Brussels, 23/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 23 April, Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, responsible for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, was due to meet with youth organisations to discuss how best to encourage young people to play an active role in democratic society. The meeting follows the Education Ministers' meeting in Paris on 17 March, following the Paris and Copenhagen terrorist attacks (see EUROPE 11276).
Upstream of the meeting, Commissioner Navracsics said “I look forward to today's meeting to listen and learn from young people's ideas about how to prevent more of their peers from turning to radical beliefs... I want to support projects through Erasmus+ to help integrate young people better and prevent their marginalisation and discrimination in our society”.
The Commissioner will continue the discussion about further actions to tackle radicalisation at the high-level debate with youth stakeholders on 6 May, as part of the 2015 European Youth Week. Education ministers will also address radicalisation at the Education Council on 18-19 May.
On 23 April, the Commission also published the results of the Eurobarometer survey on youth, which show the need to promote more opportunities for young people in our society. (Isabelle Lamberty)