The Haguerazzi - Issue 1

The Haguerazzi

ISSUE ONE

-official newspaper of the 11th dutch national session-

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CONTENTS

Topic articles pg. 5-17

Editorial pg. 3

Presidential welcome pg.4

Meet the chairs pg.18-21

Fashion rules pg.9

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On December 21st the Hungarian prime minister’s part Fidesz passed the second part of contentious legislation placing broadcast, print and online media under the supervision of a new authority with power to impose large fines for ill-defined offences such as breaching “human dig-nity”. All the authority’s members were nominated by Fidesz and Prime Minister Orban, who enjoys a two-thirds parliamen-tary majority.

Opposition newspaper published blank front pages in protest. The organisation for Security and Co-operation have expressed alarm. The governments of the United Kingdom, France and Luxemburg have voiced their concern too. One German newspaper went the extra mile by calling Hungary a Fuhrerstaat. Moreover, Hungary is the next Member State to hold the rotating presidency of the European Council. This should ring alarm bells for all of us, and especially as media team of the 11th Dutch National Selection we feel it is our duty to amplify the voice of concern.

We take the freedom of speech for granted

and as a sure fact in the 21st century Europe, but megalomaniac leaders like Mr.Orban are here to show us that apart from death and taxes nothing else is certain in life.

EYP journalism for us is therefore a valu-able and crucial aspect of a session. For many students EYP is the first exercise in putting freedom of speech into practice. The newspaper serves as the hard copy proof of this expression. Although the Haguerazzi might only be read by you, delegates, it is a small but not less impor-tant step towards a world where freedom of speech is a core value. You might think we are exaggerating, but we cannot stress enough how valuable thinking and express-ing is, especially when it comes to con-troversial issues. This is also something to keep in mind during committee work.

We hope of course that you will enjoy the session and especially the newspaper. We would like to take it a bit further though and wish that not only you will enjoy this paper but might think about it for a minute and for just a slight moment realise that being able to read this and be here is not something to take for granted.

yours,Rosa and Jon

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When and where did you begin EYP?My first international session was in Dublin in 2007.

Which was your most embarrassing moment in EYP?When I forgot to bring socks to Rotterdam in 2008, and I had to borrow socks from all the girls. I still have a pair of Hello Kitty socks.

Who is your favourite writer and book?Favourite writer is Douglas Coupland, and my favourite book is by him, The Gum Thief.

If you could have a superpower for a day, which one would it be?Stopping time, because then you can do anything: cheat, steal… It basically includes all other superpowers.(Uhh… Should we be worried?!)

What was the worst eating experience you’ve ever had?Eating on a train from northern Thailand to Laos – and as a result managing to convince border officials to let me cross over to use the bathroom.

The best band of all times?Dashboard ConfessionalWhat is the one thing that annoys you the most?Bad manners.The first thing you notice on people when you meet them?I look at whether they smile or not.

What do you wish for the session?That every young Dutch EYPer is enthused with the ideals of the European Union as much as I was when I entered.

Elina Mantrali asks the sharpest of ques-tions to our session president.

THE PRESIDENT

17 December 2010, in the middle of the city Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, the student Mohammed Bouazi-zi put himself on fire as a symbolic protest against the Tunisian government and in particular its dic-tator Ben Ali. His self-immolation was followed by major demonstrations throughout the country and eventually resulted in the resignation of former President Ben Ali and his government. As a consequence, in surrounding coun-tries like Egypt, Sudan, Yemen and Algeria many voices of protest have risen and they want to be heard.

4 October 2006, the domain name wikileaks.org was officially regis-tered. Two months later it published its first document which concerned a decision to assassinate govern-ment officials in Somalia. Since its foundation in 2006, Wikileaks has been continuously publishing nu-merous confidential and controver-sial documents throwing a different light on diplomatic matters.

At first sight, these passages may have little to do with each other. However, when we take a closer look and critically assess their fundamental purposes, we can identify one single word underlying both clauses, Revo-lution! Now some of you will think, “what is the bloke talking about”.

