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Adopted text 2026-09-15

The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027

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Parliament's resolution takes stock of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and sets out what the post-2027 strategy should contain. It asks for a unified architecture linking the European Youth Goals, the EU Youth Dialogue, EU funding programmes and youth work. It calls for systematic youth mainstreaming, including a 'youth check' in every Commission directorate-general, a strengthened EU Youth Coordinator and a youth correspondent in each directorate-general. It demands better inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities, rural youth and NEETs in the EU Youth Dialogue and EU programmes, and targeted measures on housing, employment, mental health and education. It asks for quality education and training, stronger digital and media literacy, citizenship education, recognition of non-formal learning and volunteering, and protection of young people online. It calls for adequate funding in the next multiannual financial framework, intergenerational budgeting for 2028-2034, and alignment of the post-2027 strategy with Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and the reinforced Youth Guarantee.

Key points

  1. Welcomes the achievements of the 2019-2027 EU Youth Strategy and asks for a high-level, adaptable framework around Engage, Connect and Empower after 2027, with more weight on inclusion, volunteering and youth work.
  2. Calls for a unified architecture in which the European Youth Goals set priorities, the EU Youth Dialogue brings in young people's experiences, EU programmes provide resources and youth work translates them locally.
  3. Wants the 11 European Youth Goals re-evaluated and updated regularly through an open, inclusive process, covering disinformation, mental health, media literacy, climate change, inequalities and civic participation.
  4. Asks the Commission and Member States to improve communication and visibility of the strategy, reinforce Eurodesk and youth information services in rural and remote areas, and set up monitoring with disaggregated data.
  5. Welcomes the EU Youth Coordinator, the 'youth check', policy dialogues and youth networks, and urges the Commission to apply the 'youth check' in every directorate-general with minimum standards, transparency and youth chapters in impact assessments.
  6. Calls on the Commission to publish its methodology for identifying youth-relevant files, integrate the 'youth check' into the better regulation toolbox, and consult young people on which files are youth-relevant.
  7. Wants a coherent youth mainstreaming approach across Parliament's committees, with youth-relevant files, public hearings, consultations and committee missions involving young people, including those with fewer opportunities.
  8. Calls for youth perspectives to be integrated into digital and media policies, democratic engagement, mental health, housing, arts and culture, and for synergies with the Youth Guarantee and the intergenerational fairness strategy.
  9. Emphasises that young people should be recognised as stakeholders, not just beneficiaries, and calls for preventing radicalisation, reducing structural inequalities and supporting rural and remote youth, including through cultural vouchers.
  10. Calls for targeted support in Member States with structural youth unemployment, a strong ESF+, stronger vocational education and training, quality traineeships, affordable housing and youth entrepreneurship.
  11. Asks for cross-sectoral action on young people's mental and physical health, protection online from addictive design and cyberbullying, accessible mental health services in schools and universities, and prevention of tobacco, vaping and drug use.
  12. Calls for stronger digital skills, media literacy and citizenship education, an EU strategy on citizenship education, recognition of non-formal learning and volunteering through Youthpass and Europass, and credits for volunteering.

Who is affected

  • Young people in the EU, especially those with fewer opportunities, rural youth, NEETs and young people with disabilities, who should gain better access to programmes and services.
  • The Commission, which is asked to apply the 'youth check', publish its methodology, appoint youth correspondents and report on youth-relevant files.
  • Member States, which are asked to embed inclusion in national youth strategies, strengthen vocational education and training, invest in education and recognise non-formal learning.
  • Youth organisations and national youth councils, which should receive stable funding and be equipped with adequate resources.
  • Online platforms, which are expected to apply responsible business practices and face enforcement of the Digital Services Act and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive to protect minors.

Figures and deadlines

  • Participation in the EU Youth Dialogue grew from 10 733 participants in the 8th cycle to 38 042 in the 11th cycle.
  • The strategy covers the period 2019-2027.
  • The next multiannual financial framework covers 2028-2034.
  • The 11 European Youth Goals were developed through the EU Youth Dialogue.
  • Nearly half of young people in the EU report emotional or psychosocial problems.

Legal basis: Articles 9, 165(4), 166(4) and 214(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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