Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with youth organizations and University Students, at the Library of the University of Cyprus

Young European Council 2017.Labour market Affairs Council - negociation sessions.

Jose Manuel BARROSO, EC President, Martin SCHULZ, EP President

Nobel Peace Prize 2012 - Meeting with the young laureates

EC President receives a T-shirt as gift from the Young European Federalists of  France

Meeting of the Youth Intergroup presided by MEP Damien Abad in Strasbourg

EP President meets Young People Born in 1989

European Youth Media Days: Live from the EP, Youth Reporting.

Generation Europe 2002 Youth Summit

President of the EP, Enrique BARON CRESPO, meets with winners of the competition ' The young meet Europe ' at the EP in Strasbourg

The European Union has made 2018 the European Year of Cultural Heritage, highlighting the diversity, shared history and rich cultures that make Europe what it is today.

European cultural heritage: ties that bind

Launched in 2013, the Youth Employment Initiative provides financial support to regions struggling with high rates of youth unemployment. MEPs now want Member States to play their part and promote much needed reforms with long-term, sustainable youth employment as a target.

Youth Employment in the EU: MEPs push for innovative approaches

On the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights, UNICEF and Eurochild invited young people to the Parliament to discuss the future of young people in the EU.

Young people come to the Parliament to discuss their future in the EU

The European Parliament wants to criminalise new psychoactive substances. An early warning system will allow a faster assessment and ban of substances suspected to be harmful.

Criminal penalties for new drugs

Want to hang out with 8,000 young people next summer? The European Parliament in Strasbourg is hosting the European Youth Event (EYE) on 1-2 June 2018. Get political and join in debates or kick back at live concerts, theatre shows and other performances. Europe's youth is its future. That's why we want to hear what you have to say.

European Youth Event 2018

In the face of the migrants crisis, MEPs want the EU to initiate a new relationship with Africa to promote sustainable development and help curb illegal migration flows

EU-Africa: MEPs call for "reciprocal" partnership

This infoclip provides illustration images of the first European Solidarity Corps volunteers in action: young French woman Manon volunteering with the Danube Transnational Programme in Budapest, and a group of young volunteers participating in the project 'European Youth for Norcia', Italy. The volunteers help reconstruct historic buildings heavily damaged by earthquakes, and also do social and cultural work with the young and the elderly of Norcia

Infoclip: European Solidarity Corps - Budapest and Norcia

In the first plenary session of the second semester, MEPs are set to discuss the EU's priorities and most pressing challenges, youth unemployment, Wi-Fi for all citizens, gas security, North Korea and much more.

Coming up: State of the EU, Wi-Fi for all, North Korea and more

The European Parliament is set to discuss a number of key issues including the 2018 budget, the EU Solidarity Fund, rule of law in Poland, the contaminated eggs scandal and protecting workers from carcinogens in the workplace.

Coming up: the 2018 budget, contaminated eggs, cancer at work and more

Christine studied architecture in Athens, Michele went to Budapest - both as Erasmus students. They are part of a generation whose life was shaped by the Erasmus programme.

Portraits of the Erasmus Generation

This Infoclip illustrates the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, with the participation of Antonio TAJANI, EP President, Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, and Dimitris Avramopoulos, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship.

Infoclip: Erasmus+ 30th anniversary celebration

New psychoactive substances (NPS) are rapidly proliferating. More than 600 new substances are being monitored, with over 75% detected in the last six years alone. The European Parliament is looking at legislation to better respond to the problem.

Bringing 'legal highs' to a low

Have you ever been present at an historic moment? Francesco Fresi is a former EU official, one of the last living witnesses to the signing of the Treaty of Rome. In challenging times, he reminds us of our shared values, which laid the foundations for the European Union we know today.

Francesco Fresi: Memories of Rome

It used to be a place where disadvantaged children could get their teeth checked. It’s now the House of European History, with a permanent exhibit of more than 4,000 square meters on foundational events in Europe’s recent history up to the present day.

The House of European History: a tale like no other

Five numbers to take away from plenary this week: debates on Turkey and Hungary, protecting children online, the Minamata Convention, and a debate with „Mr Euro“ on the Greek crisis.

5 numbers to take away from Brussels this week

This Infoclip illustrates the European Voluntary Service (EVS) of Daphne, a young greek girl in Ommen, at "The Olde Vechte Foundation", a verified hosting organisation for the EVS project . As a volunteer she is doing bicycle repair, cooking.

Infoclip: European Voluntary Service (Ommen - Netherlands)

This Infoclip illustrates the European Voluntary Service of Aurore, a young french girl in Arnhem, working for "Loesje", an international free speech organisation. Its charter is to spread creativity, positive criticism, ideas, philosophical ponderings and thoughts on current events by way of short slogans on posters.

Infoclip: European Voluntary Service (Arnhem - Netherlands)

This Infoclip illustrates the European Voluntary Service of David a young German in Amiens, in a public garden, “jardin solidaire”, which is open to anybody. It targets unemployed people, refugees and asylum-seekers.

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