Europe – Democracy – Esperanto
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| Europe – Democracy – Esperanto | |
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| Europa – Demokratie – Esperanto Europe – Démocratie – Espéranto Europa – Democrazia – Esperanto Europa – Democracia – Esperanto |
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| President | Emmanuel Débanne |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | 6 rue des Juifs F-67000 Strasbourg, France |
| Political Ideology | Linguistic democracy |
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| European Parliament Group | |
| Colours | green |
| Website | www.e-d-e.org |
| See also | Politics of the EU |
Europe – Democracy – Esperanto or E° D° E° (EDE) (in Esperanto: Eŭropo – Demokratio – Esperanto) is an electoral list, which participates in the European elections. The party's main platform is the introduction of Esperanto as the official language of the EU in order to promote linguistic unity in the union.
As Europe – Démocratie – Espéranto, the party first took part in an election in the European Parliament election, 2004, in France. Its German branch, Europa – Demokratie – Esperanto, failed to gather the 4000 signatures necessary to participate in the elections in Germany despite intense efforts (it was hampered by a late start).
The list's main goal is the promotion of Esperanto in the EU. In the medium–term, it wants Esperanto taught in schools Europe–wide, and in the long-term, it wants the EU to adopt Esperanto as its official language. In order to make this goal a reality, the EDE is striving to have list candidates in each country in the EU for the European Parliament election, 2009. Until now the organisation has only had branch offices in France and Germany.[citation needed]
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[edit] Debate within Esperanto movement
While most Esperanto institutions such as Universala Esperanto-Asocio are by statute and in practice politically neutral, some discussion concerning about the neutrality of EDE [1] has arisen. Specifically, there is concern over what other policies might through EDE be linked with Esperanto other than the advancement of Esperanto itself. German Esperanto writer Ulrich Matthias argues that in gaining broad support in Germany at least, EDE would be best served to identify with centrist positions advancing humanism, peace and environmentalism, as well as opposing "U.S. hegemony" in the correct fashion [2].
Because Esperanto is considered by many Esperanto speakers to be a world-wide movement, some fear that advancing the cause of Esperanto within the EU could cast the language as a European issue and hamper the progress of the language outside of Europe.
[edit] 2004 Election results
The party did not set out to have a great vote on languages — instead, the EDE tries to set up Esperanto as an alternative to the twenty different official languages of the European Union, which produce enormous expenses.
The EDE had lists in seven of the eight large voting districts of France and received around 0.15% of the vote in the European Election on 13 June 2004.
| Region | Top Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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| Paris | Georges Kersaudy | 5,789 | 0.21% |
| East | B. Schmitt | 5,336 | 0.24% |
| West | Denis–Serge Clopeau | 4,926 | 0.19% |
| South-West | Thierry Saladin | 3,687 | 0.15% |
| South-East | Christian Garino | 2,559 | 0.09% |
| Centre | J.–P. Tonnieau | 2,174 | 0.15% |
| North | B. Hugon | 788 | 0.03% |
| TOTAL | 25,259 | 0.15% |
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- The information in this article is based on a translation of its German and Esperanto equivalents.
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