haguen-dazs: welcome issue

Welcome Issue

CONTENTS:

Editorial 3Welcome to Den Haag 4In the Drivers‘ Seat 6Eurovillage VS. Family BBQ 8Dag, Chairs! 10Why Haguen-Dazs? 14The Press Team 15

Cover image: ‘De trekvliet bij Den Haag’ by Jan Jacob Spohler

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EDITORIALDear participants,

eleven months ago, we met for the first time at the International Forum in Nürnberg, Germany. I, Tom, was a journalist for the very first time and Beth was the video editor of our team. We got along re-ally well from the start. Today we are leading our own press team at an International Forum, having applied with the strong will to take EYP journalism and bring it to a whole new level.

So we applied, already envisioning how we would form and use the resources of the team to the best end possible, seriously doubting that we would get the job. However, a day after the deadline had passed, we got a surprising phone call from our President Schima. We set up an application form and selected a team that we felt strongly reflected the values and skills that we wanted to use. And then we started preparing for a fantastic week. For you.

All of this has happened because EYP has given us the motivation to simply do it. Dare to strive for the best you can be.

We really hope you enjoy the media output at this session and everything else too, of course!

Enjoy your days here!

Your editors,

Beth & Tom

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WELCOME TO

DEN HAAGThe Netherlands‘ third

largest city, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and the host of the International Forum of the European Youth Parlia-ment with the theme “Young energy for Europe”.

‚Why though?,‘ you may ask. Well there are a multi-tude of reasons that make the Hague an ideal setting for a session of the European Youth Parliament. First of all the within the confines of the city you will find the Dutch gov-ernment, Parliament, Coun-cil of State and the Supreme Court. One could almost say that it is the political capital of the country, although the con-stitutional capital is of course the picturesque city of Amster-dam.

As well as hosting much of the Netherlands’ own politi-cal system, over 150 interna-tional organisations can be found in den Haag such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal

Court which makes the city a key player when it comes to international law. The Hague has been known as an inter-national city of peace and justice for over a century and this reputation still holds true today. We often see political correspondents reporting live from The Hague as there is always some story of intrigue unfolding.

As well as being a Euro-pean political and legal hub, Den Haag is a culturally rich city. Despite not having a uni-versity, it is home to numerous education establishments in the form of museums such as the Escher Museum and the Museum Gevangenpoort, or Prison Gate. As well as this it has many so-called cultural in-stitutions such as the Maduro-dam, a miniature to-scale city containing Dutch landmarks.

For those of you lucky enough to be joining us in The Hague for the forum, as you can see from above, there is plenty that The Hague, or Den Haag, can offer you.

Text: George Ross


Country: The Netherlands

Province: South Holland

Language: Dutch

Population: 506,485

Size: 98.2 km2

Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)


IN THE DRIVERS‘

SEATThe theme for The Hague

2013 is “Young Energy for Europe.” This brings to mind all sorts of ideas about in-novation and progression, finding solutions and solv-ing problems, but we can also split it down to basics. “Young Energy” can be de-fined as the enthusiasm and drive of the youth of Europe. At this session, no-one repre-sents this idea better than our two wonderful project leaders Dirk Hofland and Karim Ben

Hamda.

Dirk and Karim have both been involved in EYP since 2011, and attended the same National session as delegates. They’ve dabbled in all roles available in EYP – a bit of or-ganising, a lot of chairing and they both held the position of journalist at the recent Inter-national Session in Zurich, so we’re definitely in safe hands in terms of experienced EYP alumni at this session.

Dirk and Karim started work and preparation for The Hague 2013 at the start of this year with many ideas in mind. The session is the second in the “RWE trilogy”, three sessions under the theme of “Young Energy for


Europe” comprised of the Is-tanbul Youth Forum and the upcoming International Forum in Essen. Dirk and Karim are delighted to be a part of such a large-scale project of EYP International, but wanted to ensure that The Hague 2013 was as unique and innovative a session as its theme would suggest.

A large portion of their vision for the session was based on taking EYP session traditions and altering them or expanding upon them to make them more successful. Their plans are set to provide a truly different session for us all, and we can look forward to trying some new things. With reference to this, we are definitely looking forward to the welcome event, for which we require “an old white t-shirt we don’t mind getting dirty.” With organisational announcements like this, it is inevitable that The Hague 2013 is certainly going to be something different!

