EU & ME

If you are between 15 and 18 years old and interested in finding out more about the European Union, then this booklet is for you. It will tell you how the European Union – or ‘EU’ for short – was built. It will also tell you what values we share, who does what in the EU and how all of this is relevant to your daily life. You will also learn about how the EU deals with today’s big challenges, including climate change, the digital world and COVID-19. What the EU is doing today will shape your future tomorrow.

The European Union as we know it today has been built over many years. It is a work in progress, and soon your generation will start shaping its development. So now is the time for you to form your own opinions about the EU. This booklet and the exercises it contains can help you do this: europa.eu/learning-corner/eu-me_en

An online quiz accompanies this booklet. It’s a fun way to revisit some of the issues covered: europa.eu/!tY87Hn

More materials about the EU can also be found in all EU official languages on the Learning Corner website: europa.eu/learning-corner/home_en

If you have any remarks or suggestions about this publication, please send them to: comm-publi-feedback@ec.europa.eu.

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Manuscript completed in April 2023.

The text of this publication is based on the German manuscript of the 2010 publication Europe. A journal for young people by Eckart D. Stratenschulte, European Academy Berlin. For this edition, it has been revised and updated by the Directorate-General for Communication of the European Commission.

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2023

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