Talking with EU - episode 16: "Young, European and free: rights, opportunities and voices of young Europeans"
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Making sense of EU - Institut d'études européennes of the ULB
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What is the focus of the “Young, European and Free” issue and why does it matter?
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Hello everyone and welcome to this new episode of Talking with EU, the podcast where students' point of view matters. This podcast offers an open and safe place to students to discuss issues that concern us, both as students and as engaged young individuals. My name is Gutivan Utrive and I will be hosting today's episode which focuses on youth across Europe. This topic is also at the heart of magazine number 44. of Eyes on Europe, available from mid June twenty twenty six. Today we want to give you some sneak peeks of the articles that were written by Eyes on Europe writers. To do so, let's hear directly from them. Welcome Zac Balzon, first year master's student in European studies and writers for Eyes on Europe.
Hi, thank you for having me.
and Elise Deporter, advanced master student in EU interdisciplinary studies and the co president of ISON Europe.
Hi everyone.
So Zach, let's start from you because I can tell that your article really provides a comprehensive overview of the struggles that urban news have to face nowadays. Would you like to tell us a bit more about it?
So m my article really tackles how the EU considers its youth, right? And often we believe that it's it's sort of either black or white. So badly loved or badly listened. And Malémé ou Malécouté in French it sounds better of course. So we have this idea the as Europeans born in Europe, the we are born in this stable More or less economically, but also practically continent. And in reality, our numbers coming from a lot of health organizations, but also from statistical organizations are showing quite the contrary. In Europe, suicide is the secondary cause for death amongst younger people. Europeans and one out of six young Europeans uh suffer from mental health disorders. So this is worrying, and this is what my article essentially talks about how we are suffering, right, from various problems, uh also a lot of external problems that are tied to politics, and yet our politicians
Seem to sort of not listen to us, tackle the wrong issues that care that we care about.
How does Zach Balzon describe the EU’s current treatment of its youth?
So yeah, I I I think essentially this subject is at the center of the survivability of the EU itself. Because the relation that we have towards the EU as young people is very important for its own survivability, its own survival. survival in not just in our conscience but as we grow older. And so my article tries to provide um solutions to that, right? More investment is being directed towards youth across many projects, but essentially it's also about restoring political um narratives that are positive, right, about the EU and sharing them with youth. rather than uh constantly seeing how the the EU is negatively impacting us. And that's really hard in a in a age of disinformation, of deep fakes and now AI is becoming a real problem.
So so yeah, I believe these are the main problems that my article tried to analyze and tackle.
Ultimately in your article you remarked that the youngest generation are not as listened to as they deserve. But this generation can be really good at reclaiming space to be heard even when not provided by those in power. An example is certainly that one of that Elise d describes in her article about the Wa Woman Wave Project. Could you explain a bit more about this project, please, Elise?
Yes, exactly. So the Women Wave Project is honestly one of the most inspiring story I came across while writing this issue. Basically is six young women activists who decide to sail across the Atlantic Ocean like on an actual sailboat to get to the COP thirty, the UN climate conference that took place in Belem, Brazil. And the reason they did that instead of just hopping on a plane is really symbolic. Most of them had been avoiding flying for years as a personal stance on climate, but that also knew they wanted to make a statement like the Junior Ne itself had to mean something.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the focus of the “Young, European and Free” issue and why does it matter?
0:03–3:03
2
How does Zach Balzon describe the EU’s current treatment of its youth?
3:03–6:08
3
What mental‑health and suicide statistics does Zach highlight for young Europeans?
6:08–8:58
4
What solutions does Zach propose to improve youth‑policy dialogue with the EU?
8:58–12:18
5
What is the Women Wave Project and how does it link feminism to climate justice?
12:18–15:13
6
Why are young people turning to far‑right parties and what are the electoral trends?
15:13–18:22
7
How do the guests envision the future for European youth – hopes and concerns?
18:22–21:27
8
What actions can listeners take to engage with EU programmes and support youth initiatives?
21:27–23:13
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