EDITO RIAL
by Samuel Muhsin (CZ)
The object currently residing in your hands is the first issue of the session newspaper from the Cray media team. It is composed of 24 pages filled with information of various depth, importance and seriousness. It comes from the collaboration of members from my media team, a media team that is composed from 4 international journalists, 4 Czech journalists and last but not least my editorial assistant. Since many weeks ago we have been working on preparing the complex media coverage of the session you are now part of. My team of crayness and I are here to provide a holistic report from all of the aspects of this unique session here in Rakovnik. Rakovnik, presumably the city of crayfish (rak) has after much debating given us a name under which we are now proudly able to present our news
feed that will be companying you throughout the session and perhaps even after the end of this wonderful experience. With this promise made I have an appeal towards you, the young and bright delegates: acknowledge my journalists, approach them, speak to them, share with them; they are here to deliver a composed media work and I urge you to maximise the enjoyment of our information delivery to all of the participants of the session by truly opening yourselves towards my warriors of media. With this said feel free to come to our fortress of solitude in the fourth floor and fill it up with you enthusiasm, curiousness and youth and observe the work of EYP media.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Are you hungry? / 4 Right to intervene / 6 Hey Europe! What's up? / 8 Global players / 1 0 Reducing transatlantic trade barriers / 1 2 Successful people and their teachers / 1 4 Horse meat – the good, the bad and the ugly / 1 6 David Cameron's iniciative / 1 8 Meet orgas, rest of the media team and miss president / 20 Useful EYP dictionary / 21 The Cray Team's own EYP survival guide / 22 cray cray issue issue 11 || 33
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
Wearing a swimsuit and spending a day with friends at the beach? Wearing bikini and enjoying a pool party? Wearing shorts and a sleeveless top during summer? Wearing short dress during ball season? Sitting in theatre and feeling comfortable? Sitting in a tram and feeling free? Flying by plane and having just one seat? For some people routine, for others enjoyment and for the rest – the most embarrassing moments of their lives. When you are meeting a new person, the first impression is the most important moment of your date. All people, even if they swear they do not, judge the others by their appearance during the first second, don’t they? And what about you? When you were a child, did you have fat friends? Have you ever laughed at anyone, who was differently spatially solved? And if you are meeting a new girl or aboy is the appearance important to you? The growing epidemic of obesity shows significant changes of society and its habits. Lately, the statistics have proved that worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1 980. In 2008 there were more than 1 .4 billion adults (20+) overweight, of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese. However, why all these people have to suffer from obesity? There are many generally known reasons such as lack of energy balance, inappropriate eating habits, insufficient physical activity, medicines and environment where people live. In a developing world the rate of urbanization is playing a role in the amount of obese people. 4 | cray issue 1
by Alžběta Rybáková (CZ)
For example, in China the rates of obesity float around 5% and it is proved that in some cities live more than 20% obese people. In the United States it has been observed that the amount of children a person has had is related to their risk of obesity, increasing women’s chances by 7% per child, and men’s chances by 4% per child. This could be partially explained by the fact that having dependent children decreases physical activity. The most important causes of obesity are being omitted usually. Firstly, when people are affected by emotional stress, anxiety or even illnesses such as depression or chronic pain, they tend to balance this uncommon feeling with eating more and more. A part of obese uses food to calm down, the others to avoid dealing with unpleasant situations or to dampen negative emotions. Secondly, distressing incidences from earlier such as childhood sexual, physical or emotional abuse, loss of parents or very close person during childhood, marital or family problems can cause trauma that leads to overeating as well. If you eat too much fat meat at once, you hurt your stomach or your gallbladder will not feel good. In any case, you are sick. Maybe, you’ll be more careful next time, maybe not. If you eat a bit more food than you should, nothing will happen. You will be just few grams heavier. Anything bad won’t happen. There’s nothing that motivates you to observe what exactly you eat. The punishment will be suspended, as same as saving. It will come later. Slowly and silently. Few kilos overweight do not usually cause serious medical problems. But the line is too thin.
