Europe and the Refugees: Brace for Difficult Years
It was just a quirk of timing that United Europe’s first Alumni evening took place on the very same night that saw European leaders gather for yet another EU summit…
Advocacy Seminars
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Advocacy Seminars are United Europe’s flagship project for Europe’s Young Leaders. Two times a year, we invite up to 30 future European decision-makers to discuss and engage on current European issues with key decision makers and experts.
The Advocacy seminars foster intergenerational exchange and give Next-Gen Europeans a sense of belonging to the European project. Travel expenses and accommodation are covered by United Europe.
Alumni Evening – Refugee Policy in Europe
Our first Young Professional alumni evening took place in Berlin on March 7, 2016. We met to discuss “Refugee Policy in Europe”. As speaker, Dr. Christian Ehler, Member of the…
A Better Education for the Next Generation: Views from a Young Professionals Seminar
In Europe, young people are turning into an increasingly scarce resource. With the ageing of the population, providing the next generation with an excellent education is becoming more important than…
How to Brand Europe: Proposals from a Young Professionals Seminar
Europe is no easy sell. Most of its citizens identify far more closely with their home country than they do with Europe. The European Union and its institutions seem remote…
Facing a Dangerous World: A Sobering Debate at a Young Professionals Seminar
Over the past few years, the world around Europe has become much more dangerous. What a contrast to the profound optimism of the 1990s! Of course, people in their late…
A Young Professionals Seminar About a Diverse and Deeply Divided Europe
Switzerland is a good place to be reminded of the fact that Europe is more than the European Union. Europe is, of course, a geographic entity that includes countries like…
United Europe’s first Young Professionals Seminar
What an extraordinary amount of learning, thinking, debating and networking you can fit into 24 hours! On April 4 and 5, 2014, twenty-one young Europeans from different countries and different…