The word revolution is commonly referred to as a fundamental change in power or organizational structure in a short amount of time. This does not imply that a revolution can merely occur within a political context, as is the case in the first example

presented above. When placing the definition in a broader perspective, we can determine that the Wikileaks documents are revolutionary in terms of both quantity and quality. The whistleblower website initiated a new era in which corruption

and abuse of power are being fought with governmental transparency on a technological platform. Transparency of information is a core value in to-day’s democratic societies due to the fact that it strongly influences public opinion and accordingly the way a nation is governed. For illustration, imagine yourself in a situation where you have to rationally decide be-tween two different products A and B, where A is a substitute for B and vice versa. In a perfectly transparent situation your decision will be based upon complete information and your choice will be a balanced one. On the contrary, when you solely receive carefully selected information in or-der to influence your preference, your choice will be a guided one. This ex-ample depicts the critical importance of transparency, yet a couple of re-marks have to be made. Firstly, afore-

mentioned conditions do not always apply to real life, where decisions are not completely rational and information is not always available. Secondly, the world we live in, unfortunately, houses people with bad intentions. The latter is exactly the factor that raises the issue of transparency versus national security and it is you as LIBE1 that has to find a perfect balance between both titans in governance.

By: Charif van Zetten

THE CLASH OF THE TITANS

Asking whether “the ends really justify the means” is Charif from LIBE I


Let’s turn the time back for some centuries. Welcome to the 7th century. You live in Groningen, and 632 is a great year for you. You had enough corn last year, your population has enough to cover the winter and you even have extra corn. What do you do? You trade. Unfortunately, the only baron who needs corn is the one from Delft, which is five kingdoms - borders away. At that time you would have paid so much that, in the end, your corn would not be profitable to your cus-tomer. Wouldn’t it be better without these borders, where you have to pay all the taxes?

This is what happened a few centuries later and on a larg-er scale: the European Union (EU) was born. Among things, the removal of all tariffs with-in the European Economic Community (EEC) took place. This worked for years, but af-ter the two world wars, the European continent became

stronger, and wanted to com-pete with the USA and Japan. To do so the governments thought that the EU would be even stronger by having the same currency: the Euro. The twelve first countries formed the Eurozone. Nowadays, the Eurozone encompasses sev-enteen countries; the last one that adopted the European currency was Estonia, which entered in January 2011.

It is true, the EU with its Euro can compete with the Ameri-can Dollar or the Japanese Yen and facilitates traveling with-in the EU but the Eurozone is not one country. It’s sev-enteen governments, which work separately, and under-stand common guidelines differently. For instance, our beloved Olympic Europeans didn’t consider that 60 % of in-debtedness were enough, and they lived with almost twice as much and this for years! By having the same currency,

the countries & the economies were indirectly connected to each other. They formed one large economic area where everyone would decide on their own - yet one where eve-ryone shared all responsibility.

It is comparable to a ship where each sailor has the re-sponsibility for his area, but if some one is not paying enough attention to his task, the whole ship sinks. This is what happened, starting with Greece and spreading to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland.It is now a stated fact that countries didn’t behave ac-cording the common rules. But what can be done in the future to avoid such situa-tions? How can the EU and its member states stabilize the Eurozone and make it less sus-ceptible to upcoming crisis?

By: Alexandre Narayanin

Our multilingual jouranlist Alex of the ECON sends us back in his-tory in an attempt to illustrate the going-ons of the Eurozone.

SAVE THE SINKING SHIP

The European Union and NATO – two of the world’s most important and influential multinational organisations. These organisations have 21 member states in common, that’s 75%. One would assume that this would make coopera-tion easy and natural. And to a certain degree, of course, it is. With similar goals of global peace and prosperity, not to mention the majority of mem-bers shared by both unions, it is uncommon for the two to have direct conflicts. The fact that they aren’t actively up in arms against each other, however, doesn’t mean communication is easy. And communication definitely is necessary, seeing as both organisations are active in Bosnia–Herzegovina, Soma-lia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. As it is, they do work together, but it’s very difficult for them to use one another’s resources, such as military forces or intel-ligence.

Currently, the United States

have expressed their need for Europe to be more active in military operations, and if EU’s military activity is spread out between NATO and it’s own exploits, it’s not that surpris-ing that it might not be pull-ing it’s weight properly within NATO alone.

