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Access to housing in the EU has become problematic in recent years. Demography and urbanisation-related structural factors, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, soaring energy prices, the cost-of-living crisis and (already high) housing prices that keep rising are preventing many people from accessing decent housing solutions. The lack of affordable housing supply only adds to this situation. These difficulties affect not only low- but now also middle-income households, as ...

This At a glance note summarises the study providing an overview of the implementation to date of the 2021-2027 Erasmus+ programme. It analyses the early programme implementation and provides a description of barriers identified. The main finding is that the programme implementation is progressing well overall, although improvements can be made to the ‘Youth’ part of the funding programme. Administrative shortcomings could also be addressed. The study concludes with a set of recommendations.

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Zusammenfassung der Studie über EU-Finanzierungsprogramme 2021-2027 in den Bereichen Kultur, Medien, Bildung, Jugend und Sport: erste Lektionen, Herausforderungen und Zukunftsperspektiven: Erasmus+. Die vollständige Studie, die in englischer Sprache verfügbar ist, kann heruntergeladen werden unter: https://bit.ly/3r4icyX

Wishing to highlight and mitigate the impact of the pandemic on young people, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, used her 2021 State of the Union address to name 2022 the European Year of Youth (EYY22). Following 12 months of varied youth-related activities, the thematic year concluded with a conference in December 2022. The European Parliament is committed to securing a lasting legacy for EYY22. In that context, Members will ask questions of the Commission on this topic during ...

Throughout 2022, young Europeans were to be given opportunities to engage in learning and civic engagement activities, discover other cultures, improve their employment prospects, share ideas and broaden their horizons generally. Youth policy was to be mainstreamed across all relevant Union policy fields. Now that the European Year of Youth is drawing to its close, has it met its objectives?

This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.

The transition from childhood to adulthood is not always smooth. Despite their quest for independence, young people face a range of challenges that can deter them from leaving their parents' home, such as lack of financial independence, adverse labour market conditions, high housing costs and more generally living costs.

Why should young people in the EU worry about demographic change? For one thing, because the share of children and young people in the total population has been decreasing, while the share of elderly people continues to grow. Adding these figures up means today's children are expected to face an increased burden in supporting the remainder of the population as they grow up and move into work. Indeed, in 2019, out of the 447 million inhabitants of the EU-27, 68 million were children (aged 14 or less ...

In ihrer Rede zur Lage der Union vor dem Europäischen Parlament vom 15. September 2021 skizzierte Ursula von der Leyen, Präsidentin der Kommission, die Idee, das Jahr 2022 zum „Europäischen Jahr der Jugend“ zu erklären. Ziel wäre es, die Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf die Bildung, Beschäftigung, soziale Eingliederung und psychische Gesundheit junger Menschen hervorzuheben und zu mindern. Innerhalb eines Monats nahm die Kommission einen förmlichen Vorschlag für einen Beschluss an. Auf der Plenartagung ...