"Europe a laboratory or a museum? Well, in my opinion...it's the most fantastical laboratory ever...!". This is the message that Romano Prodi, former President of the European Commission, launched on friday afternoon to the students gathered by dozens in the overcrowded Auditorium. Prodi, whose coming at the European Youth Meeting has been a shocking but real pleasant surprise, lingered just few minutes in the hall, unfortunately, due to other istitutional conferences the busy statesman had in his agenda. Nevertheless, he found the time to come over to salute the students, letting them feel part of something important. Letting them feel the strong support of istitutions. Well done, Mr Prodi.

Andrea Ronchi, Italian Minister for Communitarian Policies Ronchi, calls for a better understanding of the meaning of citizenship in Europe. He spoke in front of hundreds of students from all over Europe at the final event of the European Youth Meeting 2009 held in Bologna. He also underlined the role of young people in shaping the Europe of the future, compared to the failure of past generations: "We must re-discover the passion of being European".