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Helen Xanthaki

Helen Xanthaki is Professor (Teaching) at the Faculty of Laws, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, and Senior Associate Research Fellow, IALS, and serves as the Dean of the Postgraduate Laws Programmes of the University of London (Worldwide). She is a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of the Lawmaking Process at the Presidency of the Hellenic Government, and a Key Regulation Expert for Expertise France.

In her profile, Helen writes:

I am an example of the European dream... One could say that I live and breathe the EU ideal.Ìý

However, now more than ever, I find a detachment between the European ideal and the operational reality of the EU as an organisation.

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Elena Sofia Massacesi

Elena is one of the Student Ambassadors at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Europe Institute for 2023/24.ÌýElena is a third-year student of Politics and International Relations (PIR). SheÌýalso works as a Core Writer for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê European Horizons and is a student ambassador for Chatham House events. HerÌýresearch interests include climate change, democracy in Europe, and global migration.

Elena explains:

My interest inÌýEuropean politics started when I saw the negative cultural impacts of the refugee crisis on my hometown, Ancona: I wanted to understand why the Italian system was struggling so severely with the influx of refugees and what the EU could have, or should have done to help.

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