Today: the deal on the ‘breakfast directives’; the bids to host the headquarters of the EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority; and the 2024 Charlemagne Youth Prize.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 01/02/2024 - Malti

Stabbilit fl-2008, il-Premju Karlu Manju għaż-Żgħażagħ Ewropej huwa organizzat mill-Parlament Ewropew flimkien mal-Fondazzjoni tal-Premju Internazzjonali Karlu Manju ta’ Aachen. Din is-sena, l-ewwel post intrebaħ minn “AILEM” mill-Belġju, l-ewwel applikazzjoni tal-lingwa mfassla apposta għar-refuġjati u l-persuni li qed ifittxu ażil.

Il-Premju Karlu Manju għaż-Żgħażagħ Ewropej 2023

L-2022 hija s-Sena Ewropea taż-Żgħażagħ, li jfisser li matul din is-sena il-qasam ta' politika tal-edukazzjoni se jkun parti importanti tal-aġenda tal-Parlament Ewropew. Mit-tkomplija tal-programm Erasmus sal-pjanijiet għal Żona Ewropea tal-Edukazzjoni, hemm xi ostakli x'negħlbu fit-triq. Hawnhekk tista' ssib ħarsa ħafifa lejn fuq xiex qed taħdem l-Unjoni Ewropea fir-rigward tal-edukazzjoni.

L-Edukazzjoni u s-Sena Ewropea taż-Żgħażagħ 2022 - MT

Mhux dejjem faċli li ż-żgħażagħ isibu x-xogħol. Huma aktar affettwati mill-qgħad minn gruppi ta' età oħra, u huma aktar vulnerabbli għall-prekarjetà.

Dan huwa dak li qed tagħmel l-Ewropa biex tiġġieled il-qgħad fost iż-żgħażagħ

Dawk li jagħmlu xogħol soċjali u edukattiv għandhom rwol essenzjali fis-soċjetà, u kultant huma fuq quddiem nett fl-edukazzjoni taż-żgħażagħ. Isma' x'qed tagħmel għalihom l-Unjoni Ewropea.

Dan huwa dak li qed tagħmel l-Ewropa għan-nies li jaħdmu maż-żgħażagħ

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

The 2022 the European Year of Youth is a response to the difficult situation for young people during the pandemic, with consequences on their education, employment, social life, health and wellbeing. It also pays tribute to and takes inspiration from many young people who showed intergenerational solidarity to mitigate the impact of the crisis on society as a whole. The overall objective of the European Year of Youth is to reinforce the efforts of the Union, the Member States, regional and local authorities to support and engage with youth in a post-pandemic perspective. The European Year of Youth will go hand in hand with NextGenerationEU, which reopens perspectives for young people, including quality jobs and education and training opportunities for the Europe of the future, and supports young people's participation in society. The Year of Youth will seek synergies and complementarity with other EU programmes targeting youth across the policy spectrum - from rural development programmes focussed on young farmers to research and innovation programmes, and from cohesion to climate change actions - including EU programmes with international outreach or of a transnational nature. Apart from Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, with budgets of €28 billion and 1€ billion respectively for the current financial period, the EU's Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative are creating more opportunities for young people. Also In 2022, a new programme called ALMA will be launched to support cross-border professional mobility for disadvantaged young people.

European year of youth 2022

Mariya Gabriel, born on 20 May 1979 in Gotse Delchev, is a Bulgarian politician. She has been a European Commissioner since 2017.

After the hearing by the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament, the committees prepare an evaluation letter on the candidate. Parliament is expected to vote on the new Commission as a whole on 23 October.

Hearing of Mariya GABRIEL, Commissioner-designate, Innovation and Youth

Parliament welcomes around 8,500 young people to Strasbourg for EYE2025 (the European Youth Event). Young citizens are able to engage in discussions with MEPs, Commissioners and other EU decision-makers as well as with experts, activists, and content creators.

