In May 2019, eight other students and I had the pleasure to travel to Florence to attend the 2019 State of the Union Conference organized by the European University Institute as part of the delegation of the College of Europe in Natolin. This year’s conference on the topic of “21st Century Democracy in Europe” covered […]

Challenges faced by the EU and its Member States in the field of migrants’ political engagement     Migration is a timeless human phenomenon: men have always searched for better life opportunities elsewhere, especially when these are scarce at home. This is not going to change, so the focus should be integration, not scaremongering. Widespread

Throughout the last years, Europe has experienced the biggest movement of people since the Second World War, with migration becoming one of the most pressing challenges faced by the EU.  A sustainable solution to this problem, based on shared responsibilities, has yet to be found. The increasing politicization of migration, the EU’s immigration and integration

This year, the Belgian National Day at the College of Europe in Natolin brought an opportunity to discuss Polish-Belgian ties. And there was also something to celebrate – the centenary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Poland.   The exact date when the Belgian-Polish bilateral relations started is and will perhaps remain a mystery. Due

This article is based on an interview with Stephen Clark, the Director for Liaison Offices of the European Parliament, conducted on the 22nd January 2019. When we first met Stephen Clark at a volunteers’ meeting for the #ThisTimeImVoting campaign at the European Parliament’s Liaison Office in Warsaw, he quickly showed himself to be a very open personality with a pleasant way of responding