Citizen 2.0

A Sarkozy new look on Facebook

Shirt without tie and wide smile, the new portrait of President Sarkozy on Facebook is deliberately cool and relaxed. According to Franck Louvrier, the President's adviser, we have "to adapt the page to the support". Besides official news, we learn that the President's favorite book is "Red and Black" by Stendhal. To celebrate this new version of the official page of the President, the Elysée publish a video filmed by the weekly magazine "Femme Actuelle" during an interview with Carla Bruni Sarkozy in the Elysee salons.

You do not know who to vote for? Find your EU profile

Among the innovative tools that have emerged during the campaign for European elections, EU Profiler is probably the most remarkable. Give your opinion on a thirty themes of political debate and the system tells you the party you are closest to the European level as in your country. One month after its launch, EU Profiler has exceeded one million visitors

Austrian e-Voting is started!

Since Monday 18 May at 08:00, the 1st legally binding electronic election in Austrian history went online. The Austrian Federal Student Union is being elected during this week via a remote electronic channel. Next week from May 26 to May 28 an ordinary, paper based voting channel will be opened to ensure. The paper and the electronic votes will be counted on the 28th and hence the results should be available in the evening.

How to attract voters in the polling?

The European election campaign is largely absent from mass media. In an attempt to mobilize voters, the European Parliament has increased the online communication to explain and persuade Europeans. Have a look, for instance, on the Delicious Parliament page, which gives an overview of what is said and done on Internet around the European elections. The European Parliament has launched an intense campaign, particularly towards young people with a special site on the elections, interactive and in 22 languages, a presence on Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube. Enjoy the many platforms and vote in full knowledge of the cause early June! Until then, here is an overview of the most viewed videos ...

Europe in one click!

"To be a central player in the online debate on Europe" is one of the main objectives of Touteleurope.fr, a French website created in 2006 after the French No in the referendum on the Constitutional Treaty. This website want to convince French people that Europe is our future. Touteleurope.fr is organizing a virtual meeting with José Manuel Barrosa, President of the European Commission, next Monday May 18. People are invited to ask their questions and answers will be published in the May 20 edition of the daily newspaper "Metro" - distributed in 14 European countries - as well as Touteleurope.fr. Video of the interview will also be available on Dailymotion and Touteleurope.

Europe 2009: It's your choice!

Thirty years after the first election of the European Parliament by direct vote, 375 million voters representing 27 member countries of the European Union and their 500 million inhabitants will vote from 4 to 7 June to elect 736 Members of Parliament. It is the biggest transnational elections in history. But, according to polls, a majority of voters may not get around. The electoral campaign should reflect consideration by the European political parties, lessons of the American net-campaign and change their practices with the use of Web 2.0. But it should also demonstrate that these tools do not make the election alone.

100 days of a Tech Presidency

TechPresident.com publish its own version of the Obama's "100 Days" in terms of IT. 100 days marked by a strong political will to promote a transparent, open and participatory Government and to launch two major projects in favor of broadband Internet and e-Health record.

Media battle around the Swine flu?

The titles of several French newspapers and news agencies on the role of Internet in disseminating information on Swine flu in Mexico as "The web taken on fever swine flu" (AFP), or "Panic and conspiracy are well train on Internet "(Le Monde), relaunching the debate on the role of the Web in crisis management. Blog articles, comments on Facebook or tweets contribute to create panic or participate in effective dissemination of information?