Final ly the fourth issue from the Cray Media team

has been published. I t is fi l led with articles reflecting the

encounters between you and your journalists. As you

wil l see this special issue is very simple, almost empty

compared to the previous ones. But that is the point: to

rel ive your memories from the session while reading the

words written by your journalists, while not being

restrained by any pictures or il lustrations. This belated

issue is the last emission from the Cray Media team.

With this belated token of nostalgia we say our

goodbyes and are looking forward to seeing you at

future events that the European Youth Parl iament has to

offer. With no further ado I leave you to enjoy the

fol lowing words put together by my beloved knights of

journalism.

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EDITORIALby Samuel Muhsin (CZ)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Martina vs. Matěj / 4

The big bosses / 6

Panel debate:

the presence and future

of the Czech state leaving exams / 8

The show wil l go on / 1 2

Status update: PEDed / 1 4

Nick's approaching people / 1 6

EYP Stories / 1 8

Fair played / 20

Game of EYP thrones / 22

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AFCOFour days, four nights, one day of teambuilding,

one and a half days of committee work and a whole day

for the GA. That actual ly seems a lot, but don’t worry

that is definitely not a lot, that is not even enough .The

worst thing about these EYP sessions is the fact that

they end too soon, they end in the moment when you

realise that actual fun has just begun. Real nostalgia

begins when you realise that you are back to your

everyday life, when you step into your house and realise

that that is not the room in your accommodation, when

you step into your school and you see that there is no

classroom that you had your committee work in. And of

course, the most depressing thing that you have to face

is the fact that at this session you met a lot of awesome

people that you probably won’t see again.

I f you feel the way I just described it means that you

suffering from PED - post EYP depression.

That is the exact way I feel at this moment; huge

amount of sadness because there is no time left to

continue the exact thing that you have been doing for

the last four days.

Vasek, chairperson from Czech Republic and

Mathilde, chairperson from France were responsible for

the great time this committee had. They guided them

trough all parts of the session with their best efforts and

as we can see, that turned out great.

I hope and I think I succeeded in helping them to

understand idea of EYP and I hope that papers were

useful and fun for fulfi l l ing their free time.

AFCO committee, I have to admit one of the most

quality committees that I have seen so far. They are all

different; they all have different opinions, different

attitudes, and different stories. This differences are

actual ly the thing that made AFCO committee so unite

and unique. I saw how they succeed in solving the

problem even when it looked extremely impossible, I

saw how they managed to find a solution no matter how

hard it actual ly was, I saw how they enjoyed the games

and I saw how confident they were at GA; I saw how

they became a team.

Awesome, Fantastic, Creative, Organized

by Milica Simeunovic (SRB)

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The committee of AFET during committee

dinner receives the legacy of EYP that are the mind-

fornication games.

You can paint beautiful ly or terribly if you play the

paintbrush game. But sometimes there are two ups or

one down. Furthermore, sometimes we listen very

careful ly and can tel l everyone who it is.

As innocently as always the chair of AFET, Niks

Bērziņs, decided to torture the minds of the committee

with the ‘open or closed box’ game. The most

impressive feat was achieved by Gregor, who got the

pattern on his third try. Niks jaw dropped just after mine.

However, now if you do not know these games, AFET

members can teach you. And by teach you I mean do it

in front of you, refusing any explanation til l their l istener

either gets it or strangles them.

The worst side effect of these games is the terror of

not knowing. During the whole lunch Martin and Jan,

after countless attempts to explain the patterns of

paintbrush failed to do so. They wil l have to l ive out the

rest of session not knowing because there is a pledge

between all those, who know, to only al low the victims

figure out these mind-fornication games themselves.

I t is wonderful how the chairs pass the torch further

on. Into our 3rd game after fifteen minutes, Karol ina

took over the paintbrush game to enjoy making her

committee members miserable.

Olga, the second chair of AFET entertained the

delegates over dinner with a pleasant Texan accent.

She disclosed that, having spent a year in America, Bil l

Gates visited her in the hospital and she didn’t even

notice.

