The global economic crisis is having a major impact on young people. Members of the Committee on Culture and Education in the European Parliament should therefore profoundly influence priorities within the fields of action by identifying a range of measures to back up the social exit strategy and pay special attention to the review of social safety nets and social security systems.

Members stress the important role of the Comenius, Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes and reiterate their political priority of considering those programmes as a cornerstone in the development of the EU youth strategy.

The report acknowledges that improving young people’s lives is a cross-cutting task which must be taken into account in every policy area. It encourages the creation of a youth sector in all departments that will help to strengthen the drafting of appropriate youth policies.

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(source: European Parliament)