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Four days to think about Europe

Vídeo EGEAC/Frederico Batista

Photography. Young people sitting on the edge of a stage. Behind, a person standing, gesticulating. At the front of the stage, red benches with various objects — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. Five people sitting on a stage. Sideways to the observer, people watch sitting in the audience. — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. Musicians on stage during performance. — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. Atrium of Cinema São Jorge, with several people. In the center, a kind of cage, with barbed wire at the top, from which a boy emerges. — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. People standing on a stage. In the background, an image that reads Political Festival Where are you going Europe — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. People look at posters with photographs and texts — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. Objects displayed in a showcase. An orange life jacket, a map, an empty black life ring and a gold blanket with a face — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. A man in front of a picture that reads Europe — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. People sitting on stage, facing the viewer. In the audience, people watch seated, with their backs to the observer. — ©EGEAC/José Frade

Photography. People sitting in an audience, facing the viewer — ©EGEAC/José Frade

From the 25th to the 28th of April, Festival Política occupied Cinema São Jorge (and beyond) to reflect on what it means to be European and to live in Europe and what the relationship of the Portuguese with European institutions is, and also to highlight initiatives and inspiring ideas that are helping to relaunch the project of a Europe based on solidarity.