During dinner, the committee of AFET choired a

song called ‘Size matters’ dubbed as their committee

song. Invoking the chorus of this song immediately can

bring up several other voices that wil l join in.

To conclude, as first as delegates, but now as a

committee, AFET has been tortured but brought closer

by the dark humour of Olga and Nick’s off-hand

chairing. Session well spent.

AFETMind-fornication games with AFET.

by Nick Matusevich (LV)

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From: Alpha

To: Cray

Subject: Target identified

I t is a matter of European interest that you put this

committee under maximum surveil lance. Have a

journalist blend in and order him to observe the

members of the committee closely, take as many photos

as possible and gather al l information that might be

useful for the headquarters. We believe that a vital

information is going to be exchanged during the

Rakovnik NSC. The goal is to extract it from the target.

Do keep in mind that this operation is of crucial

importance. Should the agent be compromised or

revealed, you know what to do.

From: Cray Section CULT I

To: Alpha

Subject: Operation Preparation

Alpha, the situation is even more complicated than

we have expected. According to the in-depth

background check that has been done, al l members of

the committee are so awesome that it is going to be

truly difficult to obtain any relevant intel l igence. Also, I

consider the risk that the operation wil l get out of control

very high. We received clues that foreign agents are

operating in the area, too. Therefore, I request that

Force 21 rebase to Rakovnik and that the Cray Journo

Room receive access to al l local CCTV cameras as well

as l ive cover of the Rakovnik area, preferably from a

geostationary satel l ite with infra-red capabil ities.

From: Alpha

To: Cray Section CULT I

Subject: Hostile Agents

Section CULT I, Force 21 is currently performing a

mission on another continent which means we cannot

provide you with the special forces cover. You must face

potential crisis situations yourself. Furthermore, we

suspect that the chairpersons are, in fact, dangerous

renegades. We need you to identify them and, if the

result is positive, el iminate them without leaving any

traces.

From: Cray Section CULT I

To: Alpha

Subject: First Encounter

I managed to take the chairpersons’ fingerprints

and found out that the hostile targets are probably

somewhere else as the results were negative. The

chairpersons are wil l ing to cooperate. With their help, I

was able to obtain a large volume of coded information,

which I am yet to decipher. The teambuilding part was

very exciting but very difficult in terms of intel l igence

gathering. They are all very capable l iars as I could see

in the 2 truths 1 l ie game where they also revealed their

worldwide networks a bit. Then, I was unexpectedly

confronted with a crisis situation when a delegate left

the room allegedly in order to make a major financial

transaction, which was very suspicious. Sonic boom

game was a challenge, too, and I noticed sl ight

deviations that could be actual ly important. Yoga Tree

(instead of Yoga/Yoda flame) could be the code we are

looking for.

From: Alpha

To: Cray Section CULT I

Subject: Committee Dinner

Well done, Section CULT I. The headquarters is

very impressed by the crayness of the committee

members. Awesome and friendly they might be, do not

forget your mission, though. We need you to make their

detailed psychological portraits, use Game of Thrones

and Star Wars to reveal their character.

From: Cray Section CULT I

To: Alpha

Subject: Giant Fridge

I real ly enjoyed today, Alpha. The organisers

brought boxes with suspicious content, which I was

studying very closely together with the delegates. The

Committee dinner was particularly great. I noticed more

clues there. I received yet more suspicious content of

similar nature as the lunchtime one. One delegate got a

tremendous amount of green stuff for his dinner. I

wonder what it al l means. I had a great time with them,

though. What is more, I reckon that the hostile agents

are trying to sabotage my mission with giant

refrigerating underground machines causing the local

temperatures fal l sharply.

From: Alpha

To: Cray Section CULT I

Subject: GA

You are not supposed to be enjoying this, agent.

You must observe the GA and finish the mission. After

that, you wil l be withdrawn to the headquarters. Ah, we

thought that our infra-red satel l ites were broken. Minus

thirty-five had not seem as sensible data at the first

sight.

From: Cray Section CULT I

To: Alpha

Subject: The End

I was quite surprised with CULT I performance at

the GA. I t turned out that their resolution was very

strong, they defended it invincibly and the overal l

impression is just stunning. By the way, the code is

Tiger Application.

