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The school students will also be invited to look at Europe from a new perspective by stepping imaginatively into the role of political decision-makers.
The following text has been machine translated from the German with no human editing.
For many years, the Europa-Institut at Saarland University, through its Law Section, has been specifically targeting the younger generation of Europeans: the renowned institute on the Saarbrücken campus regularly offers workshops on European integration for school pupils, invites them to numerous events on campus and works closely with schools in Saarland. The Europa-Institut focuses on current topics such as issues relating to sustainable raw materials law and raw materials policy: the aim is to contribute to a better understanding of political contexts and to political education.
On 23 June, a major School Europe Day will take place in the auditorium at Saarland University under the theme ‘School meets Europe’, with over 300 pupils having registered to take part.
First, the participants will embark on an impressive journey through 75 years of European integration, before stepping into the shoes of political decision-makers. , they will actively engage with political conflicts of interest by addressing current issues relating to key future topics for the EU: they will examine Europe’s role in the world, explore European solidarity versus national autonomy, and discuss climate protection, democracy and the rule of law, EU enlargement, European identity and future scenarios for shaping Europe.
The aim is to strengthen the pupils’ political judgement whilst demonstrating how Europe shapes and protects young people’s lives – and what contribution they themselves can make to the future of Europe.
For this event, the Europa-Institut is collaborating with ‘Doku-Live’ and the journalist Ingo Espenschied.
Professor Marc Bungenberg, Co-Director of the Europa-Institut, and his Jean Monnet Chair at the Faculty of Law of Saarland University, in cooperation with the European Documentation Centre Saarland, invite you to the School Europe Day. The State Chancellery of Saarland is supporting the event.
The Europa-Institut is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The Institute began as a place designed to promote understanding between European societies and has developed into an internationally renowned institution. A strong focus on the EU has been in place here since as early as 1951. Since 1980, renowned lecturers and practitioners have been teaching ‘European and International Law’ at the Europa-Institut: the Master’s programme attracts students from all over the world to Saarbrücken. Numerous alumni now work in high-ranking European and international institutions, and many of them return as lecturers.
For further information, please contact:
Prof. Dr Marc Bunbenberg: Telephone: 0681/3022543; Email: k.lueck@europainstitut.de
Press photos available for download: Press photos will be available on this news website after the event: https://www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/schuelereuropatag-48818.html
