With ten online and onsite workshops and debates with experts, NGOs, youth organisations, activists, and decision-makers, the project managed to create a community of people interested in politics and willing to participate in open conversations, not always with like-minded individuals. The biggest success of the project was the organisation, right before the European elections, of two debates where young Member of the European Parliament candidates from different political parties engaged with the audience to answer questions. Seeing young people as candidates for the European Parliament gave hope for change and enhanced the engagement of citizens and youth in EU-related issues, a sentiment noted by the audience.

Over the course of one year, Inter Alia collaborated with fellow organisations all over the EU, academics, and activists, engaging and directly involving young people from its community in multidisciplinary activities tackling diverse EU policy areas. “I Vote for Myself” provided young people in Athens and across the EU, through online workshops, with the chance to explore different ways of participation and gain new tools to analyse the world they live in through new lenses.

From solidarity and migration to civic monitoring, from disinformation to youth participation, “I Vote for Myself” has been a process to collectively rethink the EU and imagine new paths towards a more caring, fair, and sustainable Europe.