EUthActive

Youth participation in the democratic life of the Union is an area for discussion and reference point for a variety of measures and policies both at Member States and the EU. Despite strained efforts of EU to create close links with youth and increase their participation in European affairs, the latter presents low participation rates and certainly lower than the percentage of participation in national and local level. The low participation of young generation deprives the EU a remarkable and important source of ideas and opinions, creates mismatches between decisions taken and the real needs of young people, exacerbates the dissatisfaction of young people and alienate even more the youngsters from the idea of a united Europe.
The young people will gather for nine days in the city of Brasov-Romania and will participate in a series of activities relating to the EU institutions and bodies, direct and indirect forms of citizen participation, active European citizenship, rights and obligations of European citizens, democracy, contemporary social issues and other related topics.