The inaugural session of the European Student Assembly held on the 3rd-4th of March 2022 in Strasbourg has brought together 275 student representatives from 38 European University Alliances.
The European Student Assembly is a unique opportunity for students from across Europe to address some of the complex challenges that the EU faces today. The Assembly has contributed to make EU students' voices heard through the publication of their policy recommendations, available at the link below:
Download ESA 2022 policy recommendations handbook
These are the 10 discussion panels chosen for the first edition of the European Student Assembly:
- Panel 1 – How can the EU reunite its people around its common values?
- Panel 2 – How can the European Union become more resilient to cyber attacks?
- Panel 3 – Learning from the pandemic – Do we need a European Health Union?
- Panel 4 – Agriculture vs. Sustainability – What CAP for the future?
- Panel 5 – Sustainable development or degrowth – What economic model can the EU adopt for tomorrow’s world and how can it be durably settled?
- Panel 6 – Re-thinking democratic engagement in the digital age: How should the European democracy of tomorrow look like?
- Panel 7 – Social media: opportunities and threats – How can the EU regulate digital platforms without limiting freedom of speech and free exchange of thoughts?
- Panel 8 – How should the EU position itself in a globalized world, vis-à-vis other actors such as the US, China, or Russia, and with regard to conflicts in its neighbourhood?
- Panel 9 – Climate refugees as a new challenge for Europe – How should the European Union prepare to deal with refugee crises to come?
- Panel 10 – Online is good, in person is better? How to build future-oriented, digitalized, and yet inclusive higher education systems across the European Union?
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Event organised in the frame of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union
