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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on 27 February, the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport unanimously adopted the own initiative report submitted by Mrs Gröner. That committee was right to adopt the report unanimously, because it is an excellent piece of work. It is the work of someone who knows young people, who likes young people, and who would like young people to be much more involved than they are at present in this Europe which we are in the process of constructing.
We laid the foundations for this Europe, which we are in the process of constructing for and with young people, with the famous White Paper, which proposed common objectives for two priority areas, namely the participation and information of young people. Moreover, it was young people themselves who identified these two priority areas as the key elements in any future policy to be pursued both at European Union level and at Member State and regional level. I welcome Parliament’s support for the proposals aimed at ensuring that the participation of young people at all levels of democratic life and at developing accessible, appropriate quality information become a reality.
These proposals, as Mrs Gröner has said, form part of a broader approach which is aimed at developing projects which are specific to youth policies and at the same time improving the extent to which the interests of young people are taken into account in the context of other policies. With this in mind, we are preparing proposals for action lines concerning voluntary activities which, as you have quite rightly said, are one of the preferred ways in which young people can become involved and assume their responsibilities as citizens.
Personally, I believe that the creation of a real European voluntary service, with a critical mass and therefore with visibility, will give new impetus to our youth policies. In order to get there, however, we will also need new funding, because young people are not rich. We have to help them to put their idealism into practice. In this sense, the new financial perspectives are the ideal framework in which to find an answer to our questions. Moreover, I have also suggested guidelines for a future ‘youth’ programme funded in such a way as to ensure that it can reach the critical size. This political communication which I am currently preparing is due to be submitted to the European Parliament before the elections, if all goes according to plan.
I believe, Mr President, that the parliamentary initiatives which have been launched for and with young people provide an excellent response to what we frequently hear at grass-roots level, where the refrain is constantly repeated that Europe does not pay enough attention to youth policy. Well, I would like to see lots of young people, and lots of those who are responsible for policies with young people as their main theme, read the own-initiative report by Mrs Gröner and the European Parliament, so that they can see for themselves that that is not true."@en1
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