@mb@ss@dors of Europe@n Democr@tic Culture
SIMULATED STUDENTS´ ELECTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
All three involved schools have organized simulated students´elections to the European Parliament at the first part of May 2019 which shows how would elect young generation. There have been prepared a detailed manual for the elections to the EP in each each school. Students who were at least 15 years old had the right to vote. What is very positive - not only project students but all schools have been involved in these elections which a great positive of this project.What was unigue in the project, students could choose from the 8 political groups which perform in the European Parliament and they did not vote their national MEPs and thus these elections and mainly their results could be compared and evaluated without any problems. Students could study the political groups in the European Parliament before elections at special workshops organized in all involved schools. See the political groups of the EP in popplet application: http://popplet.com/app/#/5334928 . And there are also the rules for simulated students elections:
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Documents for organising Simulated (Mock) elections:
Guide_on_Mock_Students_Elections_to_EP_2019.docx
Voting instructions_Mock_European_Parliamentary_Elections_2019.docx
ELECTION REPORT OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION COMMISION.docx
BALLOT_PAPER_Mock_Europea_Parliamentary_elections_2019.do....
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Simulated elections at Business Academy in Slovakia
A Slovak eTwinning team has organized Mock/ Simulated elections at Business Academy on 2nd may 2019. Before the elections itself the students had presentations about the political groups in the European Parliament. The school has 2013 students and 117 took part in the elections. Watch the results of the elections at this school.
ELECTION REPORT OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION COMMISION.docx - this document shows the results of the elections to the EP at Business Academy in Levice, Slovakia
57% of students took part in these simulated elections, we want to live in united Europe :)
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Simulated elections at National Pedagogic College Constantin Bratescu in Constanca, Romania
A Romanian eTwinning team has organized Mock/ Simulated elections at The National Pedagogic College Constantin Bratescu on 10th of May 2019. Before the election itself the students had presentations about the political groups in the European Parliament.
RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS TO THE EP The school has 500 students and 262 took part in the elections resulting in a 52% participation rate.​​​​​
Simulated elections at Scientific High School Galilei Vetrone, Italy
The Italian Etwinning Team has organized Simulated Election at Scientific High School Galilei Vetrone on 20th May 2019. Before the Elections itself the Students worked at presentation involving some classes of this school, informing them about the Political groups in the European Parliament. 111 students from 570 (19.4%) at this school took part in the simulated elections of the EP, here are the results:
Conclusions of Simulated students´ elections to the European Parliament
On the basis of the data obtained in Simulated students´elections to the European parliament at 3 schools involved in the project „@mb@ss@dors of Europe@n Democr@tic Culture“ , we would like to state that young people born around 2000 - Millenials are significantly pro-European and pro-democratic as long as there is enough systematic education for democratic culture. This shows the above-mentioned preferences, where students have chosen proEuropean and democratic politicalparties. If young people receive sufficient civil, human rights and European education in the open democratic spirit, if they understand the importance of civic activism and if they get a meaningful choice and a clear political offer, so they can choose rationally and deliberately from this offer. The results point that, in this case, they are largely identified with the values ​​of liberal democracy, they are sensitive to questions of environmental freedoms, they value personal freedoms, but they are also sensitive to the theme of social justice and justice at all. Results of these elections also shows that work on the project „@mb@ss@dors of Europe@n Democr@tic Culture“ was worth it.
Tricider was used for simulated online elections to the EP only for students involved to this eTwinning project with very similar results.