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They reflected on how young people can engage in stronger democratic participation and inclusive dialogue through YEYS\u2019 interactive workshops, networking activities, and collaborative discussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the EESC, we believe that young people must be at the heart of shaping Europe\u2019s future,\u201d stressed S\u00e9amus Boland, EESC President. Eugen Cojocariu from RRI briefly discussed this with Mr. Boland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2290380416&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"RadioRomaniaInternational\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadioRomaniaInternational<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Interview with S\u00e9amus Boland, EESC President\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\/interview-with-seamus-boland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with S\u00e9amus Boland, EESC President<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of the annual event &#8220;Your Europe, Your Say!&#8221; (YEYS), organized by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 19\u201320 March in Brussels, was to explore the theme of \u201cMeaningful Connections, Active Participation and Democratic Engagement.\u201d The event brought together almost 140 participants, including secondary school students and their teachers, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":998174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46057],"tags":[187745],"coauthors":[116693],"class_list":["post-998869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rri-special","tag-yeys-2026","post_format-post-format-audio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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