EPP GROUP

Competition Winners

#EPP4Youth

Essay Competition:
“What is the next challenge for the European Union,
and how can we prepare for it?“

TOP 3 WINNERS

Alessandro Bucchioni

Age: 23
Nationality: French
Location: Italy

Topic: Energy Independence

Wiktor Szkotak

Age: 23
Nationality: Polish
Location: Poland

Topic: Encouraging Public Engagement and re-establishing confidence in European institutions

Elise Kolen

Age: 25
Nationality: Dutch
Location: Netherlands

Topic: AI/Deepfakes

TOP 10 RUNNER-UPS

Anna Christians

Age: 27
Nationality: German
Location: Germany

Irene Rusconi

Age: 25
Nationality: Italian
Location: Italy

Andrei-Dumitru Olteanu

Age: 25
Nationality: Romanian
Location: Romania

Cristina Denaro

Age: 25
Nationality: Italian
Location: Italy

Giannopoulou Spyridoula

Age: 21
Nationality: Greek
Location: Greece

Diogo de Sousa

Age: 26
Nationality: Portuguese
Location: Portugal

Karolina Zellmeier

Age: 25
Nationality: German
Location: Germany

Prizes:
The 3 winners of the Essay competition will receive a 5-month paid traineeship (September 2024 – January 2025) with our Group, the EPP, in Brussels.

All top 10 participants (the 3 winners and the remaining 7 runner-ups) will receive an invitation for the next EPP Group Youth Week in Brussels.

Get Inspired!

Take a look at the work of our winners of the Robert Schuman essay competitions 2021, 2022, and 2023.