European partnership for democracy, EPD

Only coordinate, Euro-democrats urged

“Only coordinate” was the consistent refrain from this week’s (9-10 March) Prague conference on Building Consensus on EU Policies on Democracy Support, organized by the Czech Presidency of the European Union , the European Partnership for Democracy and Demas, the Czech democracy NGO. Delegates bemoaned the lack of coordination between the EU institutions – the European Commission, Council of Ministers and the European Parliament; between the EU and member states; between member states themselves, including their diplomatic missions; between the EU, member states and democracy assistance groups; and between the development, human rights and democracy communities. Read the article.