The Writing Competition "So Similar, So Different, So European" Is Over

Published on April 29, 2015

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The European Commission received over 700 applications of a extremely high standard from all over the European Union. Have a look at the winning articles!

The European Commission received over 700 applications with a lot of original thoughts on an enlarged European Union and the challenges that it faces. A jury came together and had a tough job of selecting the best essays. The winning entries can be found here:

Austria: Joseph Beiglböck - ZUR LAGE DER UNION (English version)

Belgium: Ruben Peeters - MEER ZIELEN, MEER VREUGD? (English version / French version)

Bulgaria: Yordan Grizhov - КАКВИ СА ВАШИТЕ ВПЕЧАТЛЕНИЯ ОТ РАЗШИРЕНИЯ ЕВРОПЕЙСКИ СЪЮЗ? (English version)

Croatia: Anđela Čagalj - LIJEPA NAŠA I NJIHOVA – MALI VODIČ KROZ EUROPSKI SAN (English version)

Cyprus: Anastasia Liopetriti - WE HAVE A DREAM

Czech Republic: Markéta KREJČÍ - KAM SAHÁ EVROPA? (English version)

Denmark: Katrine Bundgaard Schow Madsen - PÅ BALKAN MØDTE JEG DE SANDE EUROPÆERE ET UDVIDET EU KAN HJÆLPE OS MED AT HUSKE VORES FÆLLES EUROPÆISKE FORTID. (English version)

Estonia: Triinu Lauk - THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY

Finland: Satu Haapaniemi - EUROOPPALAISESSA MIELENTILASSA (English version)

France: Berina Mulovic - MON 'EURO-COSMOPOLITANIE' (English version)

Germany: Simon Hartmann - DAS SCHWEIGEN ATATÜRKS (English version)

Greece: Nikolaos Toumaras - ΑΝΑΣΥΓΚΡΌΤΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΈΜΦΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΉΣ ΔΙΕΎΡΥΝΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΉ ΕΝΟΠΟΊΗΣΗ (English version)