Are you 16-30 years old and do you run a project with a European dimension? Or do you know anybody that does? From 25 October projects promoting Europe among young people can start competing for the seventh Charlemagne Youth Prize.
Winning projects will not only benefit from recognition and media coverage, but also from prize money to further develop the initiative.
Ladies and gentlemen, the registration for the 2014 edition is open!
What can Europe offer young people? On 9-11 May the Parliament will bring together thousands of young people for the European Youth Event 2014 (EYE), which has as is motto “Ideas for a better Europe”. The young participants will engage with organisations and institutions that relate to their needs and interests
The event will include a large variety of discussions and activities, inside and outside the EP. Participants will be invited to engage in workshops debates and other activities linked to the motto of “Ideas for a better Europe”, while cultural and sports activities will also be held outside the Parliament building.
Registration is now open!
The European Parliament should have the right to decide where and when it meets, said the Constitutional Affairs Committee. MEPs undertake to initiate an EU treaty revision procedure to propose the changes needed to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation.
“In times of crisis, it is not credible for the EU to expect only citizens to accept changes and budget cuts. The ‘travelling circus’ arrangements forced upon the European Parliament by EU member states cost huge amounts of money, damage the environment and are disliked by a large majority of EU citizens. Our report shows how Parliament – the only directly elected body representing over 500 million EU citizens – can break free from being taken hostage by the member states and demand the right to decide itself when and where it meets”, added co-rapporteur Gerald Häfner (Greens/EFA, DE)
The report says that additional annual costs resulting from Parliament’s geographic dispersion have been estimated at between €156 million and €204 million, equivalent to approximately 10% of Parliament’s annual budget. The CO2 emissions associated with moving among the three working locations have been estimated at between 11,000 and 19,000 tonnes.
The report is to be put to a vote by Parliament as a whole at the November plenary session.
The European Commission presented its “enlargement package” stressing the importance of the Copenhagen Criteria and the values of the European Union.
It insists on the rule of law, economic governance, democracy, the respect of fundamental rights and the settlement of conflicts between European countries. The development of the negotiation process with Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia (ARYM), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania Turkey and Iceland was developed.
In its yearly follow-up report the Commission proposed granting candidate status to Albania which has been aspiring to this since 2009. The Commission is advocating taking up talks again with Turkey again, in spite of the repression in June.
Do you know what is active citizenship? Do you know what the Alliance of the European Year of Citizens – gathering and representing European and national organisations – is doing during the whole year to promote active citizenship?
If you want to know what we are doing, check this out!
Two infographics and the making-of video to explain you what is the European Year of Citizens Alliance and what are we doing everyday to promote active citizenship as a core element of the European democracy in the frame of the European Year of Citizens 2013.