P.S. : I am enclosing the approximate future hourly

GPS coordinates of al l CULT I delegates so that the

Special Forces can extract them all ASAP.

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CULT ITiger Application

by David Radosta (CZ)

We all have been through this: being a delegate

can be pretty awesome. The chairs challenge you with

bizarre tasks, the organizers make sure you have plenty

to eat and throw the best parties, and the journalists

make you feel l ike a rockstar.

But even if it may seem hard to believe, the

delegates are also human beings and have their hopes

and fears. With a help of my friends from the committee

on culture and education, you have a unique opportunity

to peep inside a private diary of a delegate. Al low

yourself to emerge into a fascinating world of the

delegates soul, maybe it wil l bring back some of your

old memories.

Dear diary,

I ’m little afraid that the discussion during our

committee work wil l take too long and that we won’t be

able to find some clear solutions. Maybe I won’t be able

to defend my opinions, or express myself clearly

enough. Maybe I won’t be as good as the other

delegates; no matter how hard wil l I try. Some of us may

even lose patience and attention, get angry and rude.

What if we’l l be too tired, or too loud, we won’t care

about the committee anymore. And I haven’t even

started to think about the general assembly, open

debate seems to be pretty scary. Honestly, I real ly don’t

enjoy the open debate; what if I wil l forget everything I

wanted to say? Just dropping al l papers on the ground. . .

What if my pants sl ip down? Maybe I won’t even want to

defend the resolution, because it won’t be worth al l that

effort we have put in. Wil l our resolution pass? But

whom am I kidding, maybe we won’t be able to finish at

al l . And the last minute scratch wil l be so chaotic that it

won’t even make any sense.

But I stil l keep my hopes up high. I hope we’l l al l

pay attention during the committee work, and that we’l l

l isten to each other’s opinions. I hope we’l l have a lot of

fun, and we’l l enjoy a great session. Our committee

won’t be just a room ful l of strangers, but by the end of

those few days, we wil l become friends, talking to each

other freely. Hopeful ly everybody wil l be happy with our

resolution, ready to defend and protect it through the

whole GA. Of course it wil l be finished on time! And we

won’t see our work only as a competition, but as a

unique opportunity to learn from each other and be

proud of something we had manage to do as a team.

Because we’l l be able to realise that it’s not only about

the outcome, but mainly about the process. Facing the

failure or the success, we’l l know we did our best, and

we’l l enjoy the time we got to spend together.

And final ly, I hope that we all wil l learn something

about ourselves. And after we’l l get back home from the

session, we’l l find a little sparkle emerging out of

nowhere, mysterious electrifying feeling tel l ing us that it

was all worth it.

CULT I ISecret diary of a delegate

by Pavlína Krausová (CZ)

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ENVI I

During the awesome voyage on the EYP ship I was

given an opportunity to stop at the 1 5th National

Selection Conference of EYP Czech Republic in

Rakovník. Our journey started on Thursday morning,

when the delegates sailed off the harbours towards their

hometowns.

I f you travel for a while, it is necessary to get to

know other people, to discover who is with you on the

board so you can make your journey as enjoyable as

possible. I am really flattered I had the opportunity to

spend fabulous days with the committee ENVI I , whose

members are erotic, naughty, vicious and irresistible. I f

you spend your time with bunch of those, you wil l never

forget.

I wil l never forget the moment, when I saw you, the

obese people, for the first time. I bel ieve, this is the

experience I cannot get rid of. You believe you can

persuade people not to be fat. Believing is one of the

most important things you can do. I f you believe, you

can achieve whatever you can think of.

As I was talking to you, col lecting your experience a

just re2alized it is too hard to pick one. So, I decided to

put al l your memories in here.

“The strongest experience was probably speaking

Russian with Milana and also learning some slang

Russian words.

“Petr was just sitting in his bed and writing an

Attack Speech, when he fel l asleep in front of his

computer.”

