22/09/2025
At the European Green Roundtable, held from 1–3 July in Berlin, Germany, many of the youth’s proposals aligned with existing EU frameworks like the European Green Deal, the EU Youth Strategy, and the European Climate Pact, especially in areas such as green skills development, youth participation, and citizen engagement. 🌱👥 However, participants were clear: alignment on paper does not equal real impact on the ground. Despite progressive language, implementation remains slow, inconsistent, and often detached from the realities in which young people live and act.
Where youth diverged most strongly from EU policy was in their demand for deeper systemic reform. They challenged the reliance on market-driven solutions and voluntary commitments, instead calling for a shift toward policies rooted in rights, redistribution, and collective responsibility. For them, participation must not be a decorative add-on to governance but a core mechanism for driving democratic and just climate action. 💚
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