In the workshop he observed that the EU is built on a hybrid political
system. Although a certain voter fatigue is apparent in the
parliamentary "formal" channel for civil society input to the
legislative process, voters are flocking to NGOs in the informal
channel.
He protested against the titles of the workshops, which did not include
sustainable development as a basic principle of the communication
workshop, but rather relegated it to a separate workshop. If one
accepted sustainable development as a basic principle of
policymaking, on could see more clearly the Sustainable Development
Strategies (SDS) in the member states and the EU SDS with its link
to the Commission-wide IA. Although the current process for developing
an EU SDS is fraught with weaknesses, researchers are developing new
models of democracy, which civil society could consider.
Later several NGOs demonstrated that they still do care about SIA by issuing a joint letter of protest to
Catherine Ashton, the European Trade Commissioner, concerning the Trade
Sustainability Impact Assessment of the proposed EU-Central America free
trade agreement.
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