Commission seeks dialog with young peopl • Table.Briefings

On 10 January 2024, Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life, and acting European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, give a press conference on the 2022 European Year of Youth - achievements and way forward, following the weekly meeting of the von der Leyen Commission in Brussels, Belgium. — Commissioners Margaritis Schinas and Iliana Ivanova at the press conference on the European Year of Youth 2022.

Young Europeans are to be given more influence on EU policy. The Commission wants to give young people a greater say in decision-making with several campaigns. It is building on initiatives from the European Year of Youth 2022.

The EU Commission plans to deepen the youth policy dimension in a number of EU policy areas and take greater account of young people’s interests in legislation. To this end, it has announced several actions that build on initiatives that emerged in the Year of Youth 2022. Instruments from the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 will also be used.

Commission seeks dialog with young people

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