EU Enlargement and the Perception of the Young - Classtests [5A]
Giacomo Guzzon- 4th Classtest
The aim of the present essay is to discuss the following steps connected to the process of Eu enlargment:
1) the extract above,
2) my experience in interviewing young people,
3)the interpretation of data carried out by the different groups in my class.
I think that the “Copenhagen Criteria” are very important to promote Eu enlargment and integration because they define the criteria a country has to meet to become a member of the European Union.
The analysis of the interviews to young people,allowd me to draw some consideration.
I noticed that the youngest among the interviewed couldn’t express a personal opinion and the mayority of answers were quite vague.
Moreover I think that young people are not very much interested in knowing about Eu.
There is a lack of information about it, that shows people’s ignorance on the matter.
The interpretation of data carried out by the different groups in my class allows me to draw meaningful consideration.
The interviews’s interpretation shows that younger people and woman are less interested in knowing about the Eu and there is a great misunderstanding between the ideas on national and European citizenship.
In my opinion an other important consideration is that there is a lack of information about Eu in general and in particular about the Turkey issue.However what strikes my attention more is that a great mayority of interviewed is unfavourable to Turkey’s entry into Eu.The youngest among the interviewed are they who chose two or more languages to comunicate in Europe,while the oldest people are they who chose the use of minority languages. Finally I can say that the information considered brings to the conclusion that young people are in line with the European Union’s multilingualism policy according to which every European citizen had to know at least three languages.