How are political parties trying to reach youth through political messages and what works? We talked to Chiara Merlin, a Junior Researcher at Italian think tank Mondo Internazionale, and a United Nations volunteer. What kind of messages reach Chiara? Is her algorithm leading her to one side only or is it wider? How old do you really have to be to participate in Italian politics?

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on international youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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Is climate crisis moving down the priority lane of polirt? We talk to Cass Hebron, a climate activist from Belgium and editor of The Green Fix, a climate newsletter. How has war in Ukraine affected the presence of climate topics in politics? How to communicate climate and why do we need to focus on it

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on international youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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How is the EU reaching its youth? We talk to Mia Bradić, a climate activist and feminist from Croatia. Is the EU working in the direction of acknowledging her values? What was life in Croatia, the last country to enter the EU, like before and after joining the EU on the 1st of July 2013?

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on international youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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Why democracy as it is? We talk to Mira Kokko, a Students Union Board member at Tampere University in Finland. Is the voice of youth heard in the current democratic system? How do politics engage with young people in Finland? 

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on international youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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Why are far-right parties popular with young people? We talk to Martin Bogomilov Penov, Bulgaria's young European ambassador and a student at Manchester University: How is the far right developing in Bulgaria? Also in this episode: Cosmin Țugui, a student at the Faculty of Law at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi, Romania, and Laurin John, co-host of the German edition of the Europe is us podcast.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on international youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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In this episode, we spoke to Eliška Volencová, a journalist from the Czech Republic, about the place of women in her country. 

You will also hear from Petra Meier, a political scientist at the University of Antwerp, and Leonor Caldeira, a campaigner and lawyer in Portugal.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on European youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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In this episode, we talked to Nomi Hrast, a Slovenian activist. What is activism in her opinion? Does it really have to happen in a radical form only? What are the topics Nomi cares about enough to devote her energy for? Listen to this episode of our podcast to find out more.

In this episode, you can also hear from Hanah Lahe, youngest Member of the Parliament in Estonia.

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on European youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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Is youth making enough big of an effort to be informed about politics? Who does she believe has to inform youth about politics? we talked to Sofia, a student from Slovakia, to find out more.

In this episode, we also hear from other young Europeans: Emilis Mikulskis, Vice-President of the Lithuanian Students Union, and Iliyan Havladjiev from Bulgaria. What are their sources of information? Is youth more interested into politics when wars occur?

Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our podcast on European youth, with the first part of the season focusing on young people and politics, in the run-up to the European elections. 

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Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international youth podcast. Our new season is all about young people and politics in the run-up to the European elections. What do they want from the EU? And from the European elections?

In our first episode, we spoke to Mara Theresa Grimminger, president of the Young European Federalists in Belgium, who identifies herself as a European.

And there's more from other European GenZers: Lara Heising from Germany, Anej Irgolič from Slovenia and Andrei Stupu from Romania. Will they vote and why or why not? Listen to this episode to find out.

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Europe is us! But who are we? Listen to our international podcast focusing on youth. In the 42nd episode, Reading, we talked to Dino Pešut, Croatian playwright, writer, and poet. Is social media affecting our reading habits? Who are his readers and what do they choose to read? Listen to the podcast to find out more about his novel Daddy Issues as well.

In this episode, you can also hear from two Belgian teenagers, Arthur and Edgar, who reflect on how and when they read, and Emil Radev, Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament, who became Ambassador of Libraries in the EP in 2014.

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