Early morning, October 3rd, 2013: All seems calm on the small island of Lampedusa, in the south of Sicily. Yet, a few miles off the shores, a major disaster is taking place.

Sweden is Julia's home, and she would not want it any other way. However, she has one large concern—and it is not only Sweden she is worried about.

The European Union is the greatest civilisation ever. While I am well aware that the European Union is imperfect, the concept of human rights has come to be associated with the EU, the place where social reforms were implemented on a grand scale for the first time in history.

Misinformation, violence, ongoing riots: the murder of three young girls by a young man with a migration background has stirred a lot of confusion and discussion in England, culminating in fierce accusations towards the extreme right, migrants and Muslims. Christians should not be naive.

The weeks before the European elections were an avalanche for Valeriia Petrechkiv. From her student apartment in Paris, France, she follows the EU integration of her home country, Ukraine.