The people who won at the European Young Journalist Award event, which was conducted in 2009, gather to celebrate the success in Berlin. This was also one of the top pan-European competitions. In the final convention, these people discusses about the enlargement of EU as well as the questions related to European identity.
The competition was mainly organized by “European Commission’s Directorate General” for the Enlargement, with the “European Youth Press”. This is also an umbrella union of the Europe’s young journalists. Café Babel, which is a multilingual current affairs magazine of Europe, was also one of the top organized of the event, a multilingual European current affairs magazine.
There were thirty-four national winners, who were aged between seventeen and thirty-five were invited to Berlin trip. After bringing the award winners to German capital, organizers wanted them to underline the main impact of the integration process of the Europeans. The event conducted in 2009 also marked the 20th successful anniversary of the iron curtain and the 5th anniversary to EU of Eastern European Countries, Cyprus and Malta. The proud award winners of this program also got a chance to trip to the historical places in Berlin. They also got a chance to visit the TV channels, radio and newspapers.
At the end of the trip, they also got an opportunity to meet the diplomats, journalists and the political experts during a conference. They also debated on a topic during this conference, which was based of the European Union’s enlargement in the future. They also discuss about the methods and programs, which will help in tackling the financial crisis of European Union.