So why isn’t there a stronger allegiance between NATO and the European Union? One point that is central to the lack of communication is Cyprus. Last century, Turkey took con-trol over the northern part of the island, while the southern part more or less belongs to Greece. This led to a great ani-mosity between the two coun-tries, which was exacerbated when the Republic of Cyprus was admitted into the EU in 2004. So now Turkey is a mem-ber of NATO and Cyprus is a member of the EU, and they seem to be doing whatever they can to block communica-tion. Since Turkey has a veto in NATO, it can and does meet-

ings between NATO and the EU. The reason it can afford doing this, is because Cyprus doesn’t officially have the se-curity clearance needed to learn about NATO operations. Cyprus could theoretically cir-cumvent the issues about secu-rity clearance by joining NA-TO’s Partnership for Peace, but Turkey could block Cyprus’s application.

The other way for this issue to be resolved, would be for Tur-key to get closer to the EU, for instance by joining the Europe-an Defense Agency. Such an ef-fort was made a few years ago, but this time Cyprus blocked Turkey’s participation. Their rationale was that Turkey blocked itself, by not recognis-ing Cyprus as a proper mem-ber of the European Union.

By going in circles like this, it is obvious that proper com-munication between the EU and NATO is a difficult goal to reach.

Our very own Ollie from SEDE asks why isn’t there a stronger allegiance between NATO and the EU.

A DIFFICULT AFFAIR

by: Oliver Mcmanus


At the age of ten I learned about a peace project called CISV in which elev-en year old children from different coun-tries get together for a summer program to learn about hu-man rights and dif-ferent cultures. So, I told my parents that I wanted to join. They asked me if I was sure about my decision since I was quite young to go abroad by myself. My answer was positive and that summer I flew to Cincinnati, USA. There, along 60 kids and 15 adults from more than twelve nations, we shared the same rooms, did our own cleaning, cooked and participated in various activi-ties planned by the adult staff which enlightened us on the importance of peace and human rights. By the end of the month these 60 kids who used to be far more than strangers, considered each other brothers and sisters. We were crying, desiring to stay and to continue living in this bubble in Cincin-nati. Not only did we want to live in this bubble, but we also wanted to expand it. Why couldn’t the world also emulate us? Trying to answer this question, we felt the clash between idealism and pragmatism at

a very young age and this feeling got more tangible as we grew up. However we had a model very similar to our bubble in front of us, which gave us inspiration and pre-vented us from giv-ing up: the European Union. But...There has always been and will be a “but”. The increasing

right-wing power in Europe, the deportation of the Roma from France, the Dutch anti-Islamic politi-cian going on trial for comparing the Koran with Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and Merkel’s assertion that German multiculturalism has utterly failed, are just some examples proving the existence of the cultural and religious strife in today’s Europe.It might be too soon to say that nations have become more antagonistic towards different entitiWWes; however, it is evident that they are less tolerant. This state, points out that the “new world” anticipated by Huntington in“The Clash of Civilizations” has ar-rived.

How did Europe come to this stage, or has it always been this way? Is it possible that these cultural con-

Testyfing about her first calsh between idealism and pragma-tism, Zey from LIBE II shares her thoughts with us.

THE EURO BUBBLE

flicts were always there, albeit dominated by ideological and economic conflicts so that it

took a long time for people to realise their importance?

What can be done to save the one and only inspiration model of these 11 year old children to make not only Europe but also the whole world a better place. In other words, what should be the balance between idealism and pragmatism, and how can it be accomplished.

Although Huntington believes and the enlarging model of the EU, becoming more and more diverse day by day, hints that inter-actions between people of different civilizations or beliefs is one of the main stimuli of the conflict, I believe that while interaction can spark conflict, interaction is also the only permanent way of preventing this battle. Based on my experiences in multicultural ex-change programs since the age of ten, and as a grown-up who continued to work with various children from different cultures to help them integrate with children of other heritages, I know in order for this interaction to be effective, it should take place at a very young age, before people start to form the prejudices in their minds. Only when these multicultural exchange models become a mandatory part of the education system, will a bottom to top change take place and a new generation which respects and enjoys diversity, managing to coexist with different civiliza-tions will be created.