The scale of obesity’s consequences is pretty wide. From medical to social. If your body is ill, the doctors do all their best to repair your body. Your social health can’t be healed so easy, when it is hurt. Everyone needs a company of the others, as it belongs to the essential healthy stimulants. Discrimination, caused by stigma, indicates the beginning of problems. Obese people do usually suffer from low self-esteem, often accompanied by depressions, guilt, and they feel ashamed all the time, as they have troubles with finding a partner. Obesity is both a social and a cultural handicap in everyday life. In effect, obese people often find themselves to be the victims of discrimination of both factors at school, on the sports ground and within the professional setting. Certain professions are often very hard for the obese person to compete for the position despite offering equal qualifications. Obese people frequently have psychological problems which also contribute to this social rejection. Staying in hospital can change into hell. Full healthcare can’t be provided to a gross person. The nurses can’t manipulate with a heavy person as much as they wished – the risk of bedsores increase rapidly, taking blood samples can become almost impossible if your veins are difficult to be found. Intensity of sweating rising dramatically with the kilos overweight and smelling worse and worse by the age leads to social exclusion by everyone’s evasion. Do you sleep well at night? Obese don’t. Problems with sleeping all night goes together with snoring, nagging the others. Even shopping for new clothes can become a nightmare. Wouldn’t you be frustrated, if the clothes don’t fit and suit you properly? I would. However, obesity has the most harmful impact on children, that are more sensitive and they don’t even have to get rid of these consequences till adulthood. Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults. This increases to 80% if one or more parent is overweight or obese. A study found that obese children face emotional and social side effects similar to those of children facing cancer treatment. Obesity increases the likelihood of being bullied by other children by as much as 63%. It seems that overweightness and obesity in youth is looked upon as a common occurrence, but the rate of bullying hasn’t decreased among pupils. Kids can be cruel,
and if they are, it effects on the psyche of children struggling with obesity, who don’t perform well in the classroom. Their selfconfidence falls dramatically. Obese children often display poorer social skills than their normal weight peers. The social stigmatisation of obese children leads to self-esteem problems, which often lead to more social stigmatisation. When a child constantly feels isolated, denigrated and helpless, its resulting actions in a social context might be hindered. The cycle then continues, as poor social skills often lead to more bullying. Low self-esteem and hopelessness belong to main starters of child depression. Children might withdraw from activities they once enjoyed, experience additional weight gain, stop wanting to spend time with family or friends and act out in social contexts. It is being said that everything has its pros and cons. However, I can’t see any advantages on being obese. Do you? Being obese is not harmful just for a person who suffers from it. It bothers the others as well. Do you want to be one of them? Take a while and think of it…
Meet the officials of ENVI I Jan Janouch / CZ / chair
I secretly want to wear crocs, but I fear the judgement.
Jara Verkleij / NL / chair
My advice to myself as a delegate would’ve been that you can’t seduce the board with your clothes.
Bětka Rybáková / CZ / journo
As a first time delegate, I felt just like Alice in Wonderland. I saw people jumping around me, and I thought: “What the hell is it”?
