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Overview Firstly, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation and thanks to Alliance of Liberal and Democrats (ALDE), Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia for giving me this opportunity to take part in this internship programme within the ALDE Group of European Parliament. I was assigned to the Committee on Culture and Education in which Ms. Rosario Galofre is the group administrator. For the first two weeks of my internship period, I had the flexibility to follow other committees and attended various public hearings, ALDE Group meetings, delegation meetings and plenary sessions in Brussels. In addition, the resource center in European Parliament allowed me to learn more generally on European social issues which are also my field of interest. I spent the next two weeks of my internship following Ms. Rosario to attend committee meetings, group discussions and the plenary session in Strasbourg. In May, the Culture and Education committee was debating the topic on film heritage and competitiveness of related activities, as well as the EU information and communication strategy. Constructive debates were conducted and attended by Members of European Parliament (MEPs), administrators and assistants. During these meetings, the group attempted to draw up a joint position on the issues discussed at the plenary session. In Strasbourg, the MEPs voted on the texts submitted and explained such votes. They proposed resolutions and submitted written or oral questions to the members of the Council and Commission. MEPs must attend in person in order to vote; proxy voting is not allowed.
Throughout the period of
the internship, I have gathered a better understanding on the functioning of
the European Parliament, the importance of transparency and openness in
achieving a matured democratic system. The most common means in promoting
transparency and openness is through the use and development of websites.
The European Parliament has a well-managed and informative web page. All
meeting Overall, It is an informative and practical programme from which I gained much. It has opened my mind and made me realise how ignorant I was with international issues. It has stimulated me and increased my urge for understanding global issues which are concurrently being discussed and debated together by the world leaders at the delegation meetings in the European Parliament.
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