By: Zeynep Yavuz

Fashion rules- First Lesson

Tonight is Eurovillage, the unique occasion during this session to impress all of us with your creativity. You were given countries to represent, and I really hope that you took this task seriously. To-night you will have to wear all these Scottish dresses, French Beret, and consume all this good German beer. This is your chance to taste culinary habits from our European member states. As at all stages of this session, you will have to be at your highest level: don’t be shy, the most authentic; the best. But don’t mess it up!The best would be that you wouldn’t wear any jeans or t-shirts, but if you couldn’t find all the clothes of your country, avoid sportswear. Do not, I have to repeat myself, do not represent a complete differ-ent country than the one you were supposed to.Furthermore, baggies are not recommended for delegates, same as tight jeans and tops. Be original and creative, we want the best shoots of the session tonight. You are in the spotlight, so take advantage of it.

By:Alex Narayanin


We all have our own heroes. I remember very clearly who mine was at the age four: Dexter, from Dexter's Laboratory. Every day I would watch Cartoon Network and never miss an epi-sode of Dexter. How could he be this extremely smart scientist, and yet a child, no taller than a hobbit? Whatever it was this special boy had planted in his tiny brain, it gave him the tools to solve every single problem in less than ten min-utes (which was the duration of one episode). I thought only his big sister Dee Dee was the one who sometimes got in the way and ruined his masterpieces.

As I grew up, I learned there were thousands of Dexters all around the world. I also real-ized that there were many more problems that could get in the way of one's masterpiece and an annoying sister was rarely one of them. However, these problems did not seem to hold scientists back, for they are still coming up with great new solutions every day. They even take on large global issues, such as global warm-ing. However, as every person who hasn't been

living underneath a rock for the past ten years knows, this is not a problem that can be solved in less than ten minutes.

So now what? We've heard all about Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, windmill parks, solar panels, hybrid cars and the pros and cons of nuclear energy. Eventually what it all boils down to is that the time has come to start act-ing responsibly. We’ll have to deal with climate change and its effects on one side, and balance our resources with our demands on the other. It seems that our only solution in the end is, for us, as Europe and eventually the world, to take a step back: halt growth and take a breather.

Still struggling to reach the 1990 emission levels according to the Kyoto Protocol, we have a long road ahead of us in creating a sustainable Eu-rope.

Luckily organisations as the “Sustainable Eu-rope Research Institute” (SERI) are working on solving this problem. Until then, we might have

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Taking an educational approach, journalist Jana from ENVI urges us not to abuse our scarce resources.

to focus on what we can use now, as scientist are doing their best every day to come up with new ideas on green energy. Something that also gives the ENVI delegates some food for thought is the quite new Carbon Capture and Stor-age (CCS) method. This is a technology for mitigating climate change that can apply to our existing flees of power plants. In short, what it entails is captur-ing the CO₂ in the emis-sions from a power plant, injecting it into the pore spaces in a rock formation, deep underneath the earth, and storing it there permanently. It is a method that has proven to be effective in the past, but could it be able to tackle this large problem? Is it ‘the way to go’ and worth the effort and expenses, a solution that will only help us a bit until scientist come up with something better, or simply a waste of time?

Whatever it is, we have to figure it out now, because we have to get our grip on this situ-ation again. Until then, it probably wouldn’t

hurt to turn off your PC or TV when you’re not using it, stop wasting water and take the public transport over a car every once in a while. That way, with a bit of luck, our great-great-grandchildren will be watching Dexter on Car-toon Network and meeting thousands of scientists who are just as smart as him in real life when they grow

up. Who knows, some of these future scien-tists might even be able to solve rather diffi-cult problems in less than ten minutes.

By: Jana Trifunovic

“Europe and even-tually the world, should take a step back: halt growth and take a breather.”


René Descartes believed only in those forms of art from which something tangible could be drawn, where there was practicality to be found. Au contraire, Edgar Degas was known to spend hours and hours sprawled over life drawings to achieve his famous ballerina works. The relevance? Should EU Member States fund the arts in a strictly practical approach, or should they have some lenience on a sector based on aestheti-cism and the more profound meaning of pleasure?The economic crisis is forcing the Mem-ber States to make hard decisions concern-ing which institutions will lose their public funding. The issue at hand is ridden with dilemma as a result of the fundamental un-derlining ideological debate: is practicality or spiritual development more important?