Our head organisers also wanted to ensure that the ses-sion provided a high academ-ic standard to all participants. This is reflected in the fascinat-ing topic choices and similarly echoed in Dirk and Karim’s lo-

cation choice for the session. First and foremost, The Hague itself is bursting with political academia. Right in the politi-cal hub of The Netherlands, it is hard not to feel invigor-ated and inspired to discuss and debate European issues. Similarly, the choice of The Hague University of Applied Sciences as our venue for Committee Work could not be more appropriate to a session focused on “Young Energy for Europe.” The University spe-cialises in practical sciences and technology, a reminder of the resources available to us in tackling the European Energy Crisis.

Dirk and Karim have put so much time into this session, for which we cannot thank them enough, and it is set to be ab-solutely fantastic. And if you weren’t convinced already that they are incredible pro-ject leaders, know this: When creating their masterplan for the session earlier this year – a time consuming task to say the least - they were not phased, simply stating, “It’s all for you.”

Text: Beth Thayne


EUROVILLAGE VS.

FAMILY BBQIt’s present at every session

- an excuse to stuff your belly with delicacies from all over Europe. You know what I’m

talking about, don’t you? Of course, it’s Eurovillage! It’s just one of the wonders that you can expect during this session. It may seem like an event that you only find on EYP sessions, but is that really the case? Or is there some-thing else that is quite similar?

Well, Eurovillage certain-ly is a tradition that the EYP


keeps alive at its sessions. On this special evening, del-egations from across Europe gather their best national dishes, drinks and music to give a clear impression of what their country is like. And every time they succeed in this task in an original way.

One has to admit that Eu-rovillage broadens your view on so many levels. Some would even say that this is what makes our sessions so unique, because it’s impos-sible to find a similar event somewhere else. But honestly, I personally do not agree with this last point of view.

The fact is that there is one occasion where you can find all those things that I have mentioned before. And no, it’s not Christmas. What I’m talking about is a traditional family barbecue. Before you judge too quickly, let me ex-plain why.

Every year, when the clouds make room for warm sunny weather, people bring out their barbecues and start roasting meat and vegeta-bles. And this has been the case for ages. But ever since families were spread over a larger area, mankind felt the

need to gather annually for an intimate dinner to see their family again. And nothing serves this cause better than a summer barbecue.

Similar to Eurovillage, each household brings a self-cooked dish that represents their family in a healthy com-petition for the best food. And every time, there is this uncle that sips just a bit more of the wine than he should. Or what about the location? Isn’t it a terrible search to find the perfect venue or to decorate your home in a suitable way? And let’s not even mention what time it takes to clean up the mess afterwards or how your stomach aches due to an overdose of food.

Let’s face it: the resem-blances are abundant. How-ever, it would be too far from the truth to claim that Eurovil-lage and a family barbecue are one and the same. Eu-rovillage still is the perfect op-portunity to present Europe’s cultural diversity. And after all, isn’t the EYP just one hap-py family in the end?

Text: Siebe Geerts


DAG, CHAIRS!Meet the chairs team of The Hague 2013! In order to reveal

some of the less obvious things about them, we‘ve asked them the following questions, which gave some interesting results to

say the least!

1) Where do you get your energy from?2) If you had to pick one mode of transport for the entirety of Europe to use, what would it be?3) If you had to take our lovely President Schima on a date, where would you take her?

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1 Nora Wilhelm (CH): ENVI II

1) Sleep? Otherwise, in-spiring people, hugs and smiles. And yoga. And coffee. Coffee always helps.

2) Roller coasters. Of course, they would have to be covered in case of rain and to protect from the wind at high speed. And perhaps there shouldn‘t be too many ups and downs so that the passengers can also work or read whilst traveling. Also, building rails high up in the air might be too costly... Okay, I actu-ally meant trains. An ad-ditional class, maybe „ex-treme“, for an alternative journey, would be quite entertaining though.

3) I would take Schima on a canoe ride, in beautiful scenery. We would then stop for a picnic by the water and eat all the won-derful food I prepared. I would have baked muffins and cookies too. If we‘re up for a challenge, we could also go cliff diving or try to look for wild and dangerous animals. Oh, what a lovely picture!