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RIGHT TO INTERVENE
by Niklavs Matusevics (LV)
In Mali the French draw the line for military intervention between letting a civil war play out and fighting religious extremists. The story begins with a recipe for terrorism. Take tribe groups who want to establish their independence in a country four times the size of Germany called Mali. Add in the military forces swapping the government of Mali for failing to deal with this ethnic conflict. Mix in the influx of weapons coming from the recent fall of Gadaffi’s dictatorship in Libya. What comes out is a great place for an extremist branch of Al-Qaeda to form. Although the fighting Tuareg tribe groups took over half of Mali in 201 2, the Al-Qaeda Jihad movements took that land from them to enforce a more severe way of life (see: beheadings, stoning to death, loss of limbs for theft). In short, the neighbouring African regions were unable to intervene and the nonelected president Traore called for help. However, among the international superheroes of the world, only the French put their horse in this race. And by horse France means ground infantry of 2000 and fighter jets to intervene in their once ruled colony of Mali. Before that, the terrorist groups were doing well, capturing ground near Bamako, the capital of Mali. They also posed as a threat to infect other African regions with Islamic extremism and create breeding grounds for terrorists. Yet when France started skilfully bombing, the extremists took hostage fifteen French tourists in Mali, threatening the 5000 6 | cray issue 1
French citizens in Mali with further kidnappings and named the country of France itself a target. The extremists demanded for French military to leave Mali. Furthermore, there is also the risk of internationalising the conflict and bringing in jihadists, who are already claiming the conflict to be a holy war as ‘France has attacked Islam’. This situation depicts the French efforts bravely humanitarian in helping their own citizens and fighting terrorism. Moreover, French president Francois Hollande claims ‘not to play in the post-colonial traditions.’ According to him, there is no remaining military, political or commercial pressure over the once owned colony of Mali. However, according to Katrin Sold of the German Council of Foreign Relations " France has interests in securing resources in the Sahel (line stretching across Mali till Sudan) particularly oil and uranium, which the French energy company Areva has been extracting for decades in neighbouring Niger.” But much time will pass before Mali's resources can be extracted, so Sold believes security interests really are at the forefront in France's current military strike. Could the message be that in the third world a nation does not solve its own internal problems but is subject to paternalistic condescension from ex-colonial powers at any
moment? This idea is opposed by the assertion that African countries are leading the intervention as Nigeria and close regions sent over 2000 troops of their own. Furthermore, the French claim these interventions would be finished with proper training of Mali’s own military and logistical support. "There is a defense agreement between France and Mali that was written for exactly such cases" says the French president. From a different viewpoint, the current problems of the Tuareg rebellion and French intervention in Mali could be linked to uranium. Journalist Stefan Simanowitz commented: "A key reason that the governments in Mali and Niger are not keen to give the Tuareg greater autonomy is that the areas that they inhabit are home to vast natural resources… [with] the world’s third largest uranium reserves as well as substantial oil reserves.” He pointed out that French mining company Areva had lost its almost complete exclusive right to Niger’s uranium. This could easily explain why France could not afford to lose Mali as well and were so eager to intervene. Since the intervention began, this territory has been recaptured, yet with continuing conflicts Desert Mountains. France plans to withdraw its troops from Mali next month, with West African countries expected to take over in the run-up to elections due in July. Currently, the talks about the post-war development are held in Mali, yet the fifteen French tourists are still kept hostage by the Al-Qaeda groups.
Meet the officials of AFET Olga Pexídrová / CZ / chair
Every time I sign up for EYP my parents tell me it is pointless. But I keep signing up.
Niks Berzins / NL / VP chair
As a first time delegate I remember being confused. I didn’t know the abbreviations of the committees and thought they were random team names.
Nicks Matusevic / LV / journo
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HEY EUROPE! WHAT'S UP?
by Katarzyna Sokolowska (PL)
The major role of media at creating the new image of Europe I am the European. You are the European. He/She/It is the European. We are the Europeans. You are the Europeans. They are the Europeans. Who are YOU? I am not sure if you have already heard but the new Pope has been selected recently. Ah, of course you know! Who does not? Nowadays with the speed of information and its general accessibility it is much more difficult not to be familiar with something than the other way around. We can communicate with friends who are on the opposite side of the globe with the highest cadence ever as well as easily access the news from all over the world without the slightest effort. These days even the earth 8 | cray issue 1
spins on its own axis faster than couple years ago. We became used to be handed information on a plate. The question is - are we still able to use media in a smart and useful way or have we lost this ability somewhere between a Hollywood scandal and a political affair? The Maastricht treaty introduced the citizenship of the European Union. Now the motto “Liberty, equality and fraternity” seems to arise one more time, not only in France though. The European citizenship works as a supplement to the national one and gives to citizens of each Member State equal rights for instance the right to vote in European elections or the possibility of having the European citizens’ initiative. With such changes, each of us, as the group of small individuals, have the power to actually change something out there. However, are we fully aware of our significant skills?
