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Madrid - The European origin of a Turkish guy

EYP - Taking a step forward

First steps in EYP

When traveling changed my life

When sessions get can celled

EYP - Experience y Passion

Typical Spanish

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Dear Readership,

On behalf of the whole Press Team of this year’s National Selec-tion Conference of EYP Spain in Madrid we welcome you at the session.

This is the first of several issues you will receive during the next days.We as the press team aim to immortalise the unforgettable moments of the session and provide you with a high quality ma-gazine. We want this magazine to be enjoyable to read during the session. Naturally we wouldn’t be able to work without our unique crew of journalists, aka journos. These 8 people will accompany you du-ring your journey here in Madrid. They will surprise you every now and then. So pay attention.

Before starting to read, we would like to introduce ourselves very briefly. We are the ones you will only be reading about but hardly ever meet. It is the editors duty to bond with Indesign and note-books rather than with delegates. If you are curious and willing to get to know us, you are welcome to come around the press room. We might look a bit sleepdeprived or stressed, but that only comes from working at night and setting too many deadlines usually as we are genuinely friendly persons.

Without further ado, we present you the first issue We hope you will enjoy reading what your journos prepared for you prior to the session.

Alex Narayanin & Max Karpf

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Being visionary doesn‘t mean dreaming something up but using what is there to create something new.

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> During the few days just before a session begins almost every EYPer feels a combi-ned feeling of enthusiasm and excitement. However, this time, this sweet-strange fee-ling is even more present because the ses-sion will take place in Madrid. I have always thought about what makes Madrid so special to me. What causes me to feel as if I was in my home - town when I’m in Madrid? Why do I get the same fee-ling of being home when I’m either on the Is-tiklal Street, the heart of Istanbul, or in front of the “Origen de las Carreteras Radiales” at “Puerta del Sol” or perhaps in “Parque Retiro, even if these two cities don’t have anything in common at all? I guess I have figured it out!

It’s because my cousin lives here, in Madrid, luckily I had the chance to see Madrid as a “madrileño», not as a tourist, when I was here. The more I learned about the various aspects of the lifestyle of Madrid, the more I felt closer to it. As a Turkish person, I got extremely sur-prised when I saw old people getting ready

to go out and dressing up smartly in the afternoon, when people at those ages nor-mally return home in many other European countries. Additionally, seeing people mostly sitting in small groups in restaurants, and how the Madrid people are accustomed to li-ving their lives made me realise how a social city Madrid was. Apart from the sociability of the Madrid people, the Spanish lifestyle is quite appealing to me as well, because I am a night person and I like to have breaks in the middle of the work - I always make my own siestas! Probably this inner attrac-tion and harmony is the reason of my love for Madrid, as an addition to my interest in Spanish football and music. Being in Madrid last summer directed me to start learning Spanish this year and to the result of being called as “español” or “el ma-drileño” by some of my friends, as well.I am pretty sure that I’ll arrive at “Barajas” with a huge smile on my face again. And this time it’ll be much wider than it was last sum-mer. < A.K.A.

Madrid – The European origin of a Turkish Guy

An examination of Madrid’s special appeal.

Ali Kerem Araboglu

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EYP – Taking a step forward

> Politics, economy, environment - Interes-ting, but at the first glance it does not seem to call for a lot of fun. Coming closer you will find out that the EYP is working successfully to merge fun and dealing with European issues to become a memorable experience.

European identity being the core of EYP, it is hard to formulate words that define what Eu-ropean identity actually is. However, sharing different identities and values is one step to identify Europe as one community. As Madrid, capital of Spain, being the host of this National Selection Conference, it is also interesting to take a closer look on the role Madrid plays in the European Union. About 3.3 million people are living in Madrid, therefore it is the third largest city within the European Member States. Besides being a great city, Madrid is also considered to be the greenest European city. The Parque del Re-tiro, where our Teambuilding will take place is the largest park in central Madrid and very po-

pular. However, Madrid only accounts about 7% of the Spanish population, which is why we need to take the whole situation of Spain into consideration when we are talking about its importance for the EU. Given the fact, that among the Member States the rate of foreign people living in Spain is with about 12% the highest within the EU, Spain is also the home for many people with different cultural back-grounds.

