Let’s go vote for a better Europe! From 16th to 21 st of May let’s make our voice heard! The European Parliamentary election will be in few days: It is.

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Let’s go vote for a better Europe! From 16th to 21 st of May let’s make our voice heard! The European Parliamentary election will be in few days: It is clear that our vote will influence the selection of Commission President. A Federal Europe is within our grasp! In this action we will present the various political parties different approaches to youth issues and give information on how and where young people in Europe can go to cast their vote for a better Europe! Partner of the action: Democratic Europe Now that is a platform for individuals and organisations that are working toward a more democratic Europe.

 Vote for change in Europe. Collect wishes and demands from other citizens on EU democracy and creatively display them or symbolically drop them into a ballot box. Distribute flyers and campaign material.  Political salons. Gather with a group of people to exchange ideas on democracy and federalism in Europe. As inputs you can start from: -the political parties youth organizations replies to our moveurope.eu/category/youth-parties-positions/ -comments on Presidential debates: european-commission-presidential-debate/ - comments on political parties’ manifestos: ACTIONS

 Translate and personalize the press release by JEF Europe and partner organizations  Invite other organizations to join, eg. youth parties, youth NGOs  Organize a street action (you don’t need a lot of people or preparation to pull it off)  Register with this form ! (very important!! All your activities planned between May can be registered! )  Make sure to take photos and send them to VISIBILITY #MovEurope

Register ANY of your action/activity for elections !!

BANNER of action FLYER VOTING CARDS and video tutorials SUMMARY OF JEF POLITICAL PLATFORM BANNER I’m a federalist UEF-JEF PLEDGES TO CANDIDATES NEXT PAGES - Material These, and other materials, are downloadable from the and [UEF]

LinkLink: LinkLink: How to create voting box! Example of action! February in Paris Video Tutorial

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