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The expansion of NATO – what to make of it?
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Age: 18
Country of origin: Italy
Country of residence: Italy
Profession: Highschool student
Q: How does the EU influence your day-to-day life?
A: In a very subtle way, so that it is difficult to grasp the influence of the EU immediately.
Q: When you think about the EU, what is the first picture that comes to your mind?
A: The flag.
Q: End the sentence: “Twenty years from now the EU … “
A: …will hopefully be more powerful.
Q: Choose three adjectives for the EU!
A: peace-keeping, democratic, diverse in a sense that the single countries are not always of the same opinion but still they cannot be without the others
Q: Explain the EU to an 8y old child (elementary school) in one sentence.
A: The countries of Europe joined to one group, they help each other, join their forces and call this friendship EU.
Q: If the EU was an animal, what would it be and why?
A: A bull, because Zeus transformed into a bull abducted the beautiful Europa to Europe.
Q: Is there a dish (in your country) that describes Europe best, and why?
A: A Knödel (dumpling) because many different ingredients round off.