Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2115(INI)
The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027
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Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 15 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 19 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 14 July 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 11 August 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 15 September 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
15 September 2026 · decision 12
Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution
The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027
Adopted 477 for · 124 against · 66 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:This report examines how the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 was put into practice, focusing on policy coherence, youth inclusion and participation, access to quality education and training, volunteering and youth work.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the document changes from a committee report to a text adopted by Parliament, with its title, date, document number and procedure reference updated.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The new version broadens the strategy's scope to digital skills, media literacy, online protection and citizenship education, and adds calls on enforcing the Digital Services Act and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. It expands youth mainstreaming and the youth check, asking for implementation in every directorate-general, a published methodology, a stronger EU Youth Coordinator mandate and a Parliament-wide approach. It adds measures on employment, housing, mental health, health, rural and remote youth, inclusion, traineeships, entrepreneurship and intergenerational fairness, and reworks the recitals accordingly. The other changes are formal: citations are added and the forwarding instruction is updated.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Culture and Education
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Sabrina Repp (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Patriots), Marco Squarta (ECR), Hristo Petrov (Renew), Benedetta Scuderi (Greens), Nikos Pappas (The Left), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Public Health· rapporteurAdam Jarubas (EPP)
- Employment and Social Affairs· rapporteurMaravillas Abadía Jover (EPP)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 15 Sept 2026
AI summary: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.
Tabled for plenary· 11 Aug 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution takes stock of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and sets out what should follow it after 2027. It asks for a continued strategy built on Engage, Connect, Empower, with updated European Youth Goals, stronger youth mainstreaming and a systematic 'youth check'.
Committee draft· 2 Feb 2026
AI summary:The draft report reviews how the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 has been implemented, focusing on 2022-2024 and the whole strategy period. It calls for a post-2027 youth strategy, updated European Youth Goals, stronger youth mainstreaming and a consistent 'youth check'.
Committee opinions: Opinion (EMPL), Draft opinion (EMPL)
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
15 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 15 Sept 2026 Report A10-0219/2026Adopted text TA10-0288/2026
9 September 2026
19 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
11 August 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps
14 July 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
CULT (Culture and Education) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
2 June 2026
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
13 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CULT (Culture and Education) proposed changes to the draft.
2 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CULT (Culture and Education). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 June 2025
Referred to the CULT (Culture and Education) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; SANT (Public Health), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2115(INI)