The terms Europe and European stand for more than the geographical continental limitations. They stand also for democracy, human rights, and individual freedom, also known as the ‘Western Values’.

The origin of these values can be traced to a variety of struggles throughout history. When mentioning democracy, human rights and other important values that strengthen Europe are important for maintaining the stability in Europe, promoting the same values all around the world, through investing in the future decision-makers and voters with these standards are essential.

The new generation of the world is unprecedented and more vulnerable; growing up in an age of exponential technological advancement and wide accessibility to the global content shaped like-minded new generations to integrate into each other and of course helped the globalisation of the world. Social networks allowed the technology generation to stay connected from different parts of the world. I believe understanding the Dynamics of these said globalisation tools may also be helpful to promote Western Values. It is important, to highlight that if one place in the world is not secure, nowhere in the world is secure. The term stability shall not be regarded only as a regional situation but must be applicable internationally. Thus, for a more secure and strong Europe, more secure and strong world stability is essential.

I personally believe, that by promoting Western Values all around the world, Europe can also create great solutions for global problems such as climate change, food security, and more. Through education and investment in the younger generations, new ideas and new approaches may also be available and applicable. Moreover, increasing awareness shall feed our consciousness and capabilities to solve problems. Importantly, Europe is a piece of the much larger world puzzle with amazing values, so why not giving these ideas through social networking, investing, and educating to the rest of the image?

Multiculturalism especially, is a strong dynamic in Europe. For me, multiculturalism offers great ideas through respectfully discussing and negotiating, like in democracies. On our parliaments, there are different political parties as the voice of different ideas and communities.These ideas create the harmony for performing better and for the higher goodness of Europe. Respect and acceptance of the idea of democracy are the main reasons for this achievement. These must be promoted everywhere; the idea of Europe and European Values must be for everyone.

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This is an opinion piece from Selin Yilmaz. She participated at the Basecamp 2023 and is President Young Atlantic Treaty Association.