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Reaction to the Verdict in Pamplona Gang Rape

April 28, 2018

During San Fermin 2016 celebrations in Pamplona (Spain), 5 men forced one 18-year-old woman to have sex with them in the entrance hall of a residential building. Moreover, the 5 men recorded the sexual intercourse in video and after this they stole her phone so she could not communicate. The five men were accused of… » read more

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News, Opinion / Position

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Spring Agora Enschede 2017 – occupying the future of AEGEE and of Europe

June 8, 2017

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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Comité Directeur, News

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Witnessing when democracy is happening: European students observing the Referendum in Scotland

September 19, 2014

An election observation mission by AEGEE-Europe was present at the Scottish Independence Referendum held on the 18th of September 2014. Setting its main focus on the representation of the youth in Europe, the mission had as its goal to enhance democracy by ensuring the transparency of the voting process and the compliance with international voting… » read more

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Bridging Europe, Indyref, News, Press Release

, Adrian Browarczyk, AEGEE, Carlota Rego, Felix Linsmeier, Idil Warsame, IndyRef, Niek Mereu, Scotland

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The shooting down of the flight MH17 in Ukraine should be a wake up call for Europe

July 18, 2014

The shooting down of a Boeing 777 on July 17th is a shocking reminder of the fact that, while the international community divides its attention between the bombing in Gaza and the holiday destination of the German world champions, the situation in Eastern Ukraine has degenerated into a civil war whose consequences are unpredictable. AEGEE-Europe… » read more

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Bridging Europe, Comité Directeur, News, Opinion / Position

, Eastern Partnership, Miguel Gallardo, Peace and Stability, Russia, Ukraine

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“If we don’t cry out, who will?”

June 4, 2014

Commeorating 25 years of the Tianammen Square massacre As a European students’ organisation, we do not often look beyond Europe in these days while so many conflicts are happening in our continent. But today we do. We want to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crackdown of one of the biggest students’ protests in history,… » read more

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Comité Directeur, News, Opinion / Position

, democracy, GeziPark, Human Rights, Maidan, Miguel Gallardo, students, Turkey, Ukraine, World

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Tense situation in Ukraine the days before their most important elections.

May 22, 2014

Even though most western media have shifted attention from Ukraine, AEGEE-Europe / European Students’ Forum is still concerned about the situation in the country. We pay close attention to the Eastern regions, where several independence referendums were conducted some days ago. Regarding the absence of the international observers, and the lack of a legal framework… » read more

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Bridging Europe, News, Opinion / Position, Reaction

, Eastern Partnership, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Miguel Gallardo, Policy Officers, Russia, Ukraine

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How AEGEE is helping at the Turkey mining tragedy and the Balkan floods.

May 20, 2014

In the past days, two different tragedies have shaken our continent with too little impact on the news in many of the EU countries, which are focused into their national problems, the European Parliament elections, and in some superficial events such as the end of the football championships. In Turkey, 300 people died trapped in… » read more

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News, Reaction

, AEGEE, Balkan, Catastrophe, Comité Directeur, Human Rights, Turkey

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Reaction to the draft law of Spanish Government shutting down the Spanish Youth Council

January 31, 2014

On 17th January 2014, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the draft law of Reform of the Public Administration that, based on an alleged duplicity of functions with the governmental body Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE), formally abolishes the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España – CJE), turning a blind eye to the… » read more

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Comité Directeur, News, Policy Officers

, democracy, European Parliament, european youth forum, National Youth Councils, Policy Officers, Spain, Youth Participation, youth rights

Croatian referendum to introduce discrimination in their constitution

December 1, 2013

Croatia, the newest member of the EU, is today having a referendum that aims to modify their constitution for the first time in 22 years. The change in constitution is to include a sentence that specifies that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman. and it is a clear attack to the… » read more

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News, Opinion / Position

, AEGEE, CoE, Council of Europe, Croatia, Europe, Human Rights, LGBT, Social Inclusion

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