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Paul Smits, presidential candidate: “AEGEE shapes Europeans and we can be proud of what we do.”

Paul Smits (AEGEE-Enschede) is one of the three candidates running for president of AEGEE-Europe. He has gained a lot of experience as a local board member, as subcommissioner and, especially, during the past year and a half as a member of the Chair Team. His candidature came for many as a surprise, with his current term as Chairperson of the… Read more →

Léa Charlet, Presidential candidate: “I believe members are the most important part of our organisation!”

Léa Charlet, 24 years old from AEGEE-Paris, is one of the three candidates for the position of President of AEGEE-Europe. She studies Law and European institutions and has been member of AEGEE-Paris since september 2011. She was HR, Secretary and President in her local and involved in the European Level as Fair Manager EBM Valletta 2013, Trainer of the Academy,… Read more →

Réka Salamon, Presidential candidate: “The president needs to listen and understand the needs of the team and support them “

Réka Salamon is a 23 years old girl from Debrecen.  Hungarian by nationality (her first local was AEGEE-Debrecen), German by adoption (she moved in Cologne and she joined AEGEE-Aachen), she is running for the position of President of AEGEE-Europe. If elected, she is going to be the first female President since Agata Pateka from AEGEE- Poznań (2009-2010). She is currently… Read more →

Antonija Parat runs for Secretary General: “AEGEE is going through a crucial process of transformation”

Just a couple of days ago we had found out that, besides Matthijs Overhaal (AEGEE-Tartu), there will be another contender running for Secretary General of AEGEE-Europe. The AEGEEan has talked to Antonija Parat (AEGEE-Zadar), current speaker of the Network Commission and proofreader of The AEGEEan magazine about herself, her plans and ideas on different aspects concerning the association. The AEGEEan:… Read more →

Balázs Kovács for Network Commission:”Take up the challenge of contributing to empowering antennae”

He  joined AEGEE in 2011 and, after a long experience in the local level as former PR reponsible and current president of AEGEE-Debrecen, he’s now  running for Network Commission at the upcoming Spring Agora Patra. Balázs Kovács, also known as “Bali”, was interviewed by the AEGEEan in order to get more information about himself and his candidature. The AEGEEan: Being a NetCommie… Read more →

Elmar Guliyev for Network Commission: “The strength of the Network depends on the spirit and stamina of the team”

Another AEGEE member running for the Network Commission. His name is Elmar, he’s 23 and he joined AEGEE-Bakı in 2011. The AEGEEan interviewed him in order to get more information. The AEGEEan: You have been involved in so many different activities on a European level (Public Relations Committee, Environmental Working Group, Fundraising Assistant of Health4Youth Project) and on a local level… Read more →

Maria Arends for NetCom: “I see potential in our network, but it may need a little push”

Maria Arends from AEGEE-Groningen (and AEGEE-Tarragona) is running for a position in the Network Commission. She was already on the line for this position during Spring Agora Rhein Neckar, but unfortunately she was not elected. One year later, she is running again, let’s discover why. The AEGEEan: Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself? Maria: My name… Read more →

Claudio Gennaro aims for Juridical Commission: “the main goal – to find strategies to reduce waiting times”

This Spring Agora Patra already looks legendary, with many outstanding candidates for the most important positions. One of the candidates, Claudio Gennaro from AEGEE-Cagliari, runs for one of the positions at the Juridical Commission (JC), and now you have the opportunity to meet him before Agora starts! The AEGEEan: As we traditionally start our interviews, please tell our readers about… Read more →

Bartosz Sudorowski for Comité Directeur: “We have to spend time with the people from the Network”

Bartosz Sudorowski, or Bartek, has been a member of AEGEE-Zielona Góra since february 2010 and is very active on a local level ever since. At Autumn Agora Budapest he was elected Network Commissioner and now he aims to be the new Network Director of AEGEE-Europe. Let’s discover more about him. The AEGEEan: Can you tell a little bit more about… Read more →