This is no easy decision to make, especially as both sides are drawing their argumentsbased on values set deeply within the mind-set of every European citizen. In defense of the arts is the argument that the achievements of the human species should be accessible by all, irrespective of their so-cial class or economic status. Art inspires ideas and provokes criticism – it is the apex of a harmonious society of free and educated thought. Hence its value in a Europe whose century-long history has strived to achieve exactly that. It has only been in recent years that this principle was upheld consistently. Museums housing masterpieces of the hu-man mind can only offer free or cheap entry and still uphold the value of their exhibi-tions with the support of state funding. The historical trend to retain the pleasures of the

DESCARTES VERSUS DEGAS

Our presidential journo Elina Mantrali from CULT ponders on the importance of being lenient with the funding on arts.

art world for the wealthier classes had be-gun to be eroded in these recent years, and to withdraw funding can only result in a relapse to elitism in the arts. Joe the Jock might not be able to get an original Picas-so hanging on his wall at any point in his life, but at least he has the opportunity to be aware of its existence, to appreciate its value. This is a view that takes into account the effects of education and culture in a so-ciety, and protects it from spiraling into ig-norance.There is of course also the other side of the coin – the argument for a need to ap-proach the economic crisis practically. It is rather hard to defend the art scene before cuts in the healthcare system, for example. After all, one extra doctor can make the difference between life and death – and it is safe to say that the taxpayer will prefer his money to go towards securing his life. In addition, there are considerations of the fact that since the biggest activity in the art

market comes from the private sector, then perhaps it should be left to regulate itself in the good old system of supply and de-mand. That is to say, that art is after all a commodity and should be treated as such. Now this approach does indeed take the facts as they are and gives a straight solu-tion to the problem that is so pressing in-ternationally.Personally, I truly do not know if there is a right answer at all. Therefore, I have reached the conclusion that it is an issue of political discretion. The decision to be made does not come down to right or wrong, but rather to the intrinsic values of each person. To make a radical, off-the-wall suggestion, in my ideal context, this would be a battle fought out at the ballot box.

By: Elina Mantrali


THE LUKASHENKO CONTRADICTION

The presidential election in Belarus last De-cember had very little to do with a standard democratic process that we are used to in the EU. There was nothing that resembles free me-dia, opposition leaders were beaten up by the army and more than 600 opposition activists, including 7 presidential can-didates, were arrested dur-ing a big protest in Minsk. The elections were anything but fair and therefore the re-sult was flawed. Catherine Ashton, a high representa-tive in the EU, announced in an official statement that “Unfortunately, the trend set by the relative progress during the campaigning period was not followed by a transparent and fair polling process. It is especially regrettable that elec-tion night was marred by violence, which I strongly condemn. In particular, the beating and detention of several opposition leaders, in-cluding presidential candidates, is unaccepta-ble.” Not only Ashton, but the United Nations (UN) as well as the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were em-barrassed by the way President Lukashenko’s and his “friends” behaved. It is clear that Bela-rus does not have a truly democratic govern-

ment nor has it ever really known one in its long history.Is the EU Win the position to do anything about this and if it is than what can be done? Belarus has an enormous economic impor-tance for the EU. It’s not because of anything

Belarus is manufacturing. It is simply because there are so many pipelines running through Belarus territory, transporting Russian oil and gas towards the rich West-ern European countries. It is also the geopolitical posi-tion of Belarus that makes

this issue especially sensible, Belarus has long borders with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

Is this a question of “Money talks and bullshit walks” for the EU? Or can de EU do some-thing to change the terrible position of those in Belarus who do not belong to Lukashenko’s clan? Yes, we can. It will not work to threaten them with boycotts or other punishments, be-cause the people who suffer the most are too often the ones that were innocent in the first place. No, we have to do it with a lot of carrots and not too many sticks. We have to focus our

Isolate Lukashenko is what should be done acording to Romée, our one and only journo for AFET I

“We have to focus our efforts on Mr. Lu-kashenko’s partners in crime.”

efforts not only on supporting the opposition parties, who will be crushed by Lukashenko’s secret service, but mostly by targeting Mr. Lukashenko’s partners in crime.

We have to offer the people close to Lukashen-ko, who help him stay in power, a way out. We have to entice them. We have to promise them that they can have a comfortable life without the fear of falling out of grace with their Pater Familias.

Lukashenko has nothing to gain with losing his power, but he has not that much to lose either. He is the boss, he calls the shots and when he goes down, he goes down and that will be it. But all the people around him, the men and women who do the dirty work, they will be hit the hardest once Lukashenko falls. It’s kind of a contradiction, people live under poor political conditions with Lukashenko but it might be worse without him.

