July 21, 2017
AEGEE strives for a democratic, diverse and borderless Europe, which is socially, economically and politically integrated, and values the participation of young people in its construction and development. The recent political developments in Poland are concerning us as young Europeans because they are a threat to the Europe we strive for. Democracy is a core… » read more
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From May 23rd till May 28th, AEGEE’s biannual General Assembly took place in Enschede, the Netherlands. More than 600 members, young people from all around Europe, attended the event, thereby observing and participating in AEGEE’s highest decision-making body, the Agora. Participants got the chance to discuss the questions that transcend the life-cycles of… » read more
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AEGEE, celebrating 32 years of building bridges
April 13, 2017
On the 16th of April AEGEE-European Students’ Forum will celebrate 32 years since the foundation of the NGO in 1985 in Paris. When founded the aim was to cross borders and build bridges between young people in Europe. After 32 years it seems that even though we crossed many borders in Europe, there are still… » read more
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Today JEF Europe and AEGEE-Europe sent an open letter to President Tusk and European Commissioner Navracsics, calling on them to apply immediate pressure on the Hungarian government for the withdrawal of its new regulations, threatening the very existence of the Central European University (CEU). European institutions have to uphold the values on which our Union… » read more
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March 29, 2017
We are happy to announce that AEGEE has two national winners for the Charlemagne Youth Prize 2017 competition, awarded annually to youth projects that reflect active participation in the development of Europe: the photoblog project Faces of Europe has been selected as the national winner of Romania and the Summer University Project has won the… » read more
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March 22, 2017
From February 23rd till February 27th, AEGEE’s annual European Planning Meeting has taken place, this time in the beautiful city of Zagreb. The event consisted of two parts: a thematic conference on the topic of ‘Populism and Anti-European Agitation’ and an internal planning event, during which we discussed and developed our plans for the upcoming… » read more
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AEGEEans take on the protests in Romania #rezist
February 15, 2017
Romania experienced in the last two weeks a great instability in the political sphere that brought half a million people on streets protesting. In order to better understand the situation, we asked AEGEE members to share their experience from the protests in Romania. “I think more and more people realize what it means to… » read more
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February 9, 2017
We would like to invite you to take part in the Conference “Populism and Anti-European Agitation”. From February 23rd till February 27th, AEGEE / European Students’ Forum will be organizing the European Planning Meeting in Zagreb, Croatia. The Conference part of the event will take place on Friday and… » read more
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January 22, 2017
With Donald Trump assuming office as President of the United States, and with far-right parties enjoying high levels of support across Europe, it is necessary to reflect on the rhetoric they have used to gain popularity and the effect it has had on our society as a whole. Because of Donald Trump and like-minded… » read more
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United Against Rape and Violation of Human Rights in Turkey
November 21, 2016
European civil society calls for action from the Council of Europe to closely monitor the developments of the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Turkey. The bill explained below, proposed by the ruling party in Turkey (AKP), has been one in the line of many recent developments that give… » read more
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This blog features reactions on current happenings in Europe, shares visions of Europe, AEGEE's achievements & the opinions of its members.
AEGEE (Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’Europe) is one of Europe’s biggest interdisciplinary student organisations. As a non-governmental, politically independent, and non-profit organisation AEGEE is open to students and young people from all faculties and disciplines. Founded in 1985 in Paris, today AEGEE has grown to a Network of 13000 friends, present in 200 cities in 40 countries all over Europe.
AEGEE puts the idea of a unified Europe into practice. Operating without a national level, AEGEE brings 13000 students from 40 different countries directly in touch with each other.
What AEGEE does?
