European Liberals Support YLDA Campaign
2005-10-13

Pietro Paganini: LYMEC Vice President, European Liberal Youth

European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) Vice President Pietro Paganini delivered a message of support to a working group of young liberals from YLDA and IFLRY. The message was offered at the YLDA ?Running a Successful Political Campaign? workshop last May in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The message came at an opportune time, as YLDA and IFLRY were starting a joint campaign for political rights.

Mr. Paganini gave support for the use of information technology for unifying liberals in Asia and Europe.

?Today, we don?t use armies, we don?t use canons, guns, we use knowledge. We use the power of diffusing knowledge. The power of giving opportunities to young people belongs to the network of scientific research?to the global network of young people,? he said.

Click here to view Pietro Paganini?s message of support in video format.

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