One hundred delegates from forty countries attended our WU, under the theme of “The dangers of nationalism in the 21st century”. The main goal of this event was to explain to the delegates the disinformation campaigns, the control of the media and of the schools that nationalists use to achieve their political objectives.  The first day, Thursday 7th, we received the delegates and we started with a working dinner “The crossroad of Europe: nationalism vs…

To keep in line with our yearly tradition, EDS organised the Skills Training Workshop in Brussels for all the Co-Chairs of our Permanent Working Groups and the BullsEye Editorial Team. The Skills Workshop was held at the EPP Headquarters from 6th – 7th September. The Bureau was also present and held its second Bureau Meeting of the working year 2017/18. The Co-chairs from all our four Working Groups were trained on how to write motions…

EDS took part in the EPP Political Assembly As usually, EDS as an official student organization of EPP, is continuously increasing its presence within the EPP family on the EPP Political Assembly which this time took place in Brussels on 6th-7th September. The re-elected EDS President Virgilio Falco and the newly appointed Secretary General Sara Juriks presented our newly-elected Executive Bureau members and our plans for the upcoming months. The assembly focused on the current…

The Summer University of the working year 2017/18 was held from July 25th to July 29th in Genova, Italy under the theme: “Europe. Land of creativity, innovation and unity”, which attracted more than 100 participants from across the world. EDS was friendly welcomed in Genova, Italy by its member organisation StudiCentro. During the event young people from all over the Europe and guests from Latin America had the opportunity to meet and to speak with…

For the third consecutive year, EDS, together with the Hanns Seidel foundation and Croatian Academic Union (HAZ) organized the Centre Right Academy in Zagreb. It has become a beloved tradition and this year was not going to be any different. The main goal of the CRA is always to have a more interactive academy, where we focus more on workshops and teaching, rather than specific policy creation, which we develop during the Council Meetings. We…

Caja Política: The young voice in the EU and Latin America. Seeking opportunities.

Following our successful Winter University in February, we held our fourth Council Meeting of the current working year in Latvia in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for the Baltic States and Nordic countries. Due to its geopolitical relevance and expertise in strategic communication, we chose the city of Riga to discuss the theme of political communication in a changing media environment and how to engage young people with modern communication strategies. During the four-day…

The historical and dynamic city of Kraków, Poland, hosted this year’s Winter University together with the help from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation. During the Winter University, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for EU Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs, addressed the delegates at the Wieliczka salt mines. Commissioner said during her speech “different governments and Member States will have different views, but the situation in Poland is not normal. This is not a country I was dreaming about for many years.”…

EDS Winter University 2018 was held in Krakow, Poland, from 21 to 25 February 2018 under the theme of “Europe and Young leaders of local communities”.