EU Politician Exposes the Political System

About this episode

Fidias Panayiotou discusses the political system and his experiences in politics with guest Yonca Özdemir.

I was interviewed by Yonca Özdemir, who is a political economist and academic. She holds a PhD in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware. She is currently serving as a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in the Government department at William & Mary.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:27 Who is Yonca Özdemir? 02:19 Why I Run for Elections 06:58 My Political Goals 12:25 Who Are My Voters? 14:12 What I Learned from Politics 16:14 Direct Democracy 17:14 How Politics Changed Me 20:36 Politics in my country Cyprus 29:39 Who is Really Running Cyprus? 33:04 The European Union 35:07 The European Parliament 37:54 Why I didn't join a Political Group 38:58 The Most Urgent Issues to Tackle 43:58 The Cyprus Problem 49:51 Social Media in Politics 51:36 Immigration 54:06 The Role of Social Media in my politics 01:02:53 Do I Reach the Older Generations? 01:04:25 Best Social Media Platform for Politics 01:05:39 The Cyprus Problem 01:08:41 The Future Sole liability rests with the Member financing this political and information activity. The European Parliament is not…

People in this episode

Host: Fidias Panayiotou

Guest: Yonca Özdemir

Topics covered

• politics
• elections
• direct democracy
• social media
• Cyprus
• European Union

Keywords

• political system
• elections
• political goals
• direct democracy
• social media
• Cyprus problem
• European Parliament

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Pittsburgh, University of Delaware, William & Mary, European Union, European Parliament

Places: Cyprus

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