WhyEurope

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WhyEurope
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legal form registered association
founding July 2016, registered since September 2017
founder Hans-Christoph Schlueter, Benedikt Erasmus Kau, Mirko Moser-Abt
Seat Tübingen
Chair Benedikt Erasmus Kau, Hans-Christoph Schlueter, Aron Szpisjak
Volunteers 30th
Website www.whyeurope.org

WhyEurope is a non-partisan and independent non-profit organization that was founded in 2016 in Freiburg im Breisgau . The aim of the initiative is to convey the advantages of European cooperation for the individual citizen in an innovative way. WhyEurope eV has been a registered association in Germany since September 2017 . The association currently has over 30 members in 10 European countries.

Background and story

The initiative was founded by Hans-Christoph Schlüter, Benedikt Erasmus Kau and Mirko Moser-Abt. According to her statements, the three students observed growing euroscepticism and right-wing populism with concern. The result of the Brexit referendum was ultimately the trigger for them to take action. They decided to post pictures with simple pro-European slogans on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

Communication style

WhyEurope follows a style of communication it calls "positive populism ". The founders describe the approach as simple, emotional and personal. They avoid complicated and technical terms in their slogans and simplify them. You see yourself as a countermovement to critics of Europe.

independence

Since its inception, WhyEurope has emphasized the initiative's independent nature. The organization is independent. Despite contact with the European Union, members repeatedly distanced themselves from the institutions of the European Union . WhyEurope rejects funding from the European Union and other political organizations.

Relationship with other organizations

WhyEurope has cooperated several times with other pro-European initiatives. In spring 2016, the founders Benedikt Kau and Hans-Christoph Schlüter worked closely with Daniel Röder and Sabine Röder, who started the Pulse of Europe demonstrations at the time . Pulse of Europe took over the “Blijf bij ons” campaign from WhyEurope, which focused on the Dutch elections.

Further collaborations took place with the Young European Federalists and the Loud Europeans .

reception

On January 31, 2017, Marine Le Pen ( Front National ) published a parliamentary question in the European Parliament regarding a potential grant to WhyEuropes by the European Commission . Commissioner Günther Oettinger replied that WhyEurope was never funded by the European Commission and that the name of the initiative was not in the central system.

In November 2017 WhyEurope received the European Public Communication Award from the European Committee of the Regions . The award was presented to the founders and members during EuroPCom in the European Parliament.

In May 2018 WhyEurope was awarded the Arno Esch Prize .

In September 2018 WhyEurope was awarded the “Filippas Engel” prize.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About - WhyEurope. Retrieved May 5, 2018 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b c “Why Europe” sets the mood for Europe . ( zdf.de [accessed on May 5, 2018]).
  3. ^ Badische Zeitung: Facebook page “Whyeurope” is pro-European and populist - Culture - Badische Zeitung . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed on May 5, 2018]).
  4. ↑ WhyEurope: 'Brexit was the trigger. We had to do something ' . In: euractiv.com . February 24, 2017 ( euractiv.com [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  5. ↑ "Positive Populism" - an interview with co-founder of WhyEurope. Retrieved on May 5, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Why Europe . In: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom . ( freiheit.org [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Why Europe? - Euranet Plus. Retrieved on May 5, 2018 (German).
  8. ↑ CONTENT: Pourquoi l'Europe? Initiation au populisme positif. Retrieved May 5, 2018 (American English).
  9. ↑ Students trial 'positive populism' in pro-EU messages . In: euractiv.com . January 20, 2017 ( euractiv.com [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  10. ^ Anne Havenith: Kármán University Newspaper - WhyEurope - Save the EU with Social Media? ( karman-aachen.de [accessed on May 5, 2018]).
  11. ↑ a b c European Committee of the Regions: Hans-Christoph Schlüter - Raising emotional engagement with Europe - EuropCom 2017. November 10, 2017, accessed on May 5, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Support Us - WhyEurope. Retrieved May 5, 2018 (American English).
  13. ↑ Why Europe - Truths with a wink - #PulseofEurope. Retrieved on May 5, 2018 (German).
  14. ↑ Duitsers demonstreren tegen 'nexit': blijf bij ons! ( nos.nl [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  15. ↑ "Positive Populism" - an interview with co-founder of WhyEurope. Retrieved on May 5, 2018 (German).
  16. ↑ Le Pen confuses student initiative with 'EU propaganda' . In: euractiv.com . April 28, 2017 ( euractiv.com [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  17. ↑ Answer to a written question - Whyeurope - E-000605/2017. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Prize for Tübingen students: "WhyEurope" is awarded by the European Union | University of Tübingen. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
  19. ↑ WhyEurope: Populism for Europe . In: euractiv.com . November 13, 2017 ( euractiv.de [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  20. ^ Hans-Christoph Schlueter from Neunkirchen received the European Public Communication Award . In: https://www.siegerlandkurier.de . November 10, 2017 ( siegerlandkurier.de [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  21. ↑ For Europe with “Positive Populism” . In: obermain.de . May 22, 2018 ( obermain.de [accessed May 23, 2018]).
  22. ↑ The “Filippa's Angel” award »Filippa's Angel. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .
  23. ↑ 2018 »Filippa's Angel. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .