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Open letter: No More Delays, We Want ambitious Climate Targets for 2040
The climate crisis is the top concern for young people across Europe, many of whom are already experiencing the impacts of extreme weather and know they will face even greater consequences in the future. As the European Commission prepares to publish its 2040 climate target on 2 July 2025, we joined forces with Generational Climate Europe and Youth and Environment Europe to call for a high level of ambition, backed by real, domestic climate action.
Hate and discrimination have no place in Europe
The European Youth Forum strongly condemns the Islamophobic harassment and far-right intimidation directed at Muslim participants and FEMYSO (Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations) during the European Youth Event 2025 (EYE), which took place in Strasbourg, on the 13th and 14th of June.
How Lviv and its young people are changing the culture of education
In Lviv, the European Youth Capital 2025, learning has long gone beyond school desks and university lecture halls. It begins where curiosity meets courage: with the desire to explore, try, make mistakes, improve and create something new. It is precisely this vision of education that has shaped one of the key directions of the European Youth Capital 2025 programme, as well as the new Lviv youth strategy, which will guide the municipality’s work on youth in the years to come.
Fresh Faces, Big Decisions: General Assembly 2025 wraps up in Brussels
On May 9 and 10 2025, hundreds of young people gathered in Brussels for our General Assembly (GA). They all came together for two days of democratic decisions, in depth discussions and conversations around the issues that really impact and matter to young people all over Europe.
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Between sirens & street songs: three days in Lviv, the European Youth Capital
In April 2025, Lviv officially opened its year as European Youth Capital. We were represented by our president and two board members. Among them was Sina Riz à Porta, the board member responsible for the European Youth Capital. What follows is a personal memoir from Sina’s three days in Lviv.