“The amount of awesomeness in EYP is too damn

high! ”

“I t’s a pretty hard question to talk just about the

strongest moment of the session. I t’s my first time on

the National Selection Conference, so I was really

surprised by the huge amount of those extremely funny

teambuilding games. Probably the most unforgettable

moments were while playing the game Honey, tel l me

that you love me and you just cannot stop laughing.

There were another pretty strong moments l ike writing

speeches at 3 am while being total ly exhausted or

partying with al l those people in crazy outfits. I guess

the whole conference was an overwhelming l ife

experience.”

“The unique sense companionship, friendship and

randomness when suddenly shouts: Rio! Wapa-pa-pa-

pa. Pa.”

“Moment I enjoyed the most was during playing

Street Fighter with the edition. I just love it. And from the

chairing perspective I am really proud of the issue tree,

everything was structured and visualised and it helped

everyone at the end.”

“Words cannot describe this experience. So, I

guess this smiley :-) can.

“I wanted to speak German, but I was not able to

remember the word. I t was total ly amazing feeling. And

final ly, I did get the Pointing game.

“You think you come here to have fun and to work.

I t is amazing when you realize that the working part is

actual ly fun as well .”

“We were in our room in that good mood, feel ing so

comfy, the majority of us fel l asleep.”

“What was the best moment? We are the most

ENVIous committee at al l . The whole session was

super-awesome.”

And what about me? I cannot even express how

awesome you are. I am glad, that I could be your

journalist. I love playing the games with you, even when

I was horrible at it, sitting in the committee room and

listening to your debate and eating with you at the

committee dinner. Together, we went through the Green

glass door, pointing at the others and visited many

places in the world.

This travel lasted 4 days, ful l of enjoyment, fun,

laughter, relaxation, but also work and stress. I hope,

you enjoyed it as much as I did. You met plenty of new

people, who can stay in your l ife forever. I t is only up to

you, if you want to burn your ship now. But - I would not

do that. I would be very happy, if you continue travel l ing

with the EYP ship al l around the world.

You cannot estimate how many times you wil l be

sail ing with these people again, if ever. However, every

EYPer has an own travel plan, and it is only up to,

where you want to cross him or her. I would l ike to

remind you, that the sea is not the only place, where

can you meet. The coasts works as well .

The last, but not least words I want to tel l you:

Honeys, I do love you, but I just cannot smile. Do not

forget that.

Why so ENVIous?

by Alžběta Rybáková (CZ)

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Once upon a time, there was a group of nine l ittle

horses. Due to mysterious circumstances they

somehow got lost in the Forrest of Rakovnik. A Forrest

ful l of obese ponies, juice-drinking mooses, funky

chicken and a whole lot of other cray creatures. The

little horses were very scared, frightened and

overwhelmed by a level of awkwardness previously

unknown.

All of sudden, a brave knight and a beautiful

princess showed up as well as a little dwarf from Austria

with a camera and a laptop. They tried to protect the

nine horses from all the strange creatures of Rakovnik-

forrest and took the lead of the group. Now things

became way less scary to the nine horses. Not only did

their newly found and powerful leaders give them self-

confidence, but also their own war cries l ike „Haiduken“,

„Sonic Boom“ and „Tiger uppercut“.

Things real ly changed drastical ly for the nine l ittle

horses as they gradually started to l ike the fascinating

Forest of Rakovnik, which had seemed so awkward at

first. However as they gradually started to get

comfortable a group of very menacing monsters

invaded the Forest. After their invasion questionable

food standards as well as a lack of transparency in the

food industry came to Rakovnik and a sense of despair

was all over the forest.

At first the nine l ittle horses really did not know

what to do. The monsters just appeared to be so diverse

and very difficult to fight. Luckily enough the strong

knight and the pretty princess led them in the right

direction. They gathered at one of the nicest places the

forest has to offer and started their strategy in fighting

the monsters.

After several hours of blood, sweat, tears,

discussions, brainstorming, phrasing and arguing, the

nine horses final ly came up with a credible plan of

saving Rakovnik forest from these terrible problems.

