Freundschaften, Begegnungen und Engagement: das ist gemeinsamfür.eu für Anton

Ich habe mich für die Beteiligung an der Initiative „together.eu“ entschieden, weil sie neue Bürgerinnen und Bürger hervorbringt, die sich durch ihre Mitwirkung an der Institution, welche nicht aus einem hierarchischen Blickwinkel, sondern als eine Gemeinschaft betrachtet wird, weiterentwickeln können; einer Gemeinschaft, in der das Konzept der Repräsentation mit Partizipation und Engagement verbunden ist, was man jedoch nicht mit direkter Demokratie verwechseln sollte.

I decided to participate in Together.eu because it shapes new citizens who grow up participating in institutional life as a community, rather than in a top-down manner – a community where the notion of representation is linked to participation and commitment and not confused with direct democracy. When I think of Together.eu, I think of its human value: friendships, meetings, networking, the possibility of getting involved, to make a personal commitment for oneself and for others that does not stop at that, but which gets concrete feedback from the institutions.

At EYE 2021 I was able to take part in a roundtable on human rights and could express my views at the seats of the European Parliament; thanks to the Representations of the EU Institutions in the Member States, I have been able to go to schools and, along with others, do a European civic education course for younger students.

Freedom is participation.

Freiheit bedeutet die Möglichkeit der Teilhabe.