For those of us who have spent some part of our lives trying to explain the invisible if invalua
ble contribution of party and political caucuses as a way of obtaining coherent policy po
sitions within each political party, it was refreshing to see that the Council of Europe had determined that thi
s remained the best methodology to facilitate debate and resolution in a democratic fashion. We read little of this in the official journa
...[+++]ls of the Council of Europe, but party politics remains the invisible sinews of democracy and political cohesion.
Pour ceux d'entre nous qui ont passé une partie de leur vie à expliquer l'invisible, mais inestimable, contribution des caucus politiques, qui permettent d'en arriver à des positions cohérentes au sein de chacun des partis politiques, il est rafraîchissant de constater que le Conseil de l'Europe a déterminé que cela constituait la meilleure façon de faciliter le débat et le règlement des différends d'une manière démocratique.