InvigoratEU Contest: What future for the European continent?
The map of the European Union is changing. Countries that once stood outside the EU are now at its doorstep, and the decisions made in the coming years will shape the continent for generations.
the case for enlargement makes itself: more members mean more countries pooling defence capabilities, more diversified supply chains, deeper trade integration. Enlargement is the EU’s investment in its own resilience.
And yet this is not what people are hearing. In some states, enlargement is framed as a charity, a risk, a burden, and that is the version being handed to people by those who benefit from keeping the EU small and divided. In others, it is not even a discussion point. Either way, the average citizen is left with the same question: why should I want this, and what’s in it for me? Scepticism grows in the absence of understanding, and understanding requires a conversation that has not genuinely included the people it concerns the most.
TEPSA’s contest “What future for the European continent?” is an invitation to change that. Whatever your background, wherever you are from, if you have a vision for what Europe could become, we want to hear it. Share your ideas and visions through three creative categories: poetry, written essays, and audiovisual works, and contribute to a broader public conversation on the opportunities that a wider EU can bring.
Deadline: 24 July
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