Brussels, 16/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Although the European Youth Forum is delighted with the Youth Council's adoption on Friday 12 December of specific conclusions on youth rights (EUROPE 11218), it is disappointed by the vague provisions and lack of ambition in the text.
These conclusions include the two recommendations among a number of others published at the end of the European Youth Conference held in Rome in the middle of last October: the Structured Dialogue process, an in-depth process of exchange and policy recommendations including young people and decision makers across Europe, focusing on youth rights and the recognition of the importance of youth work. The Youth Forum also welcomes the conclusions recognising the particularly severe impact of the crisis on young people and their ability to become autonomous.
Peter Matjašiè, the president of the European Youth Forum, stated “We are pleased to see that some of young people's recommendations have fed into these Council Conclusions. What is disappointing, however, is that the conclusions lack the scope, detail and ambition in order to tackle these problems”. (IL)