Bearing that in mind, first example that pops up in mind is the press team on European Youth Parliament sessions. Look around, here we are, the journalists, who are trying to create the new image of Europe for you. “Little people” of European Union who want to have their say, express their own opinion, share their world with others. You can be one of us. And not exactly the EYP journalist but someone that can finally believe that his or her say means something and can actually has an impact on the outside world. On average each of us spends approximately 5 hour per day watching television. This gives us a result of 9 years through our whole lifetime. Nevertheless, television is not the only form of distributing information. Radio, newspapers, magazines, music, cinema, posters… and these are just the hackneyed examples. Mass media manages millions of people every day that can carry in them huge potential. It comes up to various possibilities. With such a power that media has, the future of EU citizenship ad its citizen’s awareness should be painted with brighter colors. Having considered all these aspects, the answer to the question about the future of Europe is THE YOUTH. Young people who can conquer the world with their new, fresh ideas and make the face of Europe more Meet the officials of LIBE friendly and available. What is more there are plenty of possibilities how to implement them Batuhan Kesoglu / TR / chair in a real life. The only thing needed is faith that The best thing EYP gave me is you can. confidence. You know, the ability to actually step up and make your voice heard.
Daniel Černín / CZ / chair
The only thing that could surprise me is if the delegates were actually well prepared for once.
Katarzyna Sokolovska / PL / journo Yeah, the journos have more freedom than everybody else, they can really express themselves in creative ways. One goes cray as a journo.
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GLOBAL PLAYERS
by David Radosta (CZ)
A super-competitive, multi-polar world is being shaped and Europe seems to be left behind. The world is moving forward at a stunning pace while the EU appears to be sitting and schizophrenically debating while its influence in the world is becoming almost nonexistent. Meanwhile competitiveness has become a sacred word of politicians all over the globe. We all know that education is a crucial factor when it comes to gaining economic strength, especially for those (EU) that do not have tens of millions of cheap students (India, China) or who are not brain magnets (USA). So, Europe is less likely to get brilliant minds, which means we have to create them with a brilliant education system. However, what is actually happening is that European countries are disappearing from the top positions of world education rankings. Asia-Pacific is apparently taking it all over. Let us have a look at the statistics. Most top universities are American and most top education countries are Asian. According to the OECD research, Shanghai, Hongkong, South Korea and Singapore are doing the best in the world. Wow, is Europe not the most important place in the world anymore? The opening question for CULT I’s motion asks whether to open up Europe’s education to outer influences so why not examine what 10 | cray issue 1
we could learn from the world. Cramming level Asian – that’s what education in most of Asia is about. Especially in Japan and Korea, education is everything. A competitive environment, complete devotion to the family and country, harsh discipline, those are the pillars of success. Ready for some Asian-style hard work? The Americans, on the other hand, are starting to pursue the idea that the era of knowledge is in the past – conceptual era is what they are calling the new, right path. A recent IBM poll of 1 ,500 CEOs identified creativity as No.1 “competitive edge” of the future and American education accepted the challenge: they seek a rise in significance of right-brain thinking. Creativity, context, the 'big picture', pattern recognition, empathy, design and 'soft' skills are more important than simply knowing and applying. Cool, isn’t it? So what would be our response? Do we still consider ourselves as the finest continent with unattainably splendid culture? Shall we wake up, fellow Europeans? Now let us be critical, claim both aforementioned ways “not working” and assume the following: the Asian way creates a terrifying pressure and education for education tendencies. The fear of failure generates boring mediocrity and the overregulated
system suppresses natural talents. The Yanks are trying to institute a whole new view but they can easily end up with generating freethinking, creative, open-minded, soft-skilled dummies with utter lack of expertise. With just a modest dash of optimistic imagination, one would see Europe creating its own unique, balanced and effective way of educating its people: practice-focused, expertise-rich, professional Europeans of the 21 st century. That will take tons of work and cooperation. Can we do this?
Meet the officials of CULT I Aleksandra Sosnowska / PL / chair The Flash is my favorite cartoon character. After all, it’s always him that cheers up the Justice League.
Kristýna Stejskalová / CZ / chair
If I would have to burn books, I’d burn dry self-development books that don’t work.
