Young Voices of Europe

  • Portugal before the European Elections

    My name is Vasco Batista, I am 23 years old, I am Portuguese and this is the second time I took part in the elections for the European Parliament. At the time I wrote this article, I had already voted in the European elections. As I currently live in another EU Member State, I could…

  • Socio-Economic Rights and the European Dream

    My name is Sebastiano I’m a 24 years old student in Macroeconomics and co-founder of TRAM:E (Theory, Reflection, Action, Movement: Europe). Born Italian, raised Belgian, French, German. Migrant by nature. Boundaries, borders… not my thing. Polyglot. British philosopher Isaiah Berlin once said, during a famous lecture delivered before the University of Oxford in 1958: “’Freedom…

  • EU Elections: Anything New?

    My name is Daniel and I am 26-year old European Studies master student from Hanover, Germany. I consider myself as pro-European but EU-critical. As the upcoming elections to the European Parliament are the focal point of current political discussions I’d like to share some of my thoughts about them with you. Nowadays it is hard…

  • The Greek Election Campaign, Europe and the Financial Times

    I’m Christoforos, an expat Greek in his late twenties who tries to make the most out of his nomadic life. With background in media and communications, I experience the daily struggle to find accurate information and stay open to new theories that might convince me to re-consider. Far away from home, it could still not…

  • Reclaiming the Future from Ancient Greece

    My name is Giuseppe, I am 26 years old. I work in a library. I have a degree in Classical Literature and now I am studying Philosophy. I live in Eboli, a small town in southern Italy. There were four of us. It was the last morning of the European Youth Dialogue 2014 in Thessaloniki.…

  • Perceptions and Expectations of European Citizens and What Europe Should Do about It

    My name is Armanda. I am 25 years old and a student of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. On 22-25 of May 2014, citizens of the 28 EU Member States will be asked to cast their vote in the election of 751 Members of European Parliament. It is, however, not self-evident that all…

  • This Time, It Has to Be Different!

    My name is Stephanie. I am 24 years old and study European Studies in Frankfurt/Oder. A small town in Western Germany. 30 000 inhabitants. A town like many others in this country. Shortly before Easter, holiday season: nothing is disturbing the quiet idyll of this small town. Along the roads politicians on posters send Happy…

  • A Questionnaire for Candidates for the European Parliament

    I’m Christoforos, an expat Greek in his late twenties who tries to make the most out of his nomadic life. With background in media and communications, I experience the daily struggle to find accurate information and stay open to new theories that might convince me to re-consider. My friends suggest I am lucky this time…