1.0Kader Sevinc - Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenshiphttps://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eukadersevinchttps://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/author/kadersevinc/<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/03/Turkish-Coffee-Briefings.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-325" src="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/03/Turkish-Coffee-Briefings.jpg" alt="" width="752" height="158" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <a href="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/Richard-Corbett.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-371 alignleft" src="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/Richard-Corbett-281x300.jpg" alt="" width="281" height="300" /></a> <span style="color: #333333">www.turkishcoffeebriefings.org</span> <span style="color: #333333">A new Turkish Coffee Briefings was on the topic of “European Parliament: Power and Politics”.</span> <span style="color: #333333">The introductory speech was given by Richard Corbett, Cabinet Member of the European Council President Van Rompuy and former Member of the European  Parliament. He is the co-author of the book “The European Parliament”.</span> <span style="color: #333333">During the debate which followed, participants from European Parliament, European Commission, international media, think thanks, European youth organisations, business and civic society exchanged views. Richard Corbett signed his book for the participants at the end of the session.</span> <span style="color: #333333">The meeting was held under Chatham House rules and</span> <span style="color: #333333">following issues were raised by participants:</span>     <div style="text-align: justify"> <ul> <li><a href="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/Turk-Kahvesi-Brifingleri-R-Corbett-5.jpg"><span style="color: #333333"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-374" src="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/Turk-Kahvesi-Brifingleri-R-Corbett-5-300x193.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="193" /></span></a><span style="color: #333333">How the European Parliament’s daily work is evolving as a result of the Lisbon Treaty ?</span></li> <li><span style="color: #333333">Multiple layers of interaction between the powers of the Parliament and the Council.</span></li> <li><span style="color: #333333">How can the European Parliament can improve its communication with the European citizens?</span></li> <li><span style="color: #333333">Changing influence of the European Parliament on the officials of the European Commission.</span></li> <li><span style="color: #333333">Impact of the European External Action Service.</span></li> <li><span style="color: #333333">Lobbies and transparency</span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #333333">The founder of the Turkish Coffee Briefings, Ms Kader Sevinç concluded the meeting by announcing new session "Greening Turkey: Is there an European vision ?".</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/TCB-Corbett.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-373" src="http://kadersevinc.blogactiv.eu/files/2012/05/TCB-Corbett-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></div>    rich