European Youth Event 2025

Roberta METSOLA, EP President addresses the Meta pan-European Youth Summit

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Charlotte CEDERSCHIOLD, Nicole FONTAINE, EP President

MEP Charlotte CEDERSCHIOLD hands over a resolution proposed by the youth parliament to EP President

Giuseppe GARGANI, Guilherme d'OLIVEIRA MARTINS

Culture, Youth, Education, Media & Sport Commission: Meeting with Guilherme OLIVEIRA MARTINS, Portuguese Education Minister & Council President-in-Office

Meeting of the Committee on Women's Rights - Statement by Christine BERGMANN, German Minister for the Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on aspects of the German Presidency falling within the committee's sphere of competence

M LINKELMANN, Christine BERGMANN, Peter PEX, Monica Stefania BALDI

Meeting of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and Media - Discussion with Christine BERGMANN, German Minister for the Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on aspects of the German Presidency falling within the committee's sphere of competence

CULT committee meeting - Participation of Bulgaria in the EU youth programme

Jos CHABERT, Jose Maria GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO EP President, DECANCQ, Edith CRESSON

European Youth Encounter in Brussels

Performance of the European Union Youth Orchestra

MEP Stephen HUGHES presents the Youth Newspaper  EUR OK  at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Petition: Save Broomhill youth centre

Kirsten M. JENSEN, Pauline GREEN, Wayne DAVID

Youth conference in Brussels

Youth Forum at the European Council

Concert by the EU Youth Orchestra in the cthedral of Strasbourg. Fortieth anniversary of the EP

Antonio LA PERGOLA, Mary Elizabeth BANOTTI, Max SIMEONI

Constitutive meeting of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media

Youth meeting at the EP in Strasbourg in October 1991

Constitutive meeting of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, the Media and Sport

EP President with members of the European Youth Forum

Meeting with youth associations working with Europe

Portrait of Otto von HABSBURG, MEP during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Parliamentary Term (1979-1999), pictured during his youth.

Europe is experiencing a youth mental health crisis with half of all young Europeans now reporting poor mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic already placed significant pressure on young people’s mental health and the situation has intensified due to the crises encountered in recent years, including economic instability and geopolitical conflicts like the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, social media is allowing youth to maintain friendships or engage with issues they care about, but also exposing them to bullying, threats and graphic reports of global problems. How can the EU address such issues? What are key factors impacting youth mental health? And how can we address inequality in mental health access? What is the connection between social media and mental health, and which tools can be used to improve the current situation?

EYE2025 - From stigma to support: youth mental health in Europe

EYE2025 - EU-UK youth relations - Which way forward? - EPLO UK

Press point by Nela Riehl (Greens/EFA, Germany), Chair of CULT, following the confirmation hearing of Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

CONFIRMATION

HEARING

Plenary opening session of the kick-off event of the European Youth Week 2024

European Youth Hearing

Press point by Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Chair of ITRE and Sabine VERHEYEN, Chair of CULT, following the hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth

#ECYP2023: Be the next European Charlemagne Youth Prize winner

Press conference by Christian EHLER, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Mariya GABRIEL Commissioner for  Culture, Education and Youth and Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms on new European Bauhaus: achievements and way forward

Sakharov Youth Seminar

Czech Presidency: European Year of Youth 2022 Closing Event

Rehearsal : Czech Presidency: European Year of Youth 2022 Closing Event

Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly - Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs, Youth and Children, Human Exchanges, Education and Culture

Youth Democracy Event - Level Up! - Closing

Youth Democracy Event - Level Up! - Youth Talks

Youth Democracy Event - Level Up! - Opening

European Youth Event (EYE 2025)  - Panels, interactive workshops and activities

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - Ambiance shots

European Youth Event (EYE 2025).- Panels, interactive workshops and activities

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - EYE village

CULT- Presentation of European Charlemagne Youth Prize winners

Sabine VERHEYEN meets with the  European Charlemagne Youth Prize

HOUS - Public Hearing on Housing Challenges for Young Europeans: Student Accommodation, Youth Emancipation and Talent Retention in the EU

