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Tuusa Eriksson & Rebecca Kiiski - Editors
Lewin Schmitt - Video-editor
Nikolaos Avramidis
Lauma Niedrite
Anette Piirsalu
Olga Sitinska
Silja Tuovinen
Gustaf Westin
The Team.
This would be an excellent sabotage plan. The sad thing is that this is exactly how
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lutely no chance of climbing out of poverty if their products are refused in other
countries, and if they have to compete with subsidised European products at home.
If someone from Europe were to come up with a plan on how to sabotage
African farming, it would probably look something like the following. We
would start by forbidding Africans from selling more than a certain amount
of agricultural goods to us, by introducing quotas. As a second step we would
introduce a tariff on African agricultural products, making them a lot more
expensive than they normally would be. Thirdly, we would start giving out large
subsidies to our own farmers. By forcing taxpayers to send money to European
farmers, it becomes a lot easier for them to compete with their African counter-
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considerably lower price than what it is actually worth, making it impossible for
poor African farmers to compete with European ones, not only in Europe, but
in their own countries as well.
First Degree Murderby Gustaf Westin
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of, for instance, educated populations.
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'id you hate or love your art classes in
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RI� SOHDVXUH�� ,Q� P\� PLQG�� DUW� LV� WKH� PDQL-IHVWDWLRQ� RI� KXPDQ� FUHDWLYLW\�� ,W� LV� KXPDQ�skills transformed into an aesthetic result,
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every person will encounter at some point.
The art history of Europe stretches all the
way from prehistoric times to modern art.
7KH� PDLQ� LQVSLUDWLRQV� VWHP� IURP� $QFLHQW�classical art including Minoan and ancient
*UHHN�DUW��0HGLHYDO�DUW�FRQVLVWHG�PDLQO\�RI�religious imagery, as religious belief thrived
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for instance realism and neoclassicism de-
rived from a counterblow against rococo art.
Europe as a continent has a very coherent art
history, which endorses European integration
HYHQ�WRGD\��'DULR�)R�KDV�SRLQWHG�RXW�WKDW�HYHQ�before Europe was united on an economic level
or before it was considered as a unit on the level
of economic interests and trade, culture united
all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature
and music are the connecting link of Europe.
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was recognised in the Maastricht treaty. This
Long Live Art?
“Ars longa, Vita brevis” - Art is Long, Life is Short
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was the formal way of stating that Europe
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pean culture heritage to be brought to the
front of cooperation between Member States.
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has been paid to cultural industries during the
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industries have a great value in economic and
social development due to their contribution
to employment, innovation, education, inter-
national mobility and other key policy areas.
7KH�(XURSHDQ�&RPPLVVLRQ�LQWURGXFHG�D�QHZ�kind of agenda for culture policy in 2007
based on cultural diversity and intercultural
dialogue, culture as a catalyst for creativity as
well as culture as a key component in interna-
WLRQDO� UHODWLRQV��&RPSDUHG� WR�RWKHU� IXQGLQJ�DUHDV��WKH�(8�&XOWXUH�SURJUDPPH�����������had a considerably small budget. Having 27
Member States, a great variety of different
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Taking into account the positive effects of
creative industries and their contribution
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mon European heritage should be valued
through supporting the broad discipline of
DUWV� LQ� (XURSH��$V�ZH� DOO� FDQ� LPDJLQH�� WKH�life of an artist is not easy. Many artists are
often left outside the borders of welfare in
society and suffer from poverty, unemploy-
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thing as well as in art, it is sad to realise
that the potential of humankind is not being
XVHG� WR� WKH� IXOOHVW�� ,W� QHHGV� WR� EH� DGPLWWHG�WKDW� ¿[LQJ� WKH� SUREOHP� SRLQWHG� RXW� LQ� WKH�last argument is almost impossible. How-
ever, artists should be enabled to self-actu-
alize themselves as much as possible, since
LW�VHHPV�WR�EHQH¿W�HYHU\RQH�LQ�WKH�VRFLHW\�DV�well as in the whole of Europe. Viva el arte!
