Plan D

This article deals with the action taken by the European Commission. Plan D was also called the Israeli Plan Dalet . In addition, a novel by wearing Simon Urban titled Plan D .

The Plan D for democracy, dialogue and debate is a call of EU Heads of State and -Regierungschefs to a complex debate about the future shape of the European Union and about the process of European unification. "Plan D" was presented by the European Commission on October 13, 2005, and a white paper on European communication policy was adopted in 2006 as a supplement .

background

occasion

“Plan D” was drawn up after the failure of the referendums on the European constitution both in France (on May 29, 2005) and in the Netherlands (on June 1, 2005) and against the background of growing skepticism about the success of the European unification process .

aims

With the help of “Plan D” the inhabitants of the European states are to be more closely involved in the design of a common Europe and to be asked about their ideas, demands and expectations for a politically and economically united continent.

implementation

The European Commission is implementing “Plan D” in partnership with civil society actors . The work on the implementation of “Plan D” is being supervised by the European Commission through the responsible Commissioner Margot Wallström .

One example of the implementation is the Europe-wide information campaign “Speak Up Europe”, which in Germany is supported by the Europa-Union Deutschland under the name “People make Europe” .

Political development

European Parliament

The European Parliament strongly supports the objectives of “Plan D”. On the basis of a draft report by rapporteurs Andrew Duff and Johannes Voggenhuber , a resolution was passed calling for further activities. However, the Independence and Democracy parliamentary group rejects “Plan D” as a “PR campaign”.

Germany

In response to a small question from the FDP parliamentary group, the federal government made it clear that it considered the content of “Plan D” to be an “appropriate analysis of the current mood in Europe” and that it had agreed to “close cooperation” with the European Commission .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ COM (2005) 494: The Commission's contribution in the period of reflection and afterwards: Plan D for democracy, dialogue and discussion . Brussels, 13 October 2005.
2. ↑ COM (2006) 35 White Paper on European Communication Policy, Brussels, 1 February 2006.
3. ↑ Communicating Europe together  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release from the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, January 19, 2007.  
4. ↑ Homepage ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the campaign. 
5. ↑ draft (2005/2146 (INI)). (PDF; 176 kB)
6. ↑ Resolution of the European Parliament on the reflection phase: structure, topics and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union . (P6_TA (2006) 0027).
7. ↑ See Campaign ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on plandcampaign.org . 
8. ↑ Small question: Conclusions from the results of the Eurobarometer for Germany (PDF; 74 kB) of February 8, 2006.
9. ↑ Answer of the Federal Government: Conclusions from the results of the Eurobarometer for Germany ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated February 27, 2006. 

literature

• Michael Bauer, Almut Metz , Sarah Seeger : The European Commission's Plan D and the reflection phase on the constitution and future of the European Union . In: CAP Current . No. 3 , November 2005 ( lmu.de [PDF; 69 kB ]).

Web links

• Material collection of the European Information Center Lower Saxony for "Plan D"