The creation of a EU wide control organisation, a EU

food quality stamp as well as the introduction of more

sever punishments for companies fail ing quality controls

were just some of the well-thought methods they have

come up with. Despite their lack of sleep, the nine

horses were really proud of their plan and very confident

it would l iteral ly kick the monsters out of Rakovnik

forrest.

Luckily their actions proved to be efficient, the

monsters real ly did not stand any chance and would be

kept out of Rakovnik forest for years to come. And all

l ived happily ever after.

Seriously al l fairy-tale symbolism aside, throughout

the last couple of days I have had the pleasure of

accompanying 9 remarkable young men and women on

their journey through this incredible session. They

worked hard, they went out of their comfort zone and

really earned my respect. I had a lot fun being their

journalist and I would gladly do it al l again. So dear

committee on ENVI I I , no matter if your resolution

passes or fails (that does not matter anyway), I can

assure you that you have done a fine job and you have

got every reason to be proud of yourself.

ENVI I IThe nine little horses also known as ENVI I I

by Peter Pölzleithner (AT)

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INTA

Betty, Marek, Táňa, Markéta, Jacob, Martin,

Veronika, David, Fasih, Petr. 1 0 people, 1 problem to

be solved – is it now the time to create a free trade

area between the US and the EU?

Let’s get back to the first day. INTA is just getting to

know each other starting with various ways to remember

their fel low delegates’ names. The fol lowing activities

reveal their hobbies, ideas, opinions, and personalities.

By the evening everyone knows their committee pretty

well ; there is a guy who plays in a band, girl planning to

study Japanese or another one scared of elevators. I t’s

such an interesting group of young people that it is no

surprise when I bump into them during Eurovil lage

standing in a circle with Pilsner in their hands and

talking to each other. That is the example of a great

EYP power – how often does it happen in your l ife to

chat casually with people who you have just met few

hours ago?

Here comes the 2nd day. The funny part is behind

the delegates; the tough part is yet to come. They

should be quite stressed out. However, it feels as if they

do not admit the weight on their shoulders. They start to

share their knowledge concerning the issue they

prepared for before the session and then they general ly

talk about important aspects of the problem. In the

evening, their smooth discussion comes to the end with

the main points for the resolutions already prepared.

On 3rd day there is time and space to discuss

every single detail of the resolution that could be

misunderstood. The chairs look pleased as they

observe the debate without many interruptions. The

debate stil l remains fresh, which is pleasantly surprising

after two exhausting days.

4th day and here comes the general assembly.

Even though the farewell party made an impact on the

state of delegates, everyone is coping very well .

However, INTA is confident about their resolution and

they are ready to defend it. Despite a few minor

disagreements, other committees express their support

with INTA’s resolution. The fact that it passed was not

surprising. Everyone seems relieved as they sing along

I .N.T.A as loud as they can.

To sum up my thoughts, it was really nice to spend

time with these inspiring people. I hope that the 1 5th

National Conference in Rakovník wil l remain as

memorable for them as it wil l remain for me. INTA, it

was nice to meet you.

10 people, 1 problem to be solved

by Natálie Dostálová (CZ)

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Do you know this state when you do not sleep a lot

for a long period of time and at some point the reality

starts to mix up with the nocturne il lusion? I have been

experiencing such a sleepless parade recently and

today I have had an unexpected nap during the day.

And I had a dream, surprising and fascinating.

I was dreaming about a group of random people

that were stuck together in one room for a couple of

days. At the beginning the only thing they were thinking

of, was to discover a way out. They were overwhelmed

with the presence of each other. They just wanted to

open the door and run as far as possible. But after

some time they actual ly started to l ike spending time

together, it became bearable at least. They stil l had their

own, real l ife tough and they wanted to come back. And

suddenly something changed.

Being a really funny bunch of people, they started

to do some cray stuff to kil l time. They were flying in the

air, peeling bananas, making definitely inappropriate

things with an orange. . . This is how they spent the

whole day. But after a while they realised that they have

to start working because otherwise they would never be

able to come back to their own life. They sat in a circle

and started to discuss. And they discussed, and

discussed, and discussed. They came up with various

solutions and agreed on them. They were free to go.

