Den franska delegationen i konservativa ECR-grupp i Europaparlamentet bjöd in mig att tala på seminarium om det behövs ett europeiskt DOGE i efterföljd av den amerikanska insatsen som Elon Musk initierat åt Vita huset.
Vi var några europaparlamentariker som diskuterade behovet av ökad kamp mot byråkrati, bidragsfusk och slöseri.
Behöver vi ett europeiskt DOGE? Det var frågan.
Och rubriken på min dragning var Hur finansierar kommissionen “wokeism”?
Här ett utdrag ur mitt föredrag:
Lack of media impact
Today’s seminar asks: Do we need a European DOGE? Let me divide my answer into two parts. When it comes to exposing waste in the EU, many actors have done great work. I will come back to this.
But first we have to acknowledge a structural problem: while our side expose waste, fraud and corruption in EU, we have not had the same impact in the public debate and in the media.
That’s where DOGE — and Elon Musk’s broader digital ecosystem — offers something crucial. Their revelations have such big impact, that their opponents cannot silence them. Even left-wing activists are forced to engage in the discussion about fraud and waist, and thus the impact in the media debate becomes even greater.
The key difference between the American DOGE and the unsung heroes exposing waste in the EU is that DOGE has political backing.
President Trump himself supports these efforts. Trump was elected on a promise to root out fraud, cut abuse, and clean up the system. That backing gives DOGE weight and reach.
In the EU we don’t have that. There is no clear political mandate. So the left-leaning media can turn a blind eye — even when the facts are obvious.
This has to change. We need to strategies to break through the European media landscape’s reluctance to spotlight these scandals.
