What is Europe? And, most importantly, what are Europeans? Roger Casale has dealt with its inner workings for long enought to elighten us.
Roger Casale is the founder and CEO of New Europeans, an award-winning civil rights organisation which promotes European citizenship and a sense of European identity "fit for the twenty-first century". He studied at Brasenose College Oxford and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, holding a Master of Arts in International Affairs. He speaks Italian, German, French and a little Arabic. In 2009, he received the award of Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana from the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano for services to British-Italian relations. Roger Casale is the founder and CEO of New Europeans, an award-winning civil rights organisation which promotes European citizenship and a sense of European identity "fit for the twenty-first century". He studied at Brasenose College Oxford and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, holding a Master of Arts in International Affairs. He speaks Italian, German, French and a little Arabic. In 2009, he received the award of Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana from the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano for services to British-Italian relations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx