The concept of European Citizen

What does it mean to be a European Citizen?
This is the typical question to which the majority of European Citizens have strived to provide a concrete and definite answer.
A disadvantage which may arise from us denying our collective belonging to the European Union is that we would not be able to take advantage of all the benefits that the European Union offers us.
As students of Regina Margherita who participated in the Comenius Project, we gave our hospitality to students of other countries from May 8th until May 13th.

The most important thing was the way to notice the diversity existent between our cultures though we belong to the same Union .
Taking advantage of this fantastic opportunity, we compared our Nations from the social politic and cultural point of view.
Thanks to the interesting debates developed in the English language we had a clear and definite sense of belonging to the Eu even if we are still too young to fully appreciate it.
We have come to the conclusion that in order for one to be a European Citizen, it is not sufficient to merely state it. One must declare with full awareness and affirm that in order for someone to be a European citizen it is necessary to approve and respect the political, social, and cultural diversities that exist between the different European nations. Hence we must be tolerant towards those who don’t share the same religious beliefs and we must strive to put into practice all of the laws included in the European Constitution.

We learned a lot of things thanks to this experience! We also made clear many doubts about Ue and, notwithstanding our cultural diversity we were able to establish a wonderful friendship, ... following, especially, the line of the European Motto: United in Diversity!

Andrea Russo V T