Following the EU 4 My Region seminar at the Department of BAS FF UPJŠ, three students – Kristína Šestáková, Lucia Gondová and Martin Hudák – were invited together with Mgr. Július Rozenfeld, PhD. to attend the closing event of the European Union project – EU 4 My Region – between 12 and 13 December 2019.
Thanks to the hosts from the European House in Budapest – a civil organization – we could spend these two days at the events of the conference in the amazing Mercure Hotel Buda, situated in the downtown of Budapest. Besides the closing event, our hosts organized an interesting programme for us: we participated in a guided tour in the Hungarian Parliament, ate traditional Hungarian cakes and visited a presentation about the Danube Region Strategy. Furthermore, this event provided us with the opportunity to meet students – young people from other participating EU countries, namely Croatia, Hungary, The Czech Republic, and Romania.
We also had the chance to express our thoughts and views on the results of the project and on different EU related questions during the closing conference. The schedule also allowed some free time for us that we spent with sightseeing, walking around the wonderful Christmas Market in downtown Budapest, and tasting some delicious Hungarian foods and drinks.
We are very thankful that we had the chance to participate in this event. We learned a lot about the ways how the EU issues are viewed among the citizens of the different member states, made new contacts, had the chance to explore a beautiful city, and broadened our perspectives.
Kristína Šestáková
3rd year student of AJEIEb at the BAS FF UPJŠ in Košice
