Political MySpace: EU plans social networking site for M(E)Ps

According to euobserver.com the EU is about to launch a social networking site in October this year. Myparl.eu aims to connect the MPs of the national parliaments among each other and with the Members of the European Parliament as well.

The first official talks on the project, which is sponsored by the European Commission and will receive EU funds, took place in Brussels on Thursday (28 May) involving MEPs and the 27 national co-ordinators for each member state.

Daniela Vincenti Mitchener, editor of the site, told EUobserver the project is about “creating a transnational community of ideas” and that it will alert MPs to MPs in other countries “who are thinking alike.”

The project could potentially involve up to 20,000 people, including politicians from regional governments and parliaments.

It is planned that the site will be managed in the three main working languages of the EU - French, German and English - but that people can also post comments in their own language.

Myparl.eu will put forward three main themes for debate - the future of Europe, climate change and intercultural dialogue.

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