On the occasion of the next European elections on 8 June, the Information Office of the European Parliament and the Representation of the European Commission in Italy, in collaboration with the Festival of Diplomacy, are promoting an awareness campaign aimed at students, which aims at participation and vote, necessary to help decide the Europe of the future. The faces of this campaign will be the major representatives of the Embassies, i.e. the Ambassadors and diplomats of most of the countries that make up the EU.
The initiative started on May 3, with the meeting of the Swedish Ambassador to Italy, Jan Björklund, with the students of the Faculty of Global Governance at the University of Tor Vergata (see photo below).
The calendar of meetings continues throughout the month preceding the vote for the renewal of the European Parliament. In addition to the University of Tor Vergata, the universities of UNINT, LUMSA and Sapienza will also be involved, as well as the Higher Institutes of Rome and the Province, including: ISS Carlo Rosselli, ISS Ambrosini, IPSEOA Gioberti, the Lucrezio High School Dear Woolf Ferrari.
Below is the complete tour program:
- Jan Björklund, Ambassador of Sweden, on May 3 at 9 am at the University of Tor Vergata;
- Milan Tous, Counselor of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, on May 3rd at 4 pm at the University of Tor Vergata;
- Jan Kickert, Ambassador of Austria, on 8 May at 10.30 am at ISS Carlo Rosselli;
- Jasen Mesic, Ambassador of Croatia, on May 9th at 10 am at UNINT University;
- Fabrizio Spada, European parliamentarian, on May 9th at 4.30pm at LUMSA University;
- Pierre-Emmanuel De Bauw, Ambassador of Belgium, on 10 May at 10 am at the ISS Ambrosini;
- Paul Teesalu, Ambassador of Estonia, on May 10th at 10 am at the University of Tor Vergata;
- Bernardo Futscher Pereira, Ambassador of Portugal, on May 10th at 4 pm at the University of Tor Vergata;
- Georgios Christofides, Ambassador of Cyprus, on May 14th at 4 pm at the University of Rome La Sapienza;
- Ovidiu Pufu and Massimiliano Smeriglio, respectively Ministry Counselor of the Romanian Embassy and European Parliamentarian, on the 15th at 10.15 am at the Liceo Lucrezio Caro;
- Carmel Vassallo, Ambassador of Malta, on 20 May at 11 am at IPSEOA Gioberti;
- Martin Briens, Ambassador of France, on 20 May at 11 am at the Woolf Ferrari Institute
