AEGEE-Europe, the European
Students’ Forum welcomes the historical outcomes of the Copenhagen Summit and
sees its relevance for voicing the visions and ideas of young people. AEGEE
hopes that the further Enlargement of the European Union to the Central and
Eastern Europe will increase the chances of young people for greater mobility
and that students’ involvement into the EU decision-making processes will be
strengthened.
No national level within
AEGEE-Europe structures shows explicitly that cross border cooperation among
European countries is not only possible, but also highly profitable and
fruitful. The Association with the Network represented in 43 countries managed
to overcome the existing barriers and we are happy to notice that politicians
see the need of making this big step forward.
We see the Enlargement as a
great step towards increasing student and youth mobility, as well as their
participation. The accession of the 10 countries will enable more students to
study and work abroad, both from Western and Eastern
Europe.
In the structures of the
European Students Forum Turkey has been an equal participant since 1995. We
consider Turkey a part of Europe and we hope that in 2004 the EU will open negotiations with this country..
We also hope that the issue of Cyprus willl be resolved in close future and the whole island will be accepted into the EU.
For more information
please contact:
Ms. Malgorzata Chudzik,
AEGEE-Europe Vice-President /Public Relations
at [log in to unmask] or call +32-2-
245.23.00
Information about AEGEE-Europe:
http://www.aegee.org
AEGEE is a student
organisation promoting the idea of a unified Europe. It’s main field of action
cover peace and stability, higher education, active citizenship and cultural
exchange. AEGEE is a non-governmental, politically independent and non-profit
organisation open to students of all faculties. AEGEE was founded in 1985 in
Paris as the "Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe", but has
moved its headquarters to Brussels in 1992. Today, AEGEE has about 17,000
members in 261 cities and 43 countries in Europe.
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