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Like every year the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung awards this year the Schwarkopf-Europa-Award. Selected by the jury of young Europeans, the Schwarzkopf-Europe-Award honors institutions or individuals for special commitment that plays a major role especially for young people in Europe: the commitment to democratic values such as freedom of expression, to peaceful coexistence, to environmental protection and/or the fight against repressive, undemocratic regimes. In 2022, Serhij Zhadan will be awarded because his poetry and his commitment to the jury stand for a vibrant Ukrainian civil society and for the Europe they believe in.

In the city of the future, there is environmentally friendly mobility and everything is easily accessible without a car. The city is low-noise, green, compact and mixed. However, virtually all cities in Europe are still a long way from this image. So how can this be achieved?

Under the motto "Together for just, ambitious implementation NOW", the UN Climate Change Conference will be held for the 27th time in Sharm El Sheikh from 6 to 18 November 2022. The goal remains clear: to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels. Ricarda Lang, Federal Chairperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Member of the German Bundestag, is herself a participant in the UN Climate Conference and will be our guest on 7 December.

In this discussion event with Federica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe and former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, young participants can share and debate their perspectives on Europe, especially in the fields of education, participation and geopolitics.

The freelance journalist and author Mohamed Amjahid repeatedly exposes the different treatment of refugees from Ukraine and other countries in Germany and Europe as well as at the EU's external borders and demands the right to equal treatment of refugees. But what is the current difference in the treatment of refugees from Ukraine and other countries in Germany and Europe and at the EU's external borders? How does this unequal treatment arise?

Classism refers to discrimination based on presumed or real social origin and/or social and economic position. Howeher those affected often do not realise for a long time that their experiences are not individual ones but systematic discrimination, simply because the concept and term of classism are not yet very well known. How can one counteract classism? We are looking forward to discussing these and other questions with you and Francis Seeck.