Since the onset of the economic crisis, the EP has strongly supported the creation of a Youth Guarantee scheme, which was finally adopted in April 2013 as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI).

The Youth Guarantee is a commitment by all Member States to ensure that all young people under the age of 25 years receive a good quality offer of employment, continued education, apprenticeship, traineeship, within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education.

The Youth Guarantee has become a reality across the EU and has helped to improve the lives of millions of young Europeans.

Youth Employment

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

Opening of the sitting

Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)

Motions for resolutions - The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Statement by the President

Resumption of the sitting

Voting time

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)

Calling on the Council to take all necessary steps to reach an agreement on the European cross-border mechanism file and open negotiations with Parliament (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

EU2040 climate target (debate)

Water crisis and droughts in the EU as a consequence of the global climate crisis and the need for a sustainable, resilient water strategy for Europe (debate)

Corrigendum (Rule 241)(action taken)

Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (debate)

Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (debate)

Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)

State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch (debate)

Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITSD) (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Approval of the minutes of the sitting

Closure of the sitting

Plenary session

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Schuman Trainees

EP Plenary session - Quality traineeships in the EU

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with the cabinet trainees

Welcome Days for the Schuman trainees

Antonio TAJANI, EP President meets with Schuman trainees.

Antonio TAJANI - EP President meets with Schuman trainees

30 years of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought- Sakharov Prize Network deliveries: the Sakharov Prize fellowship for human rights defenders and the EP -  Sakharov traineeship - debate with fellows and trainees

Anthony TEASDALE, Director-General DG EPRS with trainees

MEPs vote on the following topics during the plenary session in Strasbourg: Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture - Marlene MORTLER (EPP, DE); Quality traineeships in the EU - Monica SEMEDO (Renew, LU).

Voting session: Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture; Quality traineeships in the EU

In the European Parliament in Brussels, Culture and Education committee (CULT) vote on the budget and new priorities for the 2021-2027 European Solidarity Corps programme. The programme would include humanitarian aid activities outside the EU and should allow at least 350 000 young Europeans to support communities in need through volunteering, traineeships and job placements. Statements by Michaela SOJDROVA (EPP, CZ), rapporteur.

Establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme: extracts from the vote, statement by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur, and illustrative shots

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.

Infoclip: European Voluntary Service (Amiens – France)

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)

Did you know the Parliament offers traineeships to young people? Find out with Adela and Freddie how to apply and what kind of an experience could be in store for you too.

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EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Schuman Trainees

EP Plenary session - Quality traineeships in the EU

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with the cabinet trainees

Welcome Days for the Schuman trainees

Antonio TAJANI, EP President meets with Schuman trainees.

Antonio TAJANI - EP President meets with Schuman trainees

30 years of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought- Sakharov Prize Network deliveries: the Sakharov Prize fellowship for human rights defenders and the EP - Sakharov traineeship - debate with fellows and trainees

Anthony TEASDALE, Director-General DG EPRS with trainees

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EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

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EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Quality traineeships in the EU