Ska together with The Greens/EFA and the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) in the European Parliament conducted a conference in Brussels with more than 200 young people from all over Europe on the 9th of April. The young people came together to discuss European policy and ways to get…

Ska has given EURANET a direct quote on how us Greens belive to help young people into jobs and perspective. You can listen to it and get the full acticle with many others speaking on “EU youth unemployment: Steps to prevent a ‘lost generation’”. Youth unemployment is one of the…

Today, Ska is hosting the youth conference “Get the Youth out of Crisis” together with The Greens/EFA and FYEG for the second time. The conference is meant to provide a platform for young people to exchange views on their different perspectives of the crisis, develop own ideas for solutions and translate them into precise…

This year, Ska is going to host the youth conference “Get Youth out of Crisis” together with The Greens/EFA and FYEG for the second time. The conference is meant to provide a platform for young people to exchange views on their different perspectives of the crisis, develop own ideas for solutions and translate them…

Whereas high-level politicians usually tend to claim that we need more jobs in times of crisis, I think that policy measures should not only focus on employment and mere job creation but rather reflect on what kind of jobs we actually want to be offered. I think that employment should…

Yesterday the European Commission proposed their Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships that calls on Member States to ensure that national law or practice respects the principles set out in their guidelines. Considering that one in three traineeships is substandard with regard to working conditions or learning content,…

Today the voting on the Resolution on Tackling Youth Unemployment, that has been tabled by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, was on the agenda of the European Parliament. We Greens, however, do not agree with this resolution as it blames young people for the alarming youth unemployment rates and not…

On June 19th, Commissioner Andor presented a “Call to end Youth Unemployment”. It is supposed to present the Commission’s strategy against youth unemployment, which reaches more than 50% in some areas of the EU. For a strategy, however, the document looks fairly meagre. It lists ongoing initiatives like the youth…

The Youth in Crisis was a full day conference of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and the Federation of Young European Greens.  Around 200 young people (young activists, students, unionist, green activists and other partners from the movements and the young civil society) from all Europe discussed the…

In our petition we state that this crisis is not just an economic one, and the solutions to it are not only economic. Freedom of movement is one of the things that holds Europe together and that offers solutions for some young people; a way out of the crisis. This…