Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen - Pressemitteilungen International

The EU needs a frugal budget that invests into the future!

[Lymec-PM] barroso

After the summer recess is over, the Commission, European Parliament and Member States’ governments are now grinding into budget negotiation mode. Commenting on the recent State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, LYMEC President Alexander Plahr notes: "It is a grave and utterly wrong signal that instead of thinking about how to spend less money, Mr Barroso talked solely about how to collect more money for spending through the Union level. Instead of proposing some vague common bonds, that would lead to a debt union and thus even more intergenerational injustice, we expect the European Commission to lead the way to a wiser management of the funds already available to the European Union."

Unpaid internships must remain a possibility

[Lymec-PM] Reacting to the European Parliament resolution on youth access to the labour market, adopted at the July plenary session, LYMEC President Alexander Plahr states: “The ideas on internships laid out in this resolution certainly stem from the best intentions, but if put into reality they would dramatically reduce the number of internship places available in the European Union to young people, basically abolishing the concept of internships. This would be a huge blow to young people aiming to gain qualifications and work experience.”

LYMEC Bureau meets Croatian president

[Lymec-PM] Last weekend during their meeting in Zagreb, the LYMEC Bureau had the honour to visit the President of Croatia, Ivo Josipović.

The President recieved the LYMEC delegation in his presidential palace in Zagreb. After meeting his chief political analyst, Dejan Jovic, they discussed several topics with the him.

Only an EU wide constituency guarantees truly ‘European’ parliamentary elections

[Lymec-PM] One year after the European Parliament (EP) elections, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe), the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) and the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) want to remind of the necessity of reforming the electoral system in order to bring the EU closer to the citizens and reverse the worrying trend towards ever lower voter turnout.