Europe in your Living Room

Interviews

Europe in your Living Room is a show created by the Historical Archives of the European Union and the Engaged Academics as part of their school outreach program. Each episode contains a short interview – in Italian – in which a people involved in the HAEU education program – archivists, trainers and teachers – discuss broad issues related to Europe and European integration with a young academic.

The interviews are intended as an introduction to European issues for secondary school students in the Florence area and beyond, while also offering a window on the world of the archives and early stage researchers.

Former MEP Riccardo Ventre in the upcoming live web-radio talk “Europe in your Living room”

The next episode of the series of web-radio talks Europe in your Living Room organized in the context of the HAEU educational programme will be broadcasted in live on Wednesday 9 June at 11:00, with former MEP Riccardo Ventre sharing his experiences as Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009.

The web-radio talk will be an occasion to learn more about his experiences and perceptions around the construction of the European Union and to discuss what it means for her to be European today.

Riccardo Ventre served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009 in European People’s Party Group. He was, among others, Vice-President of the Committee for constitutional affairs and of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He was also member of the Foreign Commission and of the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union in Brussels, a member of the Commission for regional development, of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Mashrek and of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Broadcasted on the EUI independent web-radio Radio Cavolo, the series of web-radio talks “Europe in your Living Room” offers the possibility for the HAEU education team to reach out to students, teachers, and all those interested in discussing issues related to Europe and European integration. It enables interaction in new and alternative ways in a new distance teaching and learning environment.

Listen to the next radio episode of ‘Europe in your Living Room’ broadcasted in live on Wednesday 9 June at 11:00