
"The EU should not forget its roots" - high-level meeting between EU and religious leaders
The annual high-level dialogue meeting between EU and religious leaders in Europe highlighted the churches' contribution to the ongoing Conference on the Future of Europe. The meeting took place online on Friday, 14 January 2022, and brought together representatives of the main religious traditions present throughout the EU, as well as of a number of non-confessional organisations. The Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) wa


2022 is the European Year of Youth
In her State of the Union address in September 2021, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, made known her proposal to declare 2022 the European Year of Youth. The suggestion had in mind a possible remedy for the extensive negative effects of the pandemic on young people: fewer work opportunities, disrupted studies, and challenges for mental health. In December, the proposal was accepted by the European Parliament and the Council. According to the Eur