Long Live Art? by Silja Tuovinen
“Ars longa, Vita brevis” - Art is Long, Life is Short
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EUROPE - THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY …OR MAYBE NOT?
by Nikolaos Avramidis
,n the latest elections for the European Par-
liament, several parties with far-right agen-
das managed to win seats in the upcoming
composition of the Parliament. Some of these
parties are openly neo-Nazis with anti-Se-
mitic agendas, and all of them have adopted
anti-immigration campaigns, mostly due to
,VODPRSKRELD��7KHUH�PD\�EH�VRPH�YDULDWLRQV�in their rhetoric, but all of the far-right par-
ties have one thing in common: euroscep-
ticism. The austerity policy, together with
the perception that the European integration
progress undermines the national identities
and sovereignty of states, euroscepticism has
proven to be a milestone for the popularity of
IDU�ULJKW�SDUWLHV�LQ�(XURSH��%XW�ZKDW�DUH�WKHVH�parties truly like? Let’s meet the most popular
and extreme ones.
The undisputed winner of this year’s Euro-
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of the party’s founder Jean-Marie Le Pen.
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an anti-immigration agenda. Some of its most
important members for example deny the ho-
locaust by considering the number of deaths
DQ�H[DJJHUDWLRQ�DQG�WKH�JDV�FKDPEHUV�³D�PL-nor detail”. To make things worse, Jean-Ma-
rie Le Pen suggested the ebola virus would be
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Marie Le Pen’s most prominent ally in
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political ideas are no different to other far-
right parties regarding their rhetoric, and
WKH� SDUW\¶V� YLHZV� FRQWDLQ� DQWL�,VODPLF� DQG�anti-immigration related slogans. The mem-
bers of the party seem to have an obsession
with enforcing the strictest law-enforcement
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opted a strong rhetoric against immigration
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attacking immigrants, as well as arranging
the murder of a left-wing rap artist, Pavlos
)LVVDV��7KLV�SDUWLFXODU�DFWLRQ� WULJJHUHG�D�VH-ULHV�RI�HYHQWV�UHVXOWLQJ�LQ�WKH�YDVW�PDMRULW\�RI�the party’s leaders being imprisoned, with the
accusation of forming a terrorist organisation.
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degrading the importance of the holocaust.
They even referred to Hitler as an important
¿JXUH�ZKR�GLG�DOO�WKH�QHFHVVDU\�³GLUW\�ZRUN´��'HVSLWH�WKHVH�UHYHODWLRQV��*ROGHQ�'DZQ�ZDV�rewarded with three seats in the European
Parliament with the title of the third most
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EUROPE - THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY …OR MAYBE NOT?
Party, which won one seat in the Parliament.
They have adopted many racist and anti-im-
PLJUDWLRQ� VORJDQV� OLNH� ³0RQH\� IRU� JUDQQ\�LQVWHDG�RI�6LQWL�DQG�5RPD´�DQG�³WKH�ERDW�LV�full”. There have been several attempts to
ban the party in the past but none of them
have been successful. Yet again, the party’s
most prominent members are constantly de-
nying the Jews’ genocide and accusing the
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members have called the Hungarian Jews a
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DJDLQVW� WKH�5RPD�PLQRULW\�DQG�KRPRVH[X-
DOLW\�E\�DWWHPSWLQJ�WR�LOOHJDOL]H�LW��,Q�DGGL-tion, their members do not try to hide their
pro-Nazi feelings as they make public ap-
pearances with swastika tattoos.
8QIRUWXQDWHO\��WKHUH�DUH�HYHQ�PRUH�IDU�ULJKW�political parties that can be found all across
(XURSH�IURP�6ZHGLVK�DQG�)LQQLVK�QDWLRQDO-LVWV�WR�WKH�,WDOLDQ�/HJD�1RUGH��7KLV�VLWXDWLRQ�poses a clear treat to the fundamental values
DQG�GHPRFUDF\�RI�(XURSHDQ�FLYLOL]DWLRQ��,W�JRHV�ZLWKRXW�VD\LQJ�WKDW�ZH�OLYH�LQ�GLI¿FXOW�times, however, this is not an excuse to sup-
port such extreme and discriminating ideol-
ogies. Europe should have learned its lesson
once, 70 years ago, and letting this lesson be
repeated would be catastrophic.
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CULT - Full of Badasses.by Lauma Niedrite
The one who swam in the sea with sharks.
The one who is funnyThe one who lived for a month in Italy
The one who once poured cereal before
milk
The one who went diving in Italy
The one who was in an egg fight
The one who did a bungee jump
The one who steals foodThe one who only slept one hour before
the session 8
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25 things to do with Tim by AFCO
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Editorial.
People often ask us: what is EYP? Even after years of be-
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home with many warm memories. See you in Europe!
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