The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced in mid-September, during her State of the Union speech, that she would submit to the co-legislators a proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth (see EUROPE B12791A9).
The announcement had come as a surprise in the European Parliament. And MEPs, with only a few days to go before the Commissioners adopt the proposal in question, are torn between enthusiasm and concern.
On Monday 11 October, members of the...