The European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy), along with the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) have been lobbying the EFA Members of the European Parliament (MEP) and others to sign a written declaration on “Youth Empowerment” at an EU level.

The declaration, which has been drafted by several MEP’s, calls on the European Commision to take into account the interests and voice of young people in all EU policy areas and not just those that traditionally refer to youth policy.

The content of the declaration reads:

"...1. Calls on the Commission to consider and incorporate the impact on youth and the results of the structured dialogue with youth organisations when preparing legislative proposals, in particular in the policy fields referred to in recital A;

2. Calls on the Member States to focus on youth when implementing the Lisbon national reform programmes and to take youth into account in the relevant policy fields;..."

So far EFA MEP's, Tatjana Zdanoka and Jill Evans have signed the declaration and the Efay will be calling on the other members of the group to do likewise.

For more information and how you can get involved, click here.