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Youth employment in Europe. Access to labour in a time of crisis. A call for change. What does this have to do with me?
I'm reporting from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Conference Centre in Paris where the first day of the A Call For Change Conference is taking place. As the expert panels entered into dialogue with the delegates in the morning, they opened up a great diversity of perspectives, studies, and ideas on youth access to labour. Being confronted with the past, present and future status of youth employment in Europe, I was fascinated by all the young people around that were engaged in the debate.
As the day went on, my curiosity about the audience grew. So it was time for a little E&M investigation
Following on from the Wired in special review by Heart editor Marta, I thought it'd be great to interview the guys from the Barcelona-based band Manel this week. If you wondered how Kenneth Branagh has inspired their songwriting or how artists deal with the empty feeling when you start a new album from scratch, read on!
E&M: You are already very successful in Spain. How do you plan to conquer the rest of Europe?
Manel: Well, we are not really planning to conquer anything. Actually, we never did. Four years ago, when our first album came out, we hadn't planned or expected that it was going to be this succesful. We were happy because we liked those twelve songs and that was all... Now, if we play in Europe and somebody wants to see us, it's amazing, but we don't have a master plan.
E&M: Your two albums have very interesting titles (translated to English "Europe's best Professors" and "10 Miles to See a Good Armour"). Can you explain how you came up with them and what they mean?
Presenting the outcomes of the Berlin Foreign Policy survey!
Written by EditorialThis is a special day in Berlin, the first Berlin Foreign Policy Forum has just started in the beautiful Humboldt Carré and E&M are reporting about the events throughout the day. Most importantly though, we are there to make the voice of young Europeans heard. We're very excited to discuss the views you expressed in the survey with politicians, media representatives and policy analysts from around the world. If you want to know all about the EU foreign policy survey in which over 6,500 of you participated, check out our presentation with the outcome of all questions here.
You can access the main points of the results here.
Who has the most influence in the EU at the moment?
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Your top priorities for the next 10 years EU foreign policy
Written by EditorialMost of you believe the EU should focus on humanitarian aid (26.8%) or longterm development of the Southern hemisphere (25.2%). Do you think European involvement actually helped or worsened the development of countries of the Southern hemisphere thus far?
What do you want to know about EU foreign policy?
Written by EditorialGetting ready for the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum
Written by Julia SchulteFirst of all: Thank you!
Thank you to the 6,538 people who participated in our survey about EU Foreign Policy over the last two months. You helped us create the biggest insight ever provided into young Europeans' opinions on this topic. We didn't reach the 10,000 but we are still very proud of the results and want to keep our promise by making all of your voices heard.
Our partners the Körber Foundation and the German Foreign Office were so impressed that eight people were able to encourage 6,000 people to participate that we are still going to the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum. So this weekend, eight E&M authors, editors, and readers from seven different countries met in Berlin to analyse your answers. Of course, we want to be well prepared for meeting different Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors, experts and journalists from your countries on November 29th!
When we started on Friday night I was quite impressed by some of the results and, more generally, by how many politically interested young people there seem to be in Europe – and not only Europe: We had participants from the U.S., China, Venezuela, etc! There are definitely many people out there who have an opinion on European Foreign Policy! We started Saturday with a short briefing on German Foreign Policy. I'd love to tell you what was said, but we agreed to Chatham house rules!
We then had to make decisions over who is going to grill the politicians at the Forum itself. Representing young Europeans in the opening panel, and sitting alongside the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Poland and Greece, Matt, Editor of the Sixth Sense (from the UK) and Ingvild, E&M author (from Norway) are going to be there discussing the survey results. The rest of the participants will try to get as many politicians, ambassadors, professors and journalists on our Blue Sofa: there, they will be confronted with your views on EU Foreign Policy. Our interviews will be recorded and we plan to have them available online on the Sixth Sense!
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