David Radosta / CZ / journo
My biggest strength as a delegate is the fact that I tried predicting the questions I was going to get.
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REDUCING TRANSATLANTIC TRADE BARRIERS
by Natálie Dostálová (CZ)
The proposal of a free trade area between the US and the EU is getting real at the light of current economic crisis Trade in goods and services between the Negotiations over the Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) began in 1 990s as an two economic giants amounts to nearly $1 effort to reframe the post-Cold War USEuropean relations; however, no firm plan has been introduced. In 2007 a Transatlantic Economic Council was established to direct economic cooperation between the two partners. It is headed by the US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and the EU's Commissioner for Trade. So far, the results are not very satisfying. These days, the proposal is a widely discussed issue as both sides seem to welcome it. The vision of an economic boost provided from such partnership is very enticing. In addition, both sides of the Atlantic are interested in stressing their leading strategic position in the world. They are also aware of the fact that if current trends continue, Asia could soon surpass North America and Europe in global power. It will have a higher GDP, larger population, higher military spending and technological investments. In this geopolitical context, Europe and the US need each other more than ever, rendering greater transatlantic cooperation crucial. 12 | cray issue 1
trillion each year and total investment between them to nearly $4 trillion. American investment in Europe is three times higher than it is in Asia. European investment in the US is eight times larger than its investments in China and India combined. Lately, lower energy prices in the US have become an investment magnet especially for the European countries. German Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rösler said that many German firms are already relocating to the US because of lower energy prices. A clear “YES” to TAFTA from both sides At the annual Munich Security Conference held in February Barack Obama stressed the importance of EU-US cooperation: "What I think has changed is the recognition throughout Europe that it is hard for them to figure out a recipe for growth at this point, in part because of the austerity measures that have been put in place throughout Europe. So they're hungrier for a deal than they've been in the past." US Vice President Joe Biden also pointed out that "Europe is America's largest economic partner", recalling figures that the Asia-focused Obama administration has often
seemed to forget: "over $600 billion in annual trade that creates and sustains millions of jobs on the continent and at home, and a $5 trillion overall commercial relationship." A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would create the world's largest free trade area, liberalise investment and harmonise regulation, boosting economic growth and jobs. Expected gains in terms of jobs would result from enhancing the flow of goods, services and capital between the US and the EU. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said such a deal would add 0.5% to the EU’s economy every year and both sides have established an 1 8-month timeframe to discuss the details of the pact. Why not earlier?
There are various reasons why the pact is delayed. Economic relations are tense and there are frequent trade disputes between the two economies. One example of a disagreement concerns agriculture, especially genetically modified food. The EU has been under domestic pressure to restrict the growth and import of GM until their safety is proved, the US on the other hand is under pressure from its agricultural companies to force the EU to accept imports while criticizing the EU’s restrictions. Meet the officials of INTA Talks between the United States and EU Otto Hartvich / CZ / chair are expected to start in June, following a long history of failed attempts between the two Despite not being familiar with EYP, as a first time delegate I felt prepared partners. to shine and show my skills.
Erasmus Häggblom / FI / chair
During one session, after it had ended in my sleep deprived state I started chairing the chairs and involuntarely made them debrief. Cray.
Natálie Dostálová / CZ / journo
My advice to myself as a delegate is to enjoy the session, so that you’d remember the moments in the best possible way.
