Well, one of the things we need to make better in the European Union, is dialogue.
Dialogue is the life blood of a humanistic/democratic state. We need to communicate and make a new understanding across the nations of Europe.
There has been some attempts at doing so, but until now, none of these attempts have really worked. All European media are essentially national.
In the US there is actually media that reaches across all of the US. New York Times, Washington Post, and a few others. Each represents a political perspective.
The same is really needed in the EU to make people engaged in the political decisions that are in the parliament.
I am beginning to get a bit more acquainted with the commission and the funding opportunities of the commission.
The ideas are actually very good, the intention is amazing, and my experience with the bureaucrats is actually positive. They are in it for a better world, and they are actually very engaged.
So, why does this not translate into actual dialogue across the EU?
As I see it, it is because we need to focus on starting up new media, that is cross EU.
The existing media does not realign their focus, so we have to start all over.
We need innovation within media.
I am trying to do something myself. I really wanted to cover the election, but I am a bit too late, so it will have to be post election analisys.
That is ok, the point of the development, is to try and make something new.
My angle on it has been to use social media instead of television.
Social media allows for a much more flexible organization of the media, and makes it possible to make smaller units.
The quality has to be better than in the traditional media, because the competition is much more fierce in social media, so that is a concern.
But we have to try and find new ways to make new media that actually work across the EU.
My advise would be, to make some projects that go that way, and then advertise in the social media, for good bloggers, vloggers and influencers to come up with some good ideas on cross EU projects.
You have to make it possible for long term financing as well, if you want to keep some of the best ideas and projects.
G-d bless the will to make good communication across the EU.
