Youth and Europe
EN | IT – The Y Generation, the NET Generation, the Millennials, those who were born in the 80s until the first years of the 2000, those who know the Cold War only from school books or from TV series, those who have forgotten or have never learned to use the Lira, the Franc, the Peseta and the Mark; those who think that customs are invented by the movies, those who have brothers and friends abroad, far from their home to study, to work or even live; those who experienced Interrail, Erasmus Program, a study exchange at 16, those who don’t have a passport yet, but have actually visited almost the entire cradle of the “old” Western society. These are people who have Europe in their blood.
EN | IT | DE | FR – The great European humanist, Erasmus of Rotterdam, lived and worked for sixteen years – from 1514 to 1529 and from 1535 until his death in July 1536 – in Basel. We have to ask ourselves today, would an Erasmus in Basel still be imaginable, or would he fall foul of the (planned) measures between Switzerland and the European Union?
EN | IT – We are now use to consider ourselves as European citizens and for this reason we would like to understand why there is no dialogue between those against and pro European Union. In particular those pro Europe are not able to give answers to their rivals, but is it really that difficult? Maybe it is, but only for those who didn’t tasted, saw and experienced Europe yet.
EN | IT | RU – The Maastricht Treaty of 1992, came into force in 1993. Who is writing this article born together with the European Union. We are the first E.U. generation and because of this, our way of being Europeans is different from those who came before us and also for those who will arrive later. The real news is the E.U in which, those who believe in it in Italy are more than the 66% of the under24: a good data, but to be reassuring it has to be increased.
