The Essay "The New Cosmopolitan - the absolute importance of harmony" has been selected in the framework of the Erasmus Prize, Felix Meritis Foundation.

The theme of cosmopolitism and citizenship will be a subject of the debate, what is the meaning of cosmopolitanism and the question of what it takes to be a good citizen of the world. In the framework of the 50th anniversary of the Erasmus Prize, Felix Meritis and the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation have invited young Europeans from The People Network to write an essay on the subject of cosmopolitism and citizenship. The authors of ten essays have been selected and will be invited to participate in a special debate organized on 6 November. Subject of the debate is the meaning of cosmopolitanism and the question of what it takes to be a good citizen of the world. Former Erasmus Prize laureates Claudio Magris, Adam Michnik, Pierre Bernard, Péter Forgács, Sadik Al-Azm and Eduard Nazarsky (Amnesty International), as well as this years' laureate Ian Buruma have confirmed their presence.

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The Essay: The Passion and The Sickness of Language written (2005)  for the cultural "Magazine for Central Europe", published by Erste Bank Group Austria, in German and in English. 

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