Regarding that the end of the housing boom in 2007 and the international financial crisis led to a recession, one of the main issues is the unemployment rate, which was at more than 20% in the first quarter of 2010. This rate being the second highest in the European Union after Latvia, this session offers us to debate on such problems and to find suitable solutions for it – and for sure to have a lot of fun. < L.L.

An invitation to consider the actual situation of the Spanish economy and pointing out how EYP can help us to solve the crisis.

Lara Lindlahr

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> We arrived on this incredibly small airport of Lviv, Ukraine on 22nd October 2010 and my first impression was actually pretty good: all the people we met in the airport were really nice! We had our luggage in one hand and in the other one our hope.

The next two days passed by very quickly. It was the time for teambuilding. As we usual-ly say it’s just to break the ice but it’s the best way to do it! Next thing we had was four tiring days of committee work. Normally it wouldn’t be so annoying but when you have spent the three previous days going to bed a bit too late and

waking up a bit too early, it can be so! The last three days passed by even quicker than the first two ones because we all had created a very strong frien-dship and we felt that the fare-well was in the air. In these three days we did a small and short city tour of Lviv.And you may be wondering: did you have time to make friends and have fun with all these scheduled activities? The answer is absolutely yes because every night we had a different party! The most important ones were Eurovillage, where everyone took the typical food from their country so that we all could

taste it, including those won-derful Italian macaroni or that perfect French cheese. The Rock&Roll party was unique as well, we all wore our cos-tumes as if we were in the fifty’s and danced and rocked for the whole night!

The best thing of EYP is that you don’t only learn how to argue about recent and useful topics about Europe nowadays or improve your English, you also learn how to love people in ten days and how to make friendships that I’m sure will last forever! You could even meet the guy of your dreams! Who knows what can happen in EYP? < C.G.

First steps in EYP

When traveling changed my life

Teresa Lascorz

Carmen Guzman

> Welcome on board! You’re about to start a new adventure in which you will get to know people from different corners of Europe and Spain. We all are here to learn how the Euro-pean Youth Parliament works, but the most important thing is that you give your best during these 4 fantastic days.

To start, I’d like to give you some important information that will absolutely help you in the rest of your EYP life:Don’t be shy, take advantage of every second you spend here and participate as much as you can. Remember, you are the future of Europe. Speak English as long as possible. Not only this will help you to master the language but also to include the international delegates who are taking part at the session and who obviously don’t speak Spanish.

It’s maybe a big task trying to explain it to you now. However, believe me when I say EYP is the experience of a lifetime. You’ll turn into someone different from the one you came to the session.We know that you’ll be amazed with this great experience, even if you try to tell your friends how enriching the session was, they won’t understand you. You have to come here and experience it by yourself.Lastly, I hope you all love coke and coffee. You may not understand what I’m talking about, but they are the solution for the next 4 days.

Come on, stop reading this and start enjoying the Session!!! < T.L.

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When sessions get

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> The commitment of scho-ols is always necessary and a quite important part in the first delegate’s sessions. As you might know, there wasn’t any Regional Selection taking place in Seville.

The first contact between new members of EYP and EYP is through schools; usually it isn’t the first time the school is par-ticipating in such a program. However, exceptions happen and we love seeing new scho-ols involved.Usually, schools start prepa-ring their students in special classes, or in soft subjects such as “Proyecto Integrado”, or in special cases EYP mem-bers who are still studying at

the school introduce possible new members to EYP.If a school takes part at a Regional Selection and can-cels it’s participation at the last moment for various issues such as unpaid participation fee or missing delegate’s lists, it becomes a problem, for the head-organisers, the organi-sers, the chairs and all the other involved people.Then it could bring us to a letdown for all the officials that were preparing the session and also a unfruitful prepa-ration for the students who’s schools passed automatically.So, if you were selected to attend the Madrid NSC and maybe a bigger event in the future, remember, you first

came from a school that had bet on you, that had prepared you, which had introduced you to this world, and in public schools’ cases that had even paid you.

Once you are back to your school after these sessions you should start helping EYP by promoting it among another schools in your village and by preparing future EYPers from your school! You can always ask if there is going to be any Regional Selection in your city and if there is one, you should talk with the head-organiser and maybe one day, you can watch yourself being a head-organiser! < L.A.

