September is always a busy month in Brussels, with the restart of the Eurobubble activities and also plenty of initiatives starting in our network. Moreover, this year we have had, as an extra, the Planning Meeting in Genova and the first of the Y Vote 2014 conventions, plus a European-wide campaign for youth rights, amonth many other things. Get a… Read more →
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“EU democratic gap” Y Vote 2014 convention in Las Palmas
Y Vote 2014 The second Y Vote Convention took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain. The topic was EU democratic gap. What is EU democratic gap (or democratic deficit)? It is the distance between the EU institutions and the European citizens, who feel that the decision-making is too complex and that the EU is too far away to… Read more →
It’s really up to Youth – YVote kick off in Valladolid
A sunny, clear day welcomed me to Valladolid on Wednesday 18th of September. As I was picking up my backpack from the bus, I found myself wondering what those five days would bring me. I wasn’t sure about what to expect. I did not yet realize how some of my thoughts and points of view about Europe would change in… Read more →