ABSTRACT

Is certainly in a preliminary stage and many aspects need further consideration. But one thing can be predicted with certainty: the decision-makers in international organizations and national governments will reject it. While

the basic thrust of an increased democratic element is difficult to deny, the proposal will be labeled naïve and impossible to realize. But such a reaction would correspond exactly to the interests of these decision-makers . . . It would therefore be in their interests to find as many arguments against the proposal as possible. Quite another strategy would be to simply ignore the proposal. In any case, the entrenched persons and groups will not support it. But this does not necessarily mean that it will never be put into practice [at least in certain respects and with significant consequences amongst some peoples and in some parts of the world economy].