Launch of European Parliament Intergroup on Youth

11 February 2010

16 MEPs created the first Parliamentary Intergroup that will focus on issues specific to young people.

The first session of the Intergroup on Youth took place in Strasbourg during the plenary session of the European Parliament. The new group will be chaired by the French conservative MEP Damien Abad who will be in charge of its specific priorities.

The Intergroup on Youth is a new instrument that will tackle important issues dealing specifically with European young people, the first in the history of the European Parliament, according to the European Youth Forum (EYF). Mobility, active citizenship, education, and of course social inclusion, will be some of the main topics that will be discussed within the newly formed Intergroup.

Its creation follows a Parliamentary declaration of 2008 (33/2008) calling the European Commission to take young people into account while proposing new policies.