No one can mobilize youth better than the youth themselves. Or at least that's what Margaritis Schinas, vice president of the European Commission responsible for promoting the European way of life, thinks. Greek politician writes PoliticianIn fact, he has a solution to encourage young people from the bloc's 27 member states to go to the polls to elect the new parliament from June 6 to 9, 2024: convince Taylor Swift, the most famous pop star on the planet, to do so. A call to new generations to go (en masse) to vote. “I really hope that one of her team members will follow up on this press conference and convey our request to the singer,” Schinas said. Ultimately, this is nothing new for Swift, Person of the Year timemoved his “fans”: last September, thanks to an Instagram story, he achieved record traffic on the platform Vote.org, registering more than 35 thousand new voters who will go to the polls for the 2024 US presidential elections. And now, in all likelihood, the Vice-President of the European Commission hopes that the same “rapid effect” will be repeated – also in Europe. “A high level of European youth participation is crucial for democracy,” he stressed. The pop star will launch his European premiere Tour of the ages In the spring of 2024 and “he will perform – as Schinas mentioned – in Paris on May 9, that is, on ‘Europe Day’.” Who knows if Swift, after moving US GDP, causing “earthquakes” with his concerts, and creating university courses, will be able to influence (also) European politics.

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