Hallo! I would like to change….

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Hallo, I would like to change…

…is a brief snapshot of the attitude of Bulgarian students to the EU and its role in Bulgaria. It is also about the changes they want to see in their country and in Europe and about the role of citizens in these changes. The video was recorded during the JoiEU launch event in Sofia, parts of it will be used in a longer documentary which will be produced later in the project, this is just a taster of what’s to come.

The students want to see many changes, ranging from EU industrial policies to the redefinition of tolerance, but above all they want their voices to be heard, especially so in their own country.

The use of the ring tone instrumental is not accidental…Since the video was shot the students of Bulgaria have woken up to their citizen call and have become far more vocal about their discontent with the political establishment. They have occupied key universities demanding the immediate resignation of the Government and the dissolution of Parliament, which they think epitomize the merging of mafia and politics in the country. As of the date of this post, over 60 % of the Bulgarians support the radical student protest and 76% agree that the Government should step down, as seen by the result of this Alpha Research poll reported by The Sofia Globe.

Talking Partners

JoiEU is a diverse European network of citizen organizations engaged in…organizing the citizens in a very large variety of areas. (the official lingo describes these organizations as “resource centers for citizen participation and capacity building”). For better understanding what the separate organizations do, ProInfo asked some of their representatives on the Sofia launch event to briefly describe their work. They talk about civic participation, citizen rights, developing civil society, dialogue and Europe.