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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9622

14 March 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/youth
Commission rethink on how best to encourage most deprived youngsters in Europe

Brussels, 13/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Last week the European Commission organised a conference in Brussels on the “Participation of young people with fewer opportunities”. Objective: to highlight innovative ways to encourage the participation of marginalized young people in society. Today, 19% of young Europeans (the under 30s) live under the poverty level, and 15.3 % leave school without any diploma. The unemployment rate of young people is double that of other age groups. Suicide is...

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