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Andrew, UK, lives in the Republic of Ireland. Dreaming about the future of the European Union: “In order for the European Union to work effectively, everyone has to feel as part of the same family. So: Yes, I was born in Britain, but I’m European. Yes I was born in Germany, but I’m European. That…
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Maria, Spain, lives in England. Talking about how she would imagine an ideal EU: “I don’t believe in borders. And the European Union means that we have borders, but not so much. So that means, I can go to Germany and live there, if I want to. Or go to Amsterdam and live there for…
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Steve, Luxembourg. Criticism about the EU: “The EU is positive, in general. But, after the fall of the Berlin Wall it grew too fast. That is not only a problem in politics, that’s everywhere: Growth is only good if it happens slowly. If anything, no matter what, is growing too fast there are conflicts –…
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Time for Portugal! Finally! One of the countries we were looking forward to the most. None of us has been here before but we heard so many positive things about it. Our expectations have definitely been met. It is a beautiful and, even in December, sunny country. We did not expect to get so tanned…
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Sister Bep, Netherlands, lives in Belgium. Talking about ideas how we could achieve a better Union: “We have to take care of the poorest in our society. We must not only think about getting further, higher or striving for even more wealth. We have to take time and look after this group of people with…
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Creighton, Northern Ireland. On his opinion about Brexit: “I’ve always been quite a British person. So I have always had a slight negative feeling about the EU. I feel Britain is in a much stronger position to run their own kingdom, now.”

Marie, France. On the question how the EU is affecting her everyday life: “Unfortunately, there are the negative effects which are coming to my mind when thinking about the EU. All rules (I, personally, work in gastronomy), especially hygiene regulations, helped bringing health safety. But this safety is mostly artificial. Those rules contributed that small…
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Tim, Germany Our very own Tim in front of Oswald in Portugal “For me, the EU is an association of states that have come together in a difficult time to create something better and new. The community that grew out of it, in my opinion, is something great and so far unique in the world,…
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Bridget, Scotland. Talking about the Brexit-chaos: “The EU doesn’t really affect me personally. I can remember when we first went into the European Union, 1972/73 – wasn’t it? At those times we thought: What’s the point, why bother? But it seems to have worked and I just feel that now, so why change it? It’s…
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Ben (l.), Belgium. On what he thinks is positive about the EU: “What I like about the EU is, that we have open borders. So we can exchange within the member states. But unfortunately, being so big, we also want to increase our economy compared to other parts of the world. In doing that, we…
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