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Education and Youth are not a ‘small thing’

September 10, 2014

Today the European Commission’s president-elect Jean-Claude Juncker announced his “winning team”, a commission in which portfolios are given “to people, not to countries”. AEGEE / European Students’ Forum sees some good developments in the attention given to Citizenship, Mobility and Employment, but has concerns about Education being overshadowed,the total absence of mentioning Non-Formal Education for… » read more

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Comité Directeur, European Commission, Opinion / Position, Reaction

, education, European Commission, Gender Equality, non-formal education, TeamJunckerEU, Youth Unemployment

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EU Energy targets for 2030. On the way to 2050?

April 1, 2014

The European Union strives for less than 2 degrees temperature rise this century in comparison with the pre-industrial times. In order to reach this goal, scientists have calculated that the carbon emission should be reduced by 80% in 2050 (1). There are different ways in which this reduction could be reached: achieve a higher energy… » read more

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Opinion / Position, Policy Officers, Sustainability

, European Commission, European Parliament, Future, Policy Officers, Sustainability

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Choosing a leader for your EP2014 Campaign

January 24, 2014

The political family in Europe has a wide variety of colours, representing the diversity of our continent also at the level of the ideas. In the European Parliament there are seats for hosting all the options of the political arc; and under the roof of the plenary room, eurosceptics exchange ideas with pro-Europeans, nationalists debate… » read more

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European Commission, European Parliament

, democracy, European Commission, European Parliament, European Parliament Elections 2014, Miguel Gallardo

Health4Youth Project welcomes the Public Health Committee new directive on tobacco

August 27, 2013

Health4Youth project of AEGEE-Europe welcomes the directive presented by the Public Health Committee on 11th of July 2013, against slim and flavoured cigarettes [1]. H4Y would like to emphasize the significance of this measure. In our daily work, we notice that many students experiment with slim and flavoured cigarettes, also because of the way they… » read more

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European Commission, Opinion / Position

, European Commission, Health4Youth, students

Welcome, Croatia!

July 1, 2013

During the last week of June we have been warming up for welcoming Croatia in the European Union: the European institutions have focused big part of their communication in introducing the new member to the rest of the club through figures, infographics and cool videos highlighting the assets of Croatia or sharing the impressions of… » read more

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European Commission, News

, Comité Directeur, Croatia, Enlargement, European Commission, European Union, students, unemployment, youth

Youth demands co-mananagement in the European Union

June 12, 2013

On June 5th and 6th, AEGEE-Europe hosted a 2 days event in the European Parliament, where different Belgian and European NGOs had the opportunity to discuss the possibilities for Co-Management in the European institutions, together with representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and its Advisory Council on Youth, and… » read more

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Comité Directeur, European Commission, Opinion / Position

, AEGEE, CoE, Comité Directeur, Council of Europe, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, european youth forum, youth

Fighting Homophobia is fighting for Europe

May 17, 2013

Today AEGEE was invited by the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker for a conference that was part of a whole programme centered around IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia). We participated in the presentation of a thorough EU LGBT Survey conducted by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) which shows the… » read more

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Comité Directeur, European Commission, Opinion / Position, Policy Officers

, AEGEE, CoE, Council of Europe, European Commission, European Union, Human Rights, IDAHO, LGBT, Miguel Gallardo, Policy Officers, Social Inclusion

Time is Money: volunteers’ time is given a value!

March 9, 2013

We all knew it, volunteers’ time is of great value. The time we dedicate to our projects and initiatives contributes to the development of Europe, both socially and economically. It also contributes to increase social capital or, in other words, it develops further cooperation among individuals and groups in the community. Moreover, a research carried… » read more

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European Commission, Mobility Programmes

, European Commission, European Union, Policy Officers, unemployment, Volunteer, youth rights

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