The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union thanks all young bloggers who participated in the 2016 version of the blog ‘Young Voices of Europe’. The blog ‘Young Voices of Europe’ has (temporarily) ceased its activities.
Read moreIt’s Time to Fix Europe
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. Everything breaks sooner or later. There is a point in time, the last act in a series of […]
Read moreThe New Architecture of EU Governance and the Upcoming Challenges
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. I recently attended a meeting where a study on citizens’ perceptions of the European Union was […]
Read moreTTIP and the Secrete Deal between EU and USA
My name is Armanda. I am 25 years old and a student of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. On 11 October 2014 thousands of people took to the streets all over Europe in order to express their opposition to TTIP(Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership)-TAFTA(Transatlantic Free Trade Area). In a nutshell, TTIP is a […]
Read moreEurope: A Brief History of Its Idea from Ancient Greece to Montesquieu
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. The first clear description of modern Europe – of its culture and many other aspects – originates from […]
Read moreA European Union of Citizens?
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. To begin with, I would like to remind you of something which disappeared in the abyss of public inattention during the summer break. After all, the World Cup did not only fill […]
Read moreTusk, Mogherini and the Defeat of Europe
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. The new European Commission is taking shape slowly, one day after another, while the memory of the European […]
Read moreFast Economy, Slow Changes? Interns and their Struggle for Recognition in Germany
My name is Rica. I am a student of political science and German language and literature at the University of Bremen. Even before the adoption of a minimum wage in the coalition agreement of the current German government, there has been an ongoing public debate about internships. Somehow the term ‘Generation Internship’ popped up and […]
Read moreI Want to Be Part of a European Youth Movement!
Aged 27, 31 and 32 Green German MEPs Terry Reintke, Jan Philipp Albrecht and Ska Keller belong to the young voices in the European Parliament. Europe is still in crisis. Holding on to short-sighted austerity measures, the governments of the EU Member States are postponing the necessary sustainable reforms. Even though they are not to […]
Read more1st European Interns Day. Occupying Place Lux
My name is Stylia, 24, freelance journalist, EU enthusiast and perspective MA student of the Political Economy of European Integration. On Friday July 18th, around 200 interns, young professionals, officials from EU institutions, and civil society organisations, took over Place du Luxembourg to protest in front of the Parliament against interns’ precarious working conditions in […]
Read more“History is with us all the Time“
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. Fraser Cameron said this at a recent event of the Heinrich Böll-Stiftung in Brussels and he is right: historical incidents such as the First World War still affect us in many ways […]
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