Author: Aldo Caruso
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Is Europe Moving in the Right Direction?
My name is Dilek. I am 21 years old. I study European Studies and Law at the University of Osnabruck, Germany and I’m currently the president of the local AEGEE (European Students’ Forum). Last May, we had the first European Elections in the middle of the European (identity) crisis. These elections were important not only…
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A Story about Rain and Other Italian Things
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. Before trying to analyse the current Italian political landscape, allow me to begin with an anecdote about the…
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Really Surprised?
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. Why are EU commentators making such efforts to…
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The Post Election Landscape: Thoughts from Spain
My name is Héctor. I am 25 years old and I am a political and international relations analyst. I work at a think tank in the beautiful city of Barcelona. What I write here reflects solely my own views. After the elections to the European Parliament and after an intense electoral night, it is time…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…