EU Enlargement and the Perception of the Young - Classtests [5A]
Contin Francesco - 4th Classtest
The aim of the following short essay is to discuss the extract ‘s analysis, the experience of school interviews about EU and the interpretation of data coming to surface from interviews. I will conclude the essay with my personal opinion.
The extract speaks about the enlargement and the “Copenhagen criteria” that describe the criteria to be respected in order to join EU.
The problem of enlargement links the question to questions like “when” rather than “if” the Country will enter. As a matter of fact there is a long procedure to join the Union, an example is Turkey’s question wish entry.
Interviewing young people I understood there is a lot of ignorance around this subject and knowledge about Europe is very poor. Nowadays the problem of Turkey’s entry is very hot but from the interviews a particular interest does not come to surface.
I think that Turkey will enter EU in the future but the biggest problem is to fight the ignorance and the fear of differences. As a matter size and geographical position aren’t real problem because all European treaties do not speak about geographical boundaries and about the size of a member country. The real problems are poverty and religion difference, but as for first problem I think Europe can help Turkey and for the second one very important step would be the creation a bridge with Islam.
Thanks to this project I improved my knowledge about Europe and the European Union and I think that this is the best way to promote a better knowledge among European young people.