If the EU ensures them of a safe future for

themselves and their families, then they might actually will help bring Lukashenko down. And when that happens, the EU can help building a new Belarus with a truly democratic government meeting our and in-ternationally set standards.

By: Romée Swaab


ILLEGALIMMIGRATIONDiscussing this sensitive topic Julie reminds AFET II not

to just think in policies but also in people and their rights

The European Union and it’s member states, especially those linked to external borders, are forced to deal with more illegal immigra-tion every year. Since the control at the EU’s internal borders has disappeared, it is a diffi-cult task to carry out their own immigration policy. That is why many believe that this problem should be dealt with at a common level. An illegal immigrant that enters Malta for example, can later easily come to the Neth-erlands. Are all EU-member states in favour of sharing their powers and responsibilities con-cerning justice and safeguarding borders? Do all EU member states want to risk decreasing their sovereignty by taking equal responsibili-ties? Should we just improve and extend the already excising common policies trying to tackle the illegal immigration or take whole new measures? Maybe even more important, what about the human right violations among the illegal immigrants?

Is it the responsibility of all member states when Greece, Malta and Spain have many is-sues dealing with illegal immigration? They will spend and have spend a lot more money than other member states tackling this prob-lem, though it’s a fact that they have a lot more illegal immigrants crossing the borders. So isn’t it fair they pay more costs to deal with these issues, not only financially? This Janu-ary, Greece clearly showed his desperation on the increased illegal immigration. The minis-

ter defended his government plans to build an US-style fence on its land border with Turkey. “Greece cannot handle more illegal migrants on its territory and is determined to take all necessary measures to protect the borders, in-cluding the construction of the fence along a stretch of its land border with Turkey in Evros prefecture. At the same time, the goal set is that no illegal migrant will be left in the country,” he said. Greece shows its despair, by taking this measure; taking into account what image the EU may project erecting a wall on the bor-der of a candidate country. Like the European

Commission also said regarding these plans: “walls and barriers are short-term measures” that cannot solve immigration problems in a long-term manner.

But why is Greece so desperate, is it maybe time for the EU to help out more, and share the ex-penditures? Stop blaming and start aiming to improve the EU’s commitment to continue its

“The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” Ghandi

humanitarian tradition in providing shelter to those in need of international protection? Can this be fulfilled if all its Member States con-tribute? But maybe even more important than a quarrel about power and responsibilities of border control and border protection, what about the protection of individual humans? What about the Afghan who is send back to Greece, because of the “Dublin regulation”? What kind of European Union law is it un-der which member states are allowed to send back refugees to the first EU country where they arrived? Doesn’t that causes that Greece not only to has illegal immigrants entering from outside the EU but also send back by our own member states? This not only dete-riorates tackling illegal immigration but even more worsens the circumstances of the illegal immigrants themselves.

Which brings me back to the Afghan who was sent back to Greece and, upon arrival at Ath-ens airport, was immediately placed in deten-tion, and locked up with 20 other detainees. They were given just little food, very dirty mattresses to sleep on and no access to toilets or fresh air. Three days later, he was issued an asylum seeker’s card and released, being forced to live on the streets, as he had no means of subsistence. His asylum applicant card was renewed half a year later but no housing was ever offered to him. This is the example that

the European Court of Human Rights dealt with this January. The ECHR ruled that an Afghan translator should not have been sent back from Belgium to Greece, where he faced degrading and inhuman treatment. Violation of human rights definitely shows us a flaw in the “Dublin regulation”, and maybe even in more of the policies regarding illegal immi-gration?

All the steps taken on illegal immigration so far may have led to more pressure on a few countries and goes against the responsibility and solidarity principles in the EU. It’s clear we need to make a change together, find a solution and meet our obligations to pro-vide adequate international protection, con-tinue working to enhance the humanitarian situation of migrants and asylum seekers and overall improve the situation of illegal immi-grants together, but how? That great task is up to the committee on Foreign Affairs, and I hope they are well prepared to fulfill this difficult task together. Don’t let your own de-sires and greed overwhelm other committee member’s needs, like Gandhi once said: the earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.

