Group visits (15 May)

 On 15^th of the May the delegates were divided into 5 groups and every group had its own programme. Groups 1-3 visited European Parliament and then had debates with European deputies, group 4 visited Parlamentarium and had debates with Committee of the Regions administrative members. Group 5 was walking in the park and listening to the information about the project, which were organized here last time.
 We were in Group 3 and would like to say some words about our visit. In the European Parliament we had a small excursion, where we had watched a video about the Rome Treaty, heard about functions of European Commissions, European Parliament and Council of EU and had seen the hall, where the politicians discuss different topics.

 After this we went to the Committee of the Regions to debate with the deputies. Group 3 was talking with Philippe Lamberts, representative of Green Party, about his life, job, environmental problems in the world, responsibilities of adults and young and his opinion about “Youth European Conference: Let`s Take Care of the Planet”.

 It was our first time talking with a politician, and we really liked it.  He looks like a simple man and was very friendly to us. His speech was rather fast, but legible, and all of us understood everything. We were impressed by this meeting.

                                                                                                                           Liza and Dasha, Russia