Brussels, 30 April 2009

PRESS RELEASE: AEGEE's Y Vote 2009 hits the Isles - UK tour

After Austria, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Cyprus, Belgium… Y Vote 2009 is going to hit the Isles. AEGEE (European Students’ Forum) has partnered with student and youth NGOs from Dover to Stirling to bring the fact – that EU politics matter – and change the fact – that young people don’t care about it.

Y Vote UK is approaching young people in a rather special manner – being aware of the traditional British outlook on the European Union – but our message stays the same: making informed choices at the elections is the simplest yet most powerful instrument for change.

The campaign will be launched in London, at the Isle of Y (April 26 – 28) and continued during the next 30 days in 26 cities. The tour will have its closure in Edinburgh (May 29 – June 2). On June 3 a nation wide synergy of actions will make up our final – Only One Day – effort to mobilize first time voters for the June 4 election day.

Y Vote UK is hoping to reach out to tens of thousands of young people across the UK. To give the effort a strong European youth vibe, one hundred young people from all EU member states will get the chance to join different campaigning activities. Our actions will vary in their size and nature – from music to sports, from debates with MEPs to street flash mobs – all with one single aim: to make young people think about their future.

More information on the Y Vote 2009 Campaign and the UK tour: http://yvote2009.blogactiv.eu/

AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe / European Students’ Forum) is a student organisation that promotes co-operation, communication and integration amongst young people in Europe. As a non-governmental, politically independent and non-profit organisation AEGEE is open to students and young professionals from all faculties and disciplines – today it counts 15.000 members, active in more than 250 university cities in 43 European countries.

If you would like more information about the Y Vote 2009 Campaign or AEGEE, or to schedule an interview with Dragan Stojanovski, initiator of Y Vote and President of AEGEE-Europe, please contact:

Robin Verschuren
Vice-President & External Relations Director of AEGEE-Europe

Phone: +32 2 45 2300 or mobile: +32 479 587634
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