… not in a bad sense. More like in this book series (and there is even a EU dummy book!)… A couple of days ago the Austrian version of this video was all over twitter. Now, the producers fulfilled their promise and released an English version with a nice Austrian accent. (hat-tip: europeum). Great visuals and a great summary but somehow with a sloppy translation . ( I spotted a few mistakes: “bi-annual commission summit” – “elected employees of the Parliament” – “members of the EP work in commissions”…and is it correct to say “EU Parliament”?)
A couple of weeks ago Elmine also did a great video on Th!nkaboutit.eu pondering about the question: “How much influence does the European Parliament actually have? And therefore does my vote have influence?” Worth watching:
Here my comment about the video (which also can be found in the comment thread):
Don’t know whether I would put a direct arrow between the European Council and the Commission in one of your first graphs. There is usually no direct link in legislative issues. Agenda-setting in EU policy making is only the responsibility of the Commission.
The Lisbon Treaty would actually remove the compulsory/non compulsory budget distinctions completely and increase the involvement of the EP. Would be an interesting point for the next video!
In many countries you cannot vote on individual candidates but only on party lists, so it is debatable whether individual candidates or rather political groups/parties have a bigger influence in the EP.
However, some great examples how to explain political processes with online videos…
