This same history has brought together 450 million people speaking 24 official languages across 27 member states. While the ‘EU Project’ undoubtedly sealed the political and economic union of nations, the peoples within it remain like pieces of a mosaic — never identical, held together by the fabric of cultural and historical ties through which this project has been able to take root. I set out to find differences and found myself connecting the dots — that became the ‘North Star’ of my journey.