Europe and Me

The winner of the 2022 LUX Audience Award is Quo Vadis, Aida?

The LUX Award is an instrument for highlighting and reflecting on films that deal with social and political themes. It aims at encouraging debate and reflection and using films to help build a stronger European identity.

On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, the European Parliament officially launched the second edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. Set up in 2019, the prize aims to recognise outstanding in-depth journalistic work on topics that are relevant to the European Union as a whole or to some of its Member States. The award contributes to the promotion of EU principles and values, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe has now been prepared, after a process spanning a year. The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission have promised to listen to the people of the EU. They have also committed to following up, wherever they can, on the proposals, which are the result of a series of debates that gave people from across the EU the chance to share their ideas.

The Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament proposes measures to fight against offline and online racism and discrimination in culture, education, media and sport sectors.

The Conference on the Future of Europe is a series of debates for people from across the EU to share their ideas on key priorities and help shape our common future. The Conference is the first of its kind: its aim is to give people living in the EU their say on what it does and how it works for them. The Citizens’ Panels are crucial elements of the Conference.

The three films in the running for the 2022 LUX Audience Award are: Flee, Great Freedom and Quo Vadis, Aida? The LUX Award puts a spotlight on films that deal with social and political themes. It aims to encourage debate and reflection and use films to help building a stronger European identity.

Eurobarometer and Parlemeter, introduced in 1973 and 2007 respectively, are the two tools that the EU institutions use to survey public opinion and find out about citizens’ priorities.

Set up in 1985, the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded to people and organisations for outstanding activities or achievements in defending human rights in Europe and further afield.