How does actually democracy work?

How does actually democracy work?

Howdoes democracy actually work? Ithas beenknown in Slovakia for years, however, we came to the conclusion, that it differs from land to land a little bit. Thiswasthetopicdiscussed by our Slovak team and youngstersfromanother 4 EU countries and Turkey. Wespenttogether 10 beautiful May days on theyouthexchangeAllforDemocracy in RomanianAninoasa.

Youmaynowask: "Romania? Whatwould I do there?" Honestly, we didn't know what to expect from this country before we visited it. OursendingorganizationYouthfullyYoursprovidedusmuchusefulinformation, butitwasup to us to discoverRomanianlife. The country looksverysimilar to Slovakia, although it has a very beautiful nature, we wouldn't change it for our motherland. However,wecame to Romania to take part in theyouthexchange and itwasmuch more amazingthanwe had expected.

Why do wefindthisyouthexchange so amazing? In the first place, we got to know many young people who shared with us their experience and information abouttheir countries. Wetalked to Portugueseforthefirsttime and sangthefamous song Dragostea dinteiwith Romanianative speakers. Duringthe plentifulprogram,wedevelopedourcriticalthinking, presentedourattitudes and experiencetoaninternationalaudience. Mainly,wediscussedthetopic of democracy and theprincipleswhichshouldbefulfilled in a state to beconsidereddemocratic. Nearby, we also discovered thatthepoliticalsystems of ourcountriesaren'talways flawless. Thanks to thepresence of ourforeignpeerswesawtheattitude to theglobalissuesalsofromtheotherside.

RomanianAssociationBeYoumadeourprogramveryinteresting with the help of a culturalvisit. In the Town of Targoviste,we met local authorities and discussedtheupcoming EU elections.At the end of theyouthexchangeweevencreated a video campaign to motivateyoungcitizens and raisetheirparticipation in the EU elections.

Thisyouthexchangegavemelots of positiveenergy, which I keptfor a longtimeaftermycomeback to Slovakia. I recommendyou to take part in asimilaryouthexchangebecauseitis a greatopportunity to developyour soft skills and to get to know amazing people. To that, youcan taste thelocalcuisine and explorethebeauties of Europe!