2 Bernet Meijer (NL): ITRE II

1) My physical energy definitely gets a boost from chewing gum. I guess

the jaw exercise awakes the rest of my muscles as well. Mental energy would come from... puz-zles! In any form.

2) Helicopter cars. Enough said.

3) I would take Schima to a French restaurant to have escargots and test her French tongue (both in language and in taste!)

3 Niall Murphy (IE): ITRE I

1) Exercise, carbohy-drates, water, a touch of cinnamon on my porridge in the morning along with a nice cup of Chai tea! In all seriousness though, I think what gets me out of bed in the morning is the sense that we can be so much better than we currently are; both indi-vidually and in the world around us. Each day gives us an opportunity to strive, a chance to be better. I honestly can‘t think of a better source of energy than that!

2) Those stand up mopeds that lazy tourists use so they don‘t have to walk anywhere – Segways, I think. They are literally the most useless things in the world. Unless you’re up for a laugh, in which case, they are highly en-tertaining.

3) At Austrian nationals 2011 which we both at-tended, I managed to get very badly lost in Vienna, not once, but TWICE! Thankfully on both occa-sions there were two love-ly Frau working in cafés who, in broken English, managed to successfully redirect me back to where I needed to go, unlike all the other cosmopolitan, swanky English speakers who hadn‘t a clue. As we flirt over a coffee, I‘d gen-tly suggest that Schima thank them in whatever description of „German“ they use in Austria, on my behalf, and to apologise for my being such a muf-fin!

4 Christian Browne (UK): CLIM

1) Way too much caf-feine. Pretty sure I‘m re-sponsible for about 40% of Coca Cola‘s sales here in England.

2) The cheetah from Har-old & Kumar go to White-castle was pretty fast. I think that would be good for our economies - effi-cient transport.

3) I‘d treat her and take her for a nice meal at my local Indian restaurant (I get 2for1 there - but I wouldn‘t tell her that).


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85 Clemens Rawert (DE):

LIBE1) I get energized by sleep, coffee and the people around me.

2) I very much like to fly on planes, even though it is envi-ronmentally terrible. I would just like people to fly, maybe not on planes. But I’m hope-ful that the future will bring forth great things, e.g. no more traffic jams.

3) I would take her to an ex-hibition and for coffee after since it‘s always a pleasure to talk to Schima for longer. (I’ve done that before, and would happily go back for more.)

6 Lucy Bradfield (IE): DEVE

1) When I get up every morning I have a plan of what needs to be done by the end of the day. Getting through that list and knowing I‘m making more time for fun stuff by doing that gives me the boost. I also just love to be busy and so it‘s really not a chore for me to do these things!

2) My mode of transport would have to be my feet. I would walk. Yes it would take a long, long time but it‘s the only way to see any town. I also particularly like double decker buses because when you go on top you get such a different view to anything else I‘ve ever experienced.

3) I would take Schima to Ireland. I love to show it off to guests and visitors and I know she likes Irish humour and would benefit from it!

7 Hugo Dürr (SE): AFET I1) My energy I summon from the idea of the future. I believe that what we do in this kind of engagement has a bearing on what the world will look like in the time to come. I like that idea. It gives me the energy to work harder and push past the sleepless nights. Essentially, I‘m motivated by my vision of tomorrow.

2) As a big fan of Aladdin, I encourage the European Commission of pass the motion to introduce flying carpets as the sole mode


of transportation in Europe. These carpets would come in varying size to suit any and all people.

3) Schima... such an elegant and profoundly amazing woman deserves only the absolute best. I would take Schima out for an autumn walk in one of the central parks here in Gothenburg. We would walk through the falling leaves illuminated by the low, orange, warming sun. The promenade would end in the harbour, where we would board a boat which would take us out into the western archipela-go. While sampling good wines and fancy cheeses, we would watch the sun set on the horizon, after which I would deliver her back to dry land.

8 Jan Nedvídek (CZ): ITRE III

1) There are a few different energy sources for me actu-ally, depending on the mood I‘m in. Most of the time it‘s choir music - trust me, noth-ing charges my batteries bet-ter than a good piece from Whitacre or MacMillan. However, I‘ve recently ex-plored, to my great surprise, that some good excercise in the morning gets me go-ing for the rest of the day: 6:30am rowing training is perfect!