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SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE AND THEIR TEACHERS
by Pavla KrausovĂĄ (CZ)
The teacher. The merciless species that forces us to sit in the classroom when we could be outside and happy. Its pretentious remarks on our lack of knowledge give us goose bumps and the amount of assigned homework would better suit a small army of nerdy Leprechauns. But is this always the case? We found several evidences that teachers can be helpful and sometimes even inspiring! We're just about to show you the stories of success of extraordinary teachers and their famous students. The first one is Bill Clinton. Not only was he the president of the United States, he is also well known for his love of playing the saxophone. Who intrigued him enough to develop this special talent? No one other than his high school band director Mr. Virgil that supported all of his students. While he naturally took an interest in their musical education, he went even further, always ready to help them in the case of any trouble at home or at school. Clinton stayed in touch with his teacher until he passed away, stressing the importance of the man's influence on his entire life. He believes that the years with his teacher made him the person he is today. Mr. Virgil was able to convince him that he could organize and run things, and that he was capable of anything he wanted to do in his life. 14 | cray issue 1
"I know I wouldn’t be where I am today without my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Duncan. She believed in me and, for the first time, made me embrace the idea of learning." Could you believe that your fourth grade teacher might have such a huge impact on your life? Well, Oprah Winfrey certainly does! As one of the most influential people of our times, she believes it was in Mrs. Duncan's classroom when she lost her fear of being smart. As a surprise, Winfrey's producers brought her teacher on her own show as a guest, where she could thank her publicly. Even one of the most famous dropouts admits that teachers had a great influence during his years of growing up. We're talking about the current chairman of Microsoft, cofounder of the world's largest computer software company, Bill Gates. Even though he left Harvard before graduation, he still believes he wouldn't be able to achieve such success without the guidance of his math and drama teachers. And he shows this acknowledgment through the astounding amount of money that he and his wife donate to expand the opportunities for education all around the world.
FAMOUS PEOPLE TEACHING
But that was just a beginning. Get ready to have your mind blown, because we will also show you the people you would never believe were teachers. We will provide you with a list of famous names and you can actually guess whether or not were they teaching at some point of their lives. 1 ) Sylvester Stallone 2) Gary Oldman 3) Stephen King 4) Barack Obama 5) Chuck Norris 6) Keanu Reeves 7) Sting 8) Andy “Matlock” Griffith (1 , 3, 4, 7, 8) So how many of them did you get right? While no one can be sure of the exact career path of Chuck Norris, we know for sure that Sylvester Stallone was also a gym teacher. Before being a sheriff, Andy “Matlock” Griffith taught high school English, and Barrack Obama worked as an instructor of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago. Sting taught English, music, and soccer as the only man on the faculty, and last but not least, Stephen King found a teaching job after initially working in an industrial laundry after his college graduation. And we could go on and on. William Golding used his teaching experience as an inspiration for his famous novel Lord of the Flies, J.K. Rowling worked as a teacher in Portugal. And ending this list for now with Gene Simmons, known as The Demon, member of the American rock band Kiss. Simmons taught sixth grade in New York until he was fired for replacing the Shakespearean play in the curriculum with s Spiderman comic.
Meet the officials of CULT II Maximilian Richter / SE / chair
It is not so funny but during Amsterdam IS we used to use this greek word „Malaca“ as the way to say „hello“ to each other and basically it means „shit“.
Zuzana Holakovská / CZ / chair
My favorite part of the session is the moment you realise how much will you miss the people here.
Pavlína Krausová / CZ / journo
The thing I mist the most out of my childhood is pretty much my childhood.
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HORSE MEAT – THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
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by Pete Pölzleithner (AT)
Meet the officials of ENVI II Jelena Petrovic / SRB / chair
I’d suggest Paolo Coelho’s Eleven minutes. It really depicts the fact you have to pay attention to everything you say.
Martin Vokálek / CZ / chair
IThe officials in EYP touched me deeply as a delegate, especially in my first experience. But now, it’s just a way to spend time.
Peter Pölzleithner / AT / journo
The weirdest thing I have done would have to be making out with a 45 year old. But it was enjoyable.
