EU Youth

2023 is the European Year of Youth

• True

• False

Answer explanation

2022 was the European Year of Youth, shining a light on the importance of European youth to build a better future – greener, more inclusive and digital.

What key themes do young people think

the European Year of Youth should focus on?

• Improving mental

  and physical health

  and wellbeing

• Improving education and

  training

• Protecting the

  environment and

  fighting climate change

• Fighting poverty

  and economic and

  social inequalities

• All of the above

Answer explanation

34% Improving mental

and physical health

and wellbeing

34% Protecting the

environment and

fighting climate change

33% Improving education and

training

32% Fighting poverty

and economic and

social inequalities

What do young people expect most

from the European Union?

• Preserving peace, reinforcing

  international security and promoting

  international cooperation

• Increasing job opportunities

  for young people

• Fighting poverty and economic

  and social inequalities

• Promoting environmentally friendly

  policy and fight climate change

Answer explanation

37% expect of the EU to preserve peace, reinforce

international security and promote

international cooperation for their generation

What do young people consider the most effective actions

for making their voice heard by decision makers?

• Participating in

  political movements,

  parties or unions

• Engaging in social

  media by expressing

  their opinion

• Voting in local,

  national or

  European elections

• Participating in

  student or youth

  organisations

Share of young people who have heard

of Erasmus+ for students (student exchange)

• 83%

• 50%

• 27%

• 33%

Share of young people who have heard

of Erasmus+ youth exchanges (this for example)

• 49%

• 30%

• 33%

• 72%

When was the EU Youth Strategy approved?

• 2015

• 2018

• 2019

• 2022

Which articles of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are the basis for EU action in the youth field?

• 24

• 32

• 165

• 166

Answer explanation

Article 165 of the TFEU provides for Union action in order to encourage the development of youth exchanges and exchanges between youth workers, and to encourage the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe.

Article 166 enables the EU to implement a vocational training policy to support and supplement the action of the Member States. It tasks the Union with facilitating access to vocational training and encouraging mobility of instructors and trainees, particularly young people.

Who is Biliana Sirakova?

• EU's Youth Ambassador in social media.

• The President of the Erasmus Mundus Association.

• The youngest Parliamentary in the EU.

• The first ‘European Union Youth Coordinator’

How much of the EU's budget in the next five years is allocated for youth activities?

• 13,1%

• 5,7%

• 10.3%

• 8,9%