2) Night trains, for sure. There is nothing better than boarding the train in Lon-don, having a nice drink and going to bed, waking up in

the Scottish Highlands in the morning, or falling asleep in Vienna and waking up in the centre of Rome. If you still haven‘t tried this, you really need to.

3) Schima and I have known each for quite a while now, and we actually have a thing going on: it‘s all about the Monarchy, the Habsburgs in particular. So I think a nice Viennese café near the royal palace, where you have to wear a nice dress or a din-ner jacket and are served by people wearing bowties would be appropriate. And a slice of apfelstrudel, obvi-ously.

9 Hans Maes (BE): ENVI I

1) I get my physical energy from eating a lot. Anyone who has seen me eat knows I devour unusually large por-tions of everything (as I eat everything in the world with the exception of pineapple). Additionally, I eat all lefto-vers on the table, because I can‘t stand leftovers or peo-ple wasting food.

2) My preferred mode of transportation throughout Europe is definitely by air-plane. Call me spoiled, but I do very much like to fly, and I try doing it as much as I can. My first three years in EYP, I never went to a single session by plane, but once I discovered travelling to an EYP session by plane made me feel important, I kept do-ing it. Oh, usually I only fly with StarAlliance carriers,

because I‘m adept at collect-ing frequent flyer miles.

3) My first answer for Schi-ma‘s date was Brunei, but after giving it a little thought I‘d probably be better (and cheaper) off doing some-thing realistic. Being born and raised in Antwerp, and absolutely in love with the city, I would take Schima to the roof of the MAS museum at sundown, from where you can see the entire city and a large part of the amazing port of Antwerp. Afterwards, we would have dinner in the Samourai, a trendy Japa-nese restaurant on the riv-erbank of The Scheldt. The end of the evening would depend on her preference, should she like beer better, Kulminator would be the place to be to get an intro-duction into the unbelievably rich beer culture of my coun-try. If cocktails are more her thing, De Vuile Was is also an amazing place.

10 Lara Lindlahr (DE): AFET II

1) I get my energy from iced coffee (choco latte macchia-to) – cool, refreshing with a hint of caffeine buzz!

2. I would definitely choose teleportation as my mode of transport, like in the film „Jumper“.

3. I would take Schima on a date in Istanbul because that is where we first met, and we could definitely rekindle our flame there.


WHY HAGUEN-

DAZS?

After a democratic vote, our media name, Haguen-Dazs was chosen (ruling out alternative creative op-tions like „Haagrid“, „Hague ho, let‘s go“ and „Hulk Haguean“). Other than the ever so slightly embarrassing pun, we assume you are won-dering ‚but how is this in any way related to the session?‘

Well, let us put your minds at ease. In New York City in the 1950s, a young couple with a background in tasty frozen treats combined their love of ice cream to create one of the richest creamiest ice creams around. That ice cream is now one of the most widely bought and enjoyed frozen products in the world – you guessed it – Häagen-Dazs ice cream.

Now, an interesting fact about Häagen-Dazs ice cream is that it does not use xanthan gum or gelatine in its recipe; these ingredients are known

in the food industry as stabi-lisers.

You’re still thinking ‘how does this even remotely re-late to the media team of The Hague 2013?’

Well, the Haguen-Dazs edi-tors are combining a love of EYP, journalism and media to bring you the best media team possible. We have selected our ingredients – our journal-ists - incredibly carefully and we can assure you that the media produced by this team will be sweet, rich, delicious. The crème de la crème of jour-nalism. As well as this, we are also not using any stabilisers, that is easy options and stand-ard processes.

Everything we are going to do is new, and so we need all of you, participants at The Hague 2013, to be our sta-bilisers and help support the media of Haguen-Dazs.

Text: Beth Thayne


HAGUEN-DAZS: Journalists:Alyona Vyshnevska (UA), Elsa Lund (DE), Erik Müürsepp (EE), George Ross (UK), Oli-ver Stenbom (SE), Rucsandra Pintea (RO), Siebe Geerts (BE), Yannick Louwerse (NL), Yiannos Vakis (CY), Zuzanna Gil (PL)

Video Editor:Matteo van Dijl (BE)

Editors:Beth Thayne (UK)Tom Wagenhammer (DE)

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