to be the @eppgroup.bsky.social policy, I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"If you can't beat them.. don't even try" seems to be the @eppgroup.bsky.social policy, I guess.
@pbs.org's work on US history, including this 2025 documentary by legend Ken Burns, should be mandatory viewing not only for EU staffers, but for all national government officials working on EU/foreign/constitutional affairs.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
@pbs.org's work on US history, including this 2025 documentary by legend Ken Burns, should be mandatory viewing not only for EU staffers, but for all national government officials working on EU/foreign/constitutional affairs.
This should really be more controversial. An upper house voting unanimously 90% of the time shows a major problem with democratic representation.
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This should really be more controversial. An upper house voting unanimously 90% of the time shows a major problem with democratic representation.
Exhibit B
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
Banks rally against Europe’s drive to break free from U.S. payments grip
Providing a digital currency to the public could weaken U.S. dominance over Europe’s payments infrastructure and bolster the continent’s financial sovereignty, the European Central Bank says. But comm...
www.ftm.eu
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Exhibit B
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
This is the single best measure to truly give European citizens a say in European democracy, to strengthen our institutions, and to live up to our values. A political union, starting with strong and democratic #europeanparties, is what we are missing, decades after an economic union.
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is the single best measure to truly give European citizens a say in European democracy, to strengthen our institutions, and to live up to our values. A political union, starting with strong and democratic #europeanparties, is what we are missing, decades after an economic union.
"Monnet’s superpower, per his grandson, was that he could identify practical, achievable aims that wouldn’t alienate politicians"
👉 Streamline (not "unify by force") political parties across Europe, give real powers and clout to #europeanparties, and allow citizens to support them. It's that simple.
👉 Streamline (not "unify by force") political parties across Europe, give real powers and clout to #europeanparties, and allow citizens to support them. It's that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Monnet’s superpower, per his grandson, was that he could identify practical, achievable aims that wouldn’t alienate politicians"
👉 Streamline (not "unify by force") political parties across Europe, give real powers and clout to #europeanparties, and allow citizens to support them. It's that simple.
👉 Streamline (not "unify by force") political parties across Europe, give real powers and clout to #europeanparties, and allow citizens to support them. It's that simple.