On May 26, 2023, a ceremony was held in the Kulturpark in Košice to award the winners of the essay competition, which was attended by a student of the third year of Teacher Training of Teachers of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Education of the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra.
Lívia Furdová won the second place among 35 contestants, while high school and university students from all over Slovakia participated in the competition. The essay writing competition on the topic “30 years of the single market in the EU” was organized by MEP (Member of the European Parliament) Ivan Štefanec, in cooperation with the Office of the European Parliament in Slovakia, the Tuneg, Púčik, Tesár Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
The aim of this competition was to critically evaluate the functioning of the single market of the European Union, while focusing not only on easily accessible facts, but also on one’s own thoughts and opinions. It was important that the contestants not only write about the advantages that the single market brings, but also express what they think are the EU’s biggest challenges and evaluate whether it´s representatives solve them effectively enough.
The event was held in Košice, where a conference consisting of panel discussions on the topic of recovery and resilience plan called Road to Recovery took place from the morning, and at the end came the awarding of the five most successful essays. Lívia Furdová took the second place and for her excellent work she received a number of prizes, the most important one being a special prize awarded by Siegfried Mureşan, vice-president of the European People’s Party, which is a four-day trip to Brussels as part of the Youth Week of the European People’s Party (Youth Week of the EPP Group), which will be held in September of this year.
In addition to an excellent result and receiving material prizes, Lívia also managed to represent the school very successfully, as she presented herself in the competition not only as an individual, but also as a student of our university.
Text: Department of English Language and Culture, Faculty of Education, UKF
Photo: Marek Degro, Lívia Furdová