At an informal meeting in Zaragoza on Monday 18 September, the EU ministers responsible for youth discussed ways of getting young people more involved in the political process.
A youth-focused approach
Spain’s Minister for Social Rights, Ione Belarra, called on her national and European counterparts to build a youth mainstreaming strategy into all public policies. She deplored the tendency to adopt an “adult-centric” approach when developing or evaluating measures, without...