Today i have attended the debate leaded by Margot Wallstrom, the vice-president of the European Commission, under the topic of ‘’ EU Communication After the Irish “No”. Mrs. Wallström generally talked about the effect of Irish ‘ No ‘ in to other European Union countries, the elections in United States and the power of Internet for the PR of future elections, as well as the influence of young people and their awareness in such topics.
I asked her the question to what extent she personally is aware of the initiatives from youth associations and how much she supports them, and mentioned about our Y VOTE 2009 project, since it was the most coherent project for the days topic. She replied that she would love to support such great initiatives and promised to be a part of our project.
The meeting was held in the Representation of the European Commission in Belgium, about 30 participants including ex-commissioners, parliementers and journalists.