An analysis about the envolvement of schools for EYP events and a call for common appreciation towards their work.

Warning: Be thankful for the opportunities your school offers you and reciprocate their enthousiasm for EYP by developing local EYP networks.

Luis Algeciras

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> I am writing this article while observing a group of delegates at the Vienna NSC having a cup of coffee du-ring one of their breaks. This made me think about the Madrid NSC 2011, which is nearly around the corner.

It is in moments like this that I realise that EYP is extre-mely present in my life. Some weeks before this session in Austria I had plenty of exams and paper works at university, but I spent all my free time writing articles and preparing the topics for Vienna.What I personally find most impressive about EYP is that,

even if you don’t realise it, it has the power to change you: Now I am definitely more open-minded and extroverted than I was two years ago, and this might be because I have grown up. Of course people change as the time passes, but EYP also plays a major role in this evolution. Having the chance to share your opi-nions with people from all around Europe, from Croatia to France, Russia and Italy, gives you a much more open perspective of life. Many times, when you try to explain what EYP is, you find yourself in huge troubles, because there is no definition for EYP.

You can say that you discuss politics and European issues in English in front of a bunch of people, but this is not what EYP really is.

I am very sure that by the time this session is over and you get back to your homes and read the newspapers again and look at all the awesome pictures that were taken, you will realise that in fact, I am pretty right: EYP is not so-mething that you can explain, it is a spirit, a feeling and one of the most extraordinary ex-periences of your life. < A.B.

EYP – Experience y PassionAnna Borrell

EYP - Connecting people.

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> As you already know, there are a lot of International delegates and officials with us during the session, but why have they cho-sen Spain? There are a lot of countries that are involved in the EYP, but they are here now. Which is the answer? Obviously I’ll tell you what it is.

Spain has a different flavour, which doesn’t exist in the rest of the countries in the EU. We have several factors that affect the acti-vities we do during these days. The weather has a very important role in this because it is very important for the good development of the session. We can do the Teambuil-ding in parks, and that’s a huge pleasure.Also, you can see the Spanish happiness at any time, especially at night. For example, at the last year’s National Session in Zara-goza, after the night activities such as Eu-rovillage some delegates and teachers star-

ted dancing and singing flamenco. It was wonderful and filled us with energy.We can say we had a lot of great expe-riences and moments we have lived during our life as EYPers. This is the first session for most of you; this is the first step. After this, you will be invited to go to other ses-sions in different countries, and you will discover that each country has something different which makes it special.

One of the best advices the press team can give to all of you is that you have to enjoy every moment, because you’re going to miss it. You are going to meet some fan-tastic people that you’ll end up conside-ring friends, in the future. You are going to expect another session. All of us have felt these things, and now it’s your time.

Enjoy. < C.O.

Typical SpanishClara Otín

An explanation why Spanish sessions and Spain as a country is so attractive.

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The Who is WhoSusannah Karatzia

You want to know the basics of EYP? Find below the ultimate list a dele-gate should know.

> • President: Chris Hall? One word, God.

• Chair: the hopefully comfortable furniture you sit on and, occasionally, the people in your committee who think they are in charge and try to persuade you of it.

• Journo: a semi-amateur camera sometimes accompanied by a seemingly redundant person who appears to be constantly doing nothing, but always in a professional manner.

• Delegate: an abstract idea of the perfect diplomat, with a bored student usually in his place, one who didn’t know he could chose his own topic before applying and now has to debate a topic he will have trouble remembering the day after G.A.

• Introductory clauses: added at the beginning of a resolution to increase its size so that it appears that the delegates did in fact work.

• Defense Speech: an excuse to stand up on a podium, recite whatever sounds good and on top of that you are not required to answer any questions about the irrelevance or incredibility of one’s words.

• Points of Information: a delegate’s chance to annoy another committee by asking anything that pops into their mind (like what E.U stands for) while at the same time making enemies for the resolution of his own committee.

• Attack Speech: the fastest way to be hated by 10 or more people.

• Summation Speaker: the only delegate who has to be awake throughout the whole debate on a resolution.

• Direct Response: the chance for a delegate to get to say anything, the moment it occurs to him, under the pretext of wanting to make a reply to the previous speaker. < S.K.

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