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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So no reply from Pierre Laurant. So
far, so predictable. The French Communist Party does not support
individual membership developing. I had a number of conversations with them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m afraid neither does Giorgios nor
his party Synpaspismos. I spoke to him at the 3<sup>rd</sup> Congress in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Paris</st1:place></st1:City> and confirmed his
opposition, which before I had simply suspected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Martin Heberg supported us amongst the
staff, as did his party Die Linke. Helmut Schulz just never achieved a
result although he spoke up for us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Let us see what happens, but I suspect nothing.
I have not paid my subscription since 30<sup>th</sup> June 2011 and I was not
able to get to either of the trade union network meetings this year. The
European Left Party I’m afraid to say is irrelevant to events in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
When there was a hope it might develop there was a point being engaged, but if
this latest attempt fails, I don’t see much point in continuing as they
say here to ‘flog a dead horse’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Stephen <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
individual-members-el-bounces@listi.jpberlin.de
[mailto:individual-members-el-bounces@listi.jpberlin.de] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Norbert Hagemann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 25 December 2011 21:05<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> giorgos.karatsioubanis@european-left.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
individual-members-el@listi.jpberlin.de<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Individual-members-EL]
letter to all EL parties regardingindividual members</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=hps><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <span class=hps>Giorgios</span> <span
class=hps>Karatsioubanis</span>,<br>
<span class=hps>enclosed I send you</span> <span class=hps>a letter which</span>
<span class=hps>was signed by</span> <span class=hps>eight</span> <span
class=hps>individual</span> EL <span class=hps>members</span> <span class=hps>from
different</span> <span class=hps>countries.</span> <span class=hps>The</span> <span
class=hps>letter</span> <span class=hps>deals with the</span> <span class=hps>problem
of the</span> <span class=hps>rights</span> <span class=hps>of</span> <span
class=hps>individual</span> <span class=hps>members</span> <span class=hps>apart
and was sent</span> by us <span class=hps>to Pierre</span> <span
class=hps>Laurant before the</span> last <span class=hps>EL</span> EX-B<span
class=hps>oard meeting</span> <span class=hps>in early October</span>. <span
class=hps>To date,</span> <span class=hps>neither</span> <span class=hps>a
reply nor</span> <span class=hps>a confirmation of receipt</span> <span
class=hps>is</span> <span class=hps>received</span>.<br>
<br>
<span class=hps>Since you</span> <span class=hps>as "employee" of</span>
<span class=hps>EL</span> <span class=hps>are</span> <span class=hps>also
responsible</span> <span class=hps>for</span> <span class=hps>us, the
individual members</span>, <span class=hps>we</span> <span class=hps>want to</span>
<span class=hps>ask you officially to give</span> <span class=hps>this letter</span>
<span class=hps>to all</span> <span class=hps>member and observer</span> <span
class=hps>parties of the</span> <span class=hps>EL</span> <span class=hps>at
the latest till the next Board meeting in January in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State>.</span> <span class=hps>We hope</span>
<span class=hps>that this</span> <span class=hps>letter</span> <span class=hps>will
be formaly put on the agenda and discussed during this meeting. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=hps>At the same time</span> <span class=hps>we</span> <span
class=hps>want to</span> <span class=hps>ask</span> <span class=hps>you,</span>
<span class=hps>to</span> <span class=hps>communicate</span> to all parties <span
class=hps>our request</span>, <span class=hps>that in</span> <span class=hps>the</span>
<span class=hps>upcoming</span> <span class=hps>budget of the EL for the</span>
<span class=hps>year 2012</span> we would like to have introduced <span
class=hps>a</span> <span class=hps>reasonable</span> <span class=hps>amount of
money for an</span> <span class=hps>European meeting of</span> <span class=hps>individual</span>
<span class=hps>members</span> <span class=hps>to be organized next
year with the aim to discuss and organize our work within the
EL. The existing working structures for cooperation of the trade unionists or
the EL-FEM</span><span class=atn>-</span>structures <span class=hps>are well
established examples how we would like to go ahead in the future.</span><br>
<br>
<span class=hps>Thanks for your support. Please be so kind and keep</span> us
informed about your activities regarding this letter.<br>
<br>
<span class=hps>Sincerely</span><br>
<br>
<span class=hps>Norbert</span></span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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