What does an Enlarged EU Mean to You?

Writing Competition

‘We should look towards the future, but with a wisdom we gained from the past’

Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

The year 2014 marks two important anniversaries which are an occasion to reflect on the achievements in European integration until now: 100 years have passed since the beginning of the first World War and 10 years since the biggest round of enlargement of the European Union (EU) with the accession of 10 new countries. Today, the EU perspective is open to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

The European Commission is keen to learn more about what you think:

• What can today’s European Union of 28 Member States learn from its past to help improve its future?

• What does an enlarged European Union mean to you?

If you are between 15 and 25 years old, get creative today and win some great prizes! Share your views on one or both questions in an article (max 700 words) or in up to three blog features/articles (max 700 words altogether).

The deadline for submissions is 11 May 2014

Read more and submit your entry here.