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Read moreThe 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 […]
Read morePortugal 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 […]
Read moreSocio-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 […]
Read moreEU 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreReclaiming 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. […]
Read morePerceptions 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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreIs it Really Different this Time?
My name is Julian. I am a 29-year old political analyst based in Berlin working for an independent, non-profit think tank. This time, it’s different. This is the official slogan of this year’s European elections. The innovations of the Lisbon Treaty that will come into effect this year for the very first time offer tools […]
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