For Gilles Andréani, the expression “ global democracy Is an oxymoron, since there is no people, demoson the planet’s scale. This does not prevent, however, the expression of general, collective interests, formulated by states, experts or representatives of civil companies, and passed on by international institutional structures. The absence of a real global democracy therefore does not prevent the emergence of forms of global governance.
Gilles Andréani is advisor to the Court of Auditors and director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Analysis and Forecast Center. During the forum “ Reinvent democracy “Organized by the Republic of Ideas, he participated in the round table on the theme” Global governance and global democracy ».
– Video summary:
- You say that the concept of “ global democracy »Is an oxymoron ….
- In the absence of “ global democracy », The expression of world collective interests is nevertheless possible ?
- The expression of the world’s general interest was not confiscated by experts from institutions to the detriment of civil society representatives ?
- Would it not be more democratic than the voice of representatives of civil societies, sometimes protest, is more listened to in international institutions ?
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You say that the concept of “ global democracy »Is an oxymoron ….
In the absence of “ global democracy », The expression of world collective interests is nevertheless possible ?
The expression of the world’s general interest was not confiscated by experts from institutions to the detriment of civil society representatives ?
Would it not be more democratic than the voice of representatives of civil societies, sometimes protest, is more listened to in international institutions ?
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