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What does it mean to be a European?
Harun-Germany
For me, being European means having a sense
of community with many different cultures. I
think it's great to live on a continent where so
many different cultures and worldviews exist
simultaneously.
Being European means being open-minded.It is
much easier to connect with people from other
European countries. It is also great that I can
travel and learn in other countries more
easily. For me, Europe stands for unity, peace,
community, hospitality and opportunities. I
believe that Europe offers its citizens many
chances and opportunities.
Europe's great double benefit for us citizens is
peace and prosperity. And that is a very
practical matter. Peace and prosperity are the
basis of our everyday European life, which we
citizens enjoy.
Without peace and prosperity we would not be
able to enjoy the two most practical
achievements that Europe offers us: the open
borders and the euro, which now defines the
European heartland.
Europeanness is My Awareness
Berfin-Turkey
Europeanism is a
common identity separate
from nation identity.
People's language,
religion, culture, race are
ignored. People have
common rules in many
areas like economic,
social, legal etc. The
important thing is that
people perform these
rules in their lives.
European identity brings
together different
national identities and
enables people to respect
each other and be open to
different ideas.
This identity aims to live in peace with mutual understanding. People's individual rights and
freedom, social rights, equality of men and women and democracy are important features of a legal
social state. European identity gathers all these common characteristics under one title. It is the
most important example of how we can meet in common even we are different from each other
and be tolerant of other people and have open minds. We need to focus on people's partnerships,
not their differences. We have to respect each other, be open to different ideas, not judge people by
their language, their religion, their appearance. we're special with our differences. we're beautiful
with our differences .
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