Waiting for the Citizens | SOU 2023

In May 2023, the European University Institute held it's 12th edition of the State of the Union, presenting SOU4YOU: The State of the Union for young European citizens.
The event aims to stimulate an interactive dialogue on the present and future of young people and
Europe, advocating the need to invest in the education of the new generations and thus, make them protagonists in the construction of a modern, innovative, competent and sustainable Europe.
The play held during this event portrayed Machiavelli in the contemporary context of a crisis of democracy in Europe, debating the importance of citizen assemblies. It explores the different facets of Machiavelli, his own contradictions, and the relationship between people and power.