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DAVID CAMERON'S INICIATIVE
by Milica Simeunovic (SRB)
David Cameron, man with perspective, plans and ideas. Not long ago, on January 1 7 David Cameron, the prime minister of United Kingdom held a speech about a new initiative of European Union. David Cameron’s concept talks about urgency and frankness concerning the European Union and how it must change both to deliver prosperity and to retain the support of its people. Also he talked about challenges we are facing today. The first is the Eurozone. The ultimate purpose of creating a Eurozone was to create a financial stability across the 1 7 member states that are in the Eurozone. The general idea was that a single market needs a single currency in order to grow and to be prosperous at the same rate. The Second challenge is the competitiveness challenge. According to experts opinions, taken as a whole, Europe’s share of world output is predicted to fall in almost third and the two decades. . The third challenge is fear of the insecurity that people sense from the European Union: they see European Union as something that is done to them rather than acting on their behalf. We can see their frustration expressed trough demonstrations all over the Europe because they don’t understand why Europe’s leaders aren’t addressing their concerns. We all want a strong Europe, we all want a unique and united Europe. We all want a Europe that is closer to its citizens and if we want to change current situation we obviously need fundamental changes in order to get the Europe we all want. Well, David Cameron has his vision of European Union that in his opinion corresponds to the 21 st century. His vision that corresponds 18 | cray issue 1
to challenges that we, as Europeans have built on five principles. The first principle is competitiveness. As I mentioned above, the European union is and it has to stay a single market. But because the single market is incomplete in its services it is not even close to success that single market could have. For example, we are ordering certain things from internet ,right? As long as we have need to do that means that market is not complete and that there is more to work on it. Also, we are forsing so much competitiveness of single market and we don’t even have a single market council. Is it clear now that we are seeking for changes. The second principle is flexibility. Europe has to be open to various diversities that countries all over the Europe can offer. In aim to respond more quickly and effective to new developments and trends, European Union, as a single market needs to have set rules and a plan for a faster process in the future. The third principle is about repatriation of some powers. I am quoting: “My third principle is that powers must be able to flow back to member states, not just away from them”. With this third principle, David Cameron included social affairs, crime, working hours and environment as something we should work on. Having in mind factor of competitiveness, this appears to mean abandoning all the efforts made over last 30 years to make the European Union only a common market and to some extent a common society. The fourth principle is about democratic accountability. As Cameron says ,if Member States combine in flexible cooperation, respecting national differences and not always trying to eliminate them, that could show us that some powers can actually be returned In
Member States. The Fifth principle is fairness. This means continued and equal access from Britain to the single market in spite of its growing opt-outs on a wider European agenda, including the Schengen immigration area and the Euro. How many of you actually know what EU integration really is? Let us make this clear once and for all, European integration is process of economic, political, sometimes cultural, industrial and legal integrations of states. And those two words, ‘European integration’ can be related to states that actually are member states of to those that are trying to become. For those states that are trying to become member states only thing they have to do is to respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of people belonging to minorities and all this is followed by Copenhagen criteria. First of all, when we talk about EU integration we have to be aware that there are different approaches and theories about its outcome. There is neo functionalism, intergovernmentalism, liberal intergovernmentalism, institutionalism and multi-level governance. It does not matter on what theory we will rely on if we will have the same goal. We all wand stronger, determent and the mostly important a united European Union . So, having in mind interest of the government and interest of the people which voice should we listen? What measures should be taken about the EU integration and it’s levels? It is up to you.
Meet the officials of AFCO Mathilde Pascal / FR / chair
As a delegate I was way more excite about committee work, but that was an EYP day.
Václav Huk / Moravia / chair
Of course, I had stereotypes, but EYP showed me that we have something in common with everybody no matter which part of Europe.
Milica Simeunovic / SRB / journo
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MEET ORGAS Martina Konečná / CZ / HO
Honestly, when I started with EYP, I had no clue that I’m going to fall in love with the organization so much.
Matěj Kinovič / CZ / HO
Can EYP provide you with lifelong friends? Of course it can! I live with them!
Dmitrij Gladkyy / CZish / orga
The stereotype I laugh about is the fact that the French simply do not speak English, even if they can.
Julia Huong Tan / CZish / orga
The farthest I’ve gone through EYP would have to be Craytia. (Croatia)
Kateřina Tlachová / CZ / orga
I think orga team is special in EYP. They really are friendly, trustworthy and actually helpful. Being an orga is the challange.
Lenka Vysoká / CZ / orga
My favorite part of the session is Euro village; such an amazing way to relax after a demanding day.
Marek Navrátil / Moravia / orga
It was surprising how this one time delegates arrived on the actual time they said they’d arrive.
