An ocean in blue and gold: All of a sudden the friends of Europe are taking to the streets and the social media channels: Brexit, Trump and neo-nationalism were shocks that get private citizens going to organise demonstrations and marches for the EU. “You won’t get our Europe”, young people strike back at backward looking exiteers. In Poland and Romania as well as in Great Britain the European flag is being carried more and more as a symbol of democracy and an open society. European Movement Germany, working towards European integration since 1949, takes a look at the variety of new grassroots initiatives and the general pro-European mood in the country – read more in our latest “EBD Haeppchen” (EM Germany news bites): https://www.netzwerk-ebd.de/nachrichten/ebd-haeppchen-standing-up-for-europe-the-silent-majority-gets-moving/