the latest from the youth forum
What's new? Check out the latest news, statements and more from the Youth Forum.
Statement by the Board in reaction to the events at the closing plenary of LevelUP!
During our event, some audience members interrupted the planned agenda with shouts from the gallery. We protect free speech; we will not, however, tolerate any aggression against our participants.
Two steps forward, one step back
Picture yourself, a young person, starting your working life looking for a proper job. Instead you just find internship vacancies, and at the very end of many of the notices the magical sentence appears: “This internship is unpaid.” The Commission had one job to do: ban unpaid internships. Did they deliver? Well…they sort of tried. Read our article to find out more!
Let’s protect the British Youth Council
The British Youth Council is one of the longest standing National Youth Councils in the world. Its would leave the UK as one of the few countries in Europe without a representative and youth-led National Youth Council. We therefore call upon the British government to do whatever is necessary to guarantee the UK does not lose its National Youth Council structure.
European Youth Capital 2027: we know the 5 finalist cities
Excited about what's to come? While 2024 undoubtedly belongs to Ghent, let's turn our attention to the future and uncover who the finalists are for European Youth Capital 2027. Are you ready? 👁️
EU finally strikes a deal on the Platform Work Directive: What will it change for young people on the job?
After more than 830 days of twists and turns, a final agreement on the Platform Work Directive has been reached. This time it’s for real (no joke) as a small number of member states changed their mind and voted in favour, which was enough to pass the law once and for all.
Lights out for the Platform Work Directive? Young workers won’t forget.
After multiple rounds of negotiations, and a number of failed attempts, a final deal on the Platform Work Directive seems further away than ever. Any hope of an agreement was dropped as a small number of Member States (4 out of 27) strongly opposed granting platform workers even the most fundamental workers' rights.