Pavel Mládek / CZ / orga
The thing I mist the most out of my childhood is pretty much my childhood.
Petr Procházka / CZ / orga
I believe in EYP friendships, I always hope I can meet my friends from sessions again in the future.
Zuzana Kůstková / CZ / orga
For me EYP broke the stereotype about German punctuality. They are not.
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...AND THE REST OF THE MEDIA TEAM Samuel Muhsin / CZ / editor
How could a delegate genuinely surprise me? Well, if they actually think up of something I have rendered them impossible to think of.
Klára Scholleová / CZ / editorial assistant My proudest EYP moment was when I gave an attack speech at my first nationals.
...AND MISS PRESIDENT Sophie Hall / CH / president
My biggest screw up in EYP was my first time chairing. I was terrible.
USEFUL EYP DICTIONARY Coffee break: A welcomed change of pace to
the constant grind of committee work. You will have to chance to chat with your friends, catch up on the latest gossip and try some of the delicious snacks and coffee.
Caffeine: Speaking about coffee, caffeine is
every EYPers favourite drug and best friend. A true essential to an EYP session and preferably consumed in large quantities.
Topic overview: The thing you should have
read before the session, if you have not, do it ASAP.
EYP cafe: The evening programme actually
without coffee, an opportunity to switch your brain off and chat, dance, play bowling or almost whatever. Be sure you have everything under control, though. We want to see you the next day, also.
European village: A remarkable event where you will be offered a lot of delicious food from different regions. It will be enjoyable, you will have a lot fun and you will certainly not leave hungry. Guaran-damn-teed.
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THE CRAY TEAM´S OWN EYP SURVIVAL GUIDE by Pete Pölzleithner (AT), Nati Dostálová (CZ) and David Radosta (CZ)
Dear delegates, I bet you are feeling helpless, confused and literally overwhelmed by the level of weirdness you have experienced so far in the great jungle of EYP. Don´t you? Well in case that might appeal to you, which is very likely, there is really no reason to worry. Feeling a little anxious right now does not make you a weak looser – it makes you a human being, which you probably are. Everybody who is active in EYP has had these emotions – it is just a question of how you deal with them. Thus the Cray media team has come up with a few guidelines to help you survive in this strange extravaganza. First and foremost, make sure to get your caffeine intake to the utmost maximum. Believe me, your sleep batteries will suffer greatly from the next few days caused by a non-stop combination of teambuilding, committee work and preparation for the general assembly. So you see it might come in handy to always have a cup of coffee at hand to counteract certain rushes of tiredness and fatigue during these activities. Secondly do not be scared when you bump into an extraordinary person with very original style and offensive jokes which you should not be taken seriously as he does not mean it. I can assure you it is no wild monster, but probably our beloved editor Sammy. He certainly will not eat you nor do any other kind of harm. This gentleman is the sessions’ editor, he has got an amazing sense of humour and he is the mastermind behind the 22 | cray issue 1
crayest newspaper in the history of EYP. In case you hear someone screaming things that might not make sense at first, it may, in fact, be an organiser delivering important instructions. Make sure you do not miss them; otherwise you can end up in a wrong place at a wrong time in a situation where even our survival guide would not save you. And try not to make any organiser annoyed, especially not a Head Organiser. Keep in mind that the smooth running of the session depends on you being everywhere on time and that an organiser in a good mood might mean an extra sugar to your coffee. In addition to the demanding and challenging committee work there are also a couple of festivities awaiting you over the course of the session, a fact you have probably already got yourself familiar with. You are more than entitled to enjoy the hell out of these occasions, dance, socialise as much as possible and even have a drink of coke or two. But mark my words: Good god almighty, do not overdo it. Being forced to spend the following day in bed hungover is so not cool - plus it will make your chair extremely mad and batter your EYP-experience. Well that is it for now. We just want to point out again that sticking to these easy guideline will help you survive in the fascinating little world of EYP. Plus this piece of advice will enable you to fully enjoy the session and turn it into a remarkable experience you will never ever forget.
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