Julie van der Post


Zosia, if left alone in the middle of nowhere, what would the first object be that you take with you?I would definitely take my nail polisher with me.

Is that because the word polish appears in it?(starts laughing). Yes indeed I am from Poland, but that is not the main reason.

You have one year left of your life, what would be the top three on your bucket list?Make a roundtrip through South America, Mary the prince of Monaco

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Titus how was the prom of last night?It was funny and intriguing, certain delegates at the prom, attending this session, behaved ter-ribly.

Suppose you have one year left of your life, what would be the top two on your bucket list?Meet the Inuit, spank a see cow

What is the most extraordinary experience in your life?When I woke up next to Jessica Alba, that was something I never expected me to do.

Florentine, One thing nobody knows about you?I collect Starbucks mugs.Edward or Jacob?Screw Twilight! Stephan from Vampire Dia-ries.Which character from Friends?Rachel, because she never worries, and always focuses on having fun.

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Chris, If you were an animal, which animal would you be?A bear. Because everyone says I look like one, and also because they’re big, warm and sleep through winter.Which character from Friends are you?Chandler!What is one thing that nobody knows about you?I am afraid of nail files. I need to throw up when I see them.

Iwana, how old are you?18 Years old.

Best EYP experience so far?Being an official for the first time. She chaired at the preliminaries in November 2010

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Ben, how old are you? Twenty-something.Best EYP experience so far? Organising the International Session in Frankfurt, in Summer 2010.What would you tell to your delegates? Use the opportunity to go Bananas.

Boaz, how long have you been a part of EYP?For ages, I started in 2007.

From 1 to 10, how attractive do you think Alison is?Ten. And a half.

Have you ever embarrassed yourself at a ses-sion. Once, at an international session, I said fuck during general assembly.

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embarrassing moment in EYP?I never do anything embarrass-ing. I live kind of like a monk.

How attractive is Boaz on a scale from 1 to 10?Twenty–five!

Which message do you want to give the delegates for the ses-sion?I just want them to have fon.


Dinner’s served, guys, and it’s our lovely Sophie Hall who’s been cooking. Other than being active within EYP, this miss likes to get loose on the dans floor, practicing the art of ballroom dancing. Watch out though, because at places other than a ballroom, she knows to be very clumsy. However, her chat full character definitely makes up for that. Currently she’s having a gap year, but it seems like phi-losophy will be her study next year, even though she’s also cherishing a great love for theatre.

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Some might know him from his Dutch fraternity, of which he is a true brother. But most of us know Boris Polm from the previous Dutch NSC, which was being held in Amsterdam. He’s currently studying Molecular Science and Technology at Leiden, where his fraternity led to him hav-ing two very different hairstyles. His casual one: no gel with a bit of hair falling onto his face. His fraternity one: lots of gel and all hair to the back, as only the maffia wears it.

AFET IIWhat’s your age? 18 years old.

Are you in a relationship? No, single (thumbs up).

What’s your favorite EYP session ?The last international session in Frankfurt, where I was a journo.

What’s your best quality? My amazing hair. What’s your worst quality? I tend to laugh in inappropriate situ-ations, and once I started I can not stop.

Tell us a secret about yourself... I prefer to keep secret that a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Wine-house, even though I find her a great singer.

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What is your best EYP experience so far? When I was a journalist at the International Session in Stockholm my co-journo and I met some cute boys who asked us out the next day to an old pic-turesque bar. The next day we left the Session (with permission of course) and we had so much fun that night! Another lovely EYP moment was last night, when I turned 21!

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What is your best EYP experience for so far?When I was a journalist at the International Ses-sion in Lillehammer I was really excited about the last issue. It had 50 pages, the articles were of very high quality and writing it together with the team was so much fun.What do you want to say to their delegates?If you win I hope to see you all back very soon and if you don’t: I hope that you will still use eve-rything you have learned and experienced, also after this weekend.

Secret fantasy:Reading minds

Favourite Beatles member:John lennon

Three adjectives that describe her:Curious, outgoing, annoying (only in the morn-ing)

Inspirational EYPer:Dominic Drasnar

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Secret fantasy:Being invisible

Favourite beatles member:Seperately they don’t go but If I had to choose I would go with John Lennon, because he died.

Three adjectives that describe him:Friendly, funny, annoying (sometimes/usually)

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