MORE YOUTHFUL EU POLICIES

Over half of the Members of the European Parliament have signed the written declaration on youth empowerment in EU policies

On the initiative of the European Youth Forum (YFJ), five Members of the European Parliament launched in April a written declaration calling on the European Union to devote more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies.

In order for a written declaration to be adopted by the European Parliament, over half all the 785 MEPs have to sign it over a period of three months.  Two weeks ahead of schedule, 433 MEPs have already signed it, including Poul-Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, Chairman of the ALDE Group, Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, Francis Wurtz, Chairman of the GUE Group and Daniel Cohn-Benit and Monica Frassoni, co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA Group.

If you wish to know which other MEPs have signed, please check here in this section; you will also find the contact details for all MEPs just by clicking on their names. If you want to encourage those who have not signed to do so, we've also provided you with some material in the 'Lobby pack' section.

PRESS CONTACT:
Angela Corbalan, Press and External Relations Coordinator, European Youth Forum.


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Statement of Ms Panagiotopoulou-Kassiotou during her "One minute statement" at the Plenary session of the EP in Strasbourg (France) on 21 April 2008.