We started the day in the office of Soraya Post at the EU-parliament. There we met some of the staff who help shape her political agenda. Post is the first Roma person elected to a high political position in Sweden and the only representative F!… Read More »April 6th, 2018, in Brussels
To start the fourth day of the Brussels trip, we had got in touch with a conversation with Mr. Andrew Murray from EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture). EUNIC was founded in 2006 in order to help the member states build stronger partnerships and… Read More »April 5th, 2018, In Brussels
On the early morning we headed towards the EU commission for Competition. It was a meeting with the section dealing with laws about competition on the market. Due to a large security process at the entrance the meeting had to be held quite short. We… Read More »April 4th, 2018, in Brussels
We started the second day visiting the European Parliament. Brussels hosts the main offices of the Members of the European Parliament so we could not miss the opportunity to experience how they work and what they do. We were given an introductory talk and then… Read More »April 3rd, 2018, in Brussels
On April 2nd at 4:20 in the morning a tired bunch of UPF travel committee all met at Lund C on our first step on the way to Brussels, but no matter how tired people were everyone was no doubt excited for what was ahead.… Read More »April 2nd, 2018, in Brussels
Last day of study visits. We got up early after a late night outing. We took the public transport to a new side of the city that we’ve never seen to visit the Nicaraguan Embassy. This meeting was very interesting and different. Nicaragua is one… Read More »December 1st, 2017 in Taiwan
On Thursday, our group marched on to the headquarters of the World League of Freedom and Democracy (WLFD). We were warmly greeted by the President of the WLFD, Mr. Yao Eng-Chi, and the WLFD R.O.C. Chapter President, Mr. Tseng Yung-Huan, as well as four other… Read More »November 30th, 2017 in Taiwan
Out of all the days we spent rushing through the streets and offices in Taipei, Wednesday was by far the most intense, albeit being a lot of fun. We started the day with a short briefing about Taiwan’s role in Asia at the Ministry of… Read More »November 29th, 2017 in Taiwan
The sun peaked through thin blinds, while sleepy swedes stirred from jet-lagged sleep. With blue skies and a temperature of 30 C, memories of cold and rainy Sweden quickly faded in this tropical paradise. Our first meeting of the day started at Covestro. It’s a… Read More »November 28th, 2017 in Taiwan
Democratic Progressive Party The first meeting of the day was with the youth branch of the Democratic Progressive Party which is the current leading party in Taiwan which also celebrated the 33-year anniversary for the party. The party’s key issues concern labour and economy with… Read More »November 27th, 2017 in Taiwan