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - Closing plenary session

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - Panels, interactive workshops and activities

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - Opening Plenary session

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Nicosia (Cyprus) - Participation in ‘Your Europe, Your Future: A dialogue with youth’ together with Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus

LUX Audience Award 2025 - Youth Seminar with European Parliament Ambassador School teachers and students

CULT- Exchange of views with 2025 European Youth Capital - Lviv, Ukraine

Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Meta Pan-European Youth Summit

EP Plenary session - Silent crisis: the mental health of Europe’s youth

CULT - Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, European Commissioner-designate for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport - Press point

This News items shows extracts of the participation of EP President Roberta METSOLA with Maia SANDU, President of Moldova in a European Youth dialogue

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Chișinău (Moldova) - Participation with Maia SANDU, President of Moldova in a European Youth dialogue

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus, participate in ‘Your Europe, Your Future: A dialogue with youth’ in Nicosia, with Marilena RAOUNA, Cypriot Deputy Minister for European Affairs

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Nicosia (Cyprus) - Participation in ‘Your Europe, Your Future: A dialogue with youth’ together with Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus, and Marilena RAOUNA, Cypriot Deputy Minister for Europe

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates to the event in ‘Your Europe, Your Future: A dialogue with youth’ together with Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus, on the occasion of her official visit to Nicosia (Cyprus). Arrival and extract from the event

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Nicosia (Cyprus) - Participation in ‘Your Europe, Your Future: A dialogue with youth’ together with Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus: arrival and extract from the event

CULT Chair, Nela RIEHL, visited Lviv, in Ukraine, for the opening of the European Youth Capital, among other activities.

CULT Chair, Nela RIEHL opens of the European Youth Capital in Lviv, Ukraine

EP President, Roberta METSOLA, addresses the Meta pan-European Youth Summit at the Square Convention Centre in Brussels. The conference titled "Youth Safety in a Digital World" focuses on how to support parents and young people to safely navigate online spaces.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Meta Pan-European Youth Summit: extracts from the address

Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, of the VON DER LEYEN Commission is heard by the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) are also invited to participate as joint committees. At the end of the confirmation hearing, Glenn MICALLEF makes a closing statement followed by the one from the Committee Chair. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: closing statement by Glenn MICALLEF and Committee Chair

Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, of the VON DER LEYEN Commission is heard by the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) are also invited to participate as joint committees. During the confirmation hearing, Glenn MICALLEF answers questions by committee members.

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: Questions / Answers (part 5 - Political groups in reverse order)

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: Questions / Answers (part 4 - Invited Committees)

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: questions / answers (part 3)

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: questions / answers (part 2)

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: Questions / Answers (Part 1 - Political groups coordinators)

Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, of the VON DER LEYEN Commission is heard by the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) are also invited to participate as joint committees. During the confirmation hearing, Glenn MICALLEF gives an opening speech. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: opening statement by Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, of the VON DER LEYEN Commission is heard by the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) of the European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) are also invited to participate as joint committees. Arrivals and opening statements by Nela RIEHL (Greens/EFA, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: arrivals and opening statements by Nela RIEHL (Greens/EFA, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education

Ambience shots of the Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport.

Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner-designate, Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport: ambiance shots

From 2020 to 2024, Glenn Micallef served as the head of the Secretariat of the Maltese Prime Minister, Robert Abela, as well as his adviser on EU affairs, and as Malta's sherpa at the European Council. He is now the European Commissioner-designate for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, in the von der Leyen Commission II. This stockshot contains new footage of Glenn Micallef in his office in Charlemagne building, filmed on 15/10/2024.

Memoclip: Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner-designate for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon and young Portuguese. They exchange during the trip between Basilica da Estrela and Belem. At the arrival, Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal, join them. The tram is decorated with the "go to vote" campaign logo for the European elections.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

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