Tag: EC
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Tusk, 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…
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1st 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…
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University Fees and Austerity
My name is Armanda. I am 25 years old and a student of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. The last report of the European Commission on National Student Fees and Support Systems shows clear disparities among countries on university fees and support systems, confirming, also in this case, a sort of ‘division’…