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LICEO EUROPEO

Europe Day together with the Free Ucraina Cultural Association

On 9 May, we celebrated European Union Day together with our friends from the Free Ukraine Association, who gave an interesting lecture to remind us of the importance of the values on which the EU is based. 

We read the Schuman Declaration of 1950, listened to the moving testimony of Svitlana Bubenchykova and delved into the history of Ukraine thanks to a lecture by the young journalist Andrea Braschayko.

The students of 5 Liceo present at the meeting were also involved in a very intense activity: writing on a sheet of paper what they would do if war broke out in Turin. For the vast majority, the answers were: run away together with my family. 

 

Prof. Rostagno introduces the day

Today is important because we recall at the same time 9 May 1950, when the European Coal and Steel Community project began, thus the first nucleus of the European Union project. And at the same time we connect it with a dramatic date, 24 February 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Today we had the opportunity to explore these two aspects, which are interconnected. Because as is well known, one of the reasons for the Russian invasion is precisely the orientation of the majority of the Ukrainian people towards Europe. An orientation that Russia did not like.

Svitlana Bubenchykova, president of the Free Ukraine Cultural Association

Today we have chosen to discuss important topics such as the principles and values of the European Union. This also connects us with the Ukrainian people. Indeed, we have chosen this direction since the time of Ukraine's independence day on 24 August 1991.
 

Students' impressions

I found it a moving experience, I was about to start crying. For the first time I touched with my own hands what it is like to live a war. I also found the last part beautiful, because I was very confused about the history of the country, but now everything is very clear to me.

I also really enjoyed this experience because for the first time I understood the whole history of Ukraine, about which I was confused. I also really appreciated the personal experience part, whereby we could all empathise with people living through a war in the world.

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