What happened next surprised me even more than

the beginning of my dream. After accomplishing the

task, they did not want to go home any more. They did

not want to come back to their real, boring reality

without this group of awesome people they have met.

They reached the LIBErty and now they wish they had

not been so productive. Some of them were crying,

some just hugging each other with this strong belief that

the arms of a friend can actual ly protect you from the

sadness. And then. . .

. . . I woke up. I was stil l sitting in an armchair; the

sun was trying to show its lovely face. I started to think

about what happened. I t did not have any sense. How

can you like somebody so much after having spent

together just three days? I started to wonder if I could

feel in a similar way. And then I froze. Do you remember

when I said that sometimes the reality might seem to be

a dream and the other way around? It was not a dream.

Although it seems like that, so perfect it was.

There is this small and lovely city lost somewhere in

the Czech Republic cal led Rakovnik. In this small and

lovely city there is a school, and in this school a room

called "LIBE Committee Room". This is the place where

the coolest bunch of people spent three days in a row

making friendships and sharing their opinions. Having

time of their l ife. And giving me the time of my life.

LIBEDisco LIBE tinga linga ling

by Katarzyna Sokołowska (PL)

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THE ART OF

CRAYSOMNESSJust a few words from the editorial assistant to her fellow crayers

by Klára Scholleová (CZ)

Dear Milica, you should know that your fondness in

cutting people off photographs which you share with

them is not wrong at al l . With you in any photograph,

there is too much awesomeness in that particular

picture already, so it is only logical to cut the others off

: -)

Dear Nick, try to sing Adele’s Skyfal l l ike this:

instead of every “skyfal l”, sing “Skype call .” Awesome

song now, is it not? Anyway, I real ly hope that you wil l

become a video editor somewhere – there is some great

talent in you, man! : -)

Dear Bětuška, besides my wide family of gadgets,

I currently have two favourite toys: an amazing tool for

drawing beautiful geometrical pictures and a pretty,

badass, fast’n’furious car on a flywheel… Well , it seems

like I got al l of my favourite non-electronic toys from

you… :-)

Dear Pete, my dear Austrian gentleman, I must

confess something: I real ly do believe that the face on

Kinder Chocolate should be replaced with yours. No

one else’s smile makes other people smile as well , as

yours does; and you are definitely far more badass than

the current guy :-)

Dear David , of course that we would not tel l you

face to face, but… actual ly… I real ly admire and envy

you your effort… It is real ly great that you work out!

Dear Pája, I think that poor guy Voky made a

mistake and shot the wrong person – you are not mean

at al l , you are actual ly one of the kindest people I have

ever met :-) And BTW, your cheeserol l on the first was

really delicious…

Dear Natálka, have you noticed that we got to the

session without any serious travel complications? Only

one small rail lockout? Well , it could have been because

our muscle guy was our companion this time… but

stil l… high fii i ive :-)

Dear Katarzyna, I have a hot message for you, a

message that wil l make you happy, a message that wil l

make you stop crying final ly… Your dog has not died in

a plane crash, they have rescued him! We must not

believe everything Sammy says :-) I t was great fun with

you when we were trying to make you cry!

…

Dear Sammy, I hate being a copycat and that is

why I slap myself every time I catch myself saying

‘Draamaa! ’ However, I cannot help it (cannot stop saying

that) ; anyway, I just do not have the right voice you have

for true drama… And after those five days spent with

you, I find myself less resistant to tel l people offensive

jokes – ‘thank you’ for that, too!

Dear CRAY Media Team , you indeed are crayzy

and craysome. You really were a dream team, you

really, real ly, real ly were. I t was a great pleasure to put

your great articles together in issues; you kept making

Sammy and me really proud. I hope that I wil l meet you

again somewhere :-)

I miss our cosiest press room in the world so much!

Thank you.

P. S. And thanks to al l those amazing people whom

I had the chance and joy of talking to, despite the fact

that I was imprisoned in the press room for most of the

time.

P. P. S. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PARTS OF SUCH ANAMAZING SESSION. THIS IS REALLY THE END...