It has been over a year since AEGEEDebate was introduced to the AEGEEan. Recently, a very relevant debate was published, in cooperation with Yvote, on the differences between national rules on participation in the European elections. This made us wonder how the project has developed over the last year and what the future holds, according to one of the initiators of… Read more →
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The new editor-in-chief of The AEGEEan Anna Gumbau Martinez about learning on the European Level of AEGEE
Last month there were elections in all the Working Groups of AEGEE. Anna Gumbau Martínez got elected into the board of the International Politics Working Group and at the same time the super motivated AEGEE-Barcelona member became the editor-in-chief of The AEGEEan Magazine. The former editor-in-chief Patricia Anthony introduces you to the new leading lady of AEGEE’s online magazine. You… Read more →
Member of the Month Alin-Florin Calin combines all his interests on the European level of AEGEE
The Member of the Month of November is Alin-Florin Calin. He is an AEGEE member that was born in Western Romania and grew up in Eastern Austria, currently studying international law and history in Vienna. He got involved with AEGEE through local board activities in Vienna, the first experience that awoke his passion for AEGEE, followed by his first Agora… Read more →
Education should be free for everyone
International Politics or Culture: Different manners to taste the European feeling of AEGEE
These days, all the Working Groups of AEGEE are in the middle of elections for new boards. The Sports Working Group (SWG) reflected on their year as the board of the SWG, and in this interview the Culture Working Group (CWG) and International Politics Working Group (IPWG) also look back at their time as board members since Agora Budapest. During… Read more →
Identity Meeting Participants – Members of July
The election for Member of the Month for July is different than the others. Instead of choosing one member, the honor goes to nine AEGEE members that took part in the Identity meeting in the beginning of July. Anja Köngeter joined AEGEE-Heidelberg in March 2011 because she felt like giving something back to international students after her Erasmus and spreading the… Read more →
European Democracy Project In the Making
The European Democracy Project (EDP) is a proposal published by three AEGEE members: Ivan Bielik (AEGEE-Brno), Armin Weckmann (AEGEE-Darmstadt) and Thilo Zimmermann (AEGEE-Pisa) on AEGEEDebate. The Project aims to give young people the possibility to influence European politics and to demonstrate that a European democracy is possible. This will be done by launching one or more European Citizens Initiatives (ECI).… Read more →
International Politics Working Groups Will Run the World!
In AEGEE-Kraków, International Politics Working Group (IPWG) is not as popular as Public Relations Committee (PRC) or Human Resources Committee (HRC) but May will belong to them! Model of United Nations in Kraków is a project created and organized by IPWG in AEGEE-Kraków and is open for young people from over the world. The era of wars, conflicts and… Read more →
Re-introducing the Word ‘Forum’ – Ivan Bielik on AEGEEDebate
We all know that AEGEE stands for – and is also known as – the European Students’ Forum. However, some AEGEE members have the feeling that our association lacks the true meaning of its last word sometimes. A forum means a “place outdoors”, a meeting or assembly for the open discussion of subjects of public interest. So, where was the… Read more →
Stretching Your Right Arm is a Violation against Human Rights
A few weeks ago, the football team AEK Athens won against Veria, which made Giorgos Katidis want to celebrate. He did this, using the Nazi salute. Katidis (20) says he had no idea what the gesture stands for. His coach Ewald Lienen states that Katidis is young and does not have any political views, so he absolutely did not mean… Read more →