We are introducing a new column in our EESC info: "I am voting. Are you?" featuring from December 2023 to June 2024, with the views of our guest speakers on how and why to participate in the European elections. Our first guest is Robert Sermek, head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Slovakia.

Leading a team of seven people, Robert Sermek is responsible for implementing the Parliament's communication strategies at national level and for bringing the work of the Parliament and its members closer to Slovak citizens. He has been working in the European Parliament since 2007. He was project leader for audio-visual products in the EU-wide communication campaigns before the 2014 and 2019 European elections, and editorial coordinator for the Parliament's audio-visual services. Before joining the EU administration, he worked as a journalist and was a correspondent for the Slovak News Agency TASR and later for Slovak Radio in Brussels, covering a crucial period of Slovakia's accession talks with the EU and NATO.