Press Release: Addressing the concerns of young people in Europe: the Commission adopts a communication on youth policies

The European Commission on 30 May 2005 adopted a Communication on 'European policies concerning youth'. This text came as a follow-up to the adoption of the European Youth Pact by the European Council in March 2005, which made young people a key part of the renewed Lisbon partnership for growth and jobs and which proposed taking action for young people in the fields of employment, integration and social advancement, education and training, mobility, and reconciling family and work life.

European Commission: COM(2005) 206 final: Communication on on European policies concerning youth http://ec.europa.eu/comm/youth/whitepaper/post-launch/com_206_en.pdf

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