On July 2, Terry Reintke, the co-spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) was on German national television. On the prime-time show "Hart Aber Fair", she showed that a European perspective is the best medicine against patriotism, nationalism and racism.

"We need to keep ourselves from falling back into nationalistic patterns, that put one nation higher than other nations and that eventually result in the domination of one country" Reintke said. "Instead of having a dumb nationalism, we must focus on cooperation. Europe is a wonderful project that safeguards against wars and conflict, which have so long dominated the continent. This also requires that we live in solidarity together with Europeans and all people, in the middle of all our action is the human being, regardless of her/his nationality.

In these times of crisis in Europe and in the world, history should not repeat itself. We need a Europe, that is free of racism.

The Euro Championship is a festival that should connect people, however we only see national flags, no European flags. The tournament should serve as a sign for european cooperation and against racism, nationalism and crude patriotism that stand against real European solidarity.