# EU strategy for youth – investing and empowering

European Parliament procedure 2009/2159(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee CULT). Stage: Procedure completed. 204 committee amendments tabled by 19 Members between 2010-03-01 and 2010-03-01.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on the EU strategy for youth, investing and empowering. The amendments cite the Charter of Fundamental Rights and UN conventions on the rights of the child and persons with disabilities, address youth unemployment and job insecurity, education and training, early school-leaving, health, housing and environment, youth participation and mobility, the Open Method of Coordination and subsidiarity, and developing indicators to measure progress.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU | Greece | PPE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96900.md |
| Marie-Christine VERGIAT | France | GUE/NGL | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96858.md |
| Lothar BISKY | Germany | GUE/NGL | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96650.md |
| Rui TAVARES | Portugal | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96821.md |
| Nadja HIRSCH | Germany | ALDE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96872.md |
| Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID | France | PPE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96746.md |
| Chrysoula PALIADELI | Greece | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97007.md |
| Silvia COSTA | Italy | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96917.md |
| Cătălin Sorin IVAN | Romania | NI | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96857.md |
| Maria BADIA i CUTCHET | Spain | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28342.md |
| Emma McCLARKIN | United Kingdom | ECR | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96919.md |
| Iosif MATULA | Romania | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95017.md |
| Malika BENARAB-ATTOU | France | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96732.md |
| Ivo BELET | Belgium | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28257.md |
| Marco SCURRIA | Italy | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96843.md |

## Official source documents

- PE438.492: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.492+03+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-2159-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-2159-INI.json

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