U.S.E (Universal . Service . Europe )

Morgan Hamel De Monchenault (Year: 4)

There is a need for a European institution - given the name of USE - to address the latent crisis of unequal density and distribution of population in European villages Universal- Available to all European citizens, Service- To participate in something very European by its local expertise, culture and regionally specific products, Europe- in an across Union institution provided by the continental framework. There is a societal divide at a European scale. The rhetoric promoting the benefits of the European integration only really addresses citizens who regularly travel to other European countries. On the other hand youth exodus, the loss of local knowledge and the closing down of services threaten many rural areas of Europe. Therefore the crisis encompasses both migration and mobility treating their causal relationship as the heart of the issue, a territorial distribution crisis. So how can the EU claim unity through this blatant institutional shortfall? USE amalgamates disconnected European villages, regions and countries by taking advantage of the current TEN-T railway network project, welcoming its USERS along the line in monumentally vacant capable spaces, intending to strengthen the European Union as a cultural alliance.