The three-day Parliament of Youth event will be concluded today with a session of the full youth plenum.
Yesterday, during the second day of the Youth Parliament proceedings, the Committees of the Youth Parliament corresponding to the Permanent Parliamentary Committees of the Greek Parliament; National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Economics, Production and Commerce and Public Administration, Public Order and Justice, convened.
During the session of the Committee for National Defense and Foreign affairs, the dominant issue was the global financial crisis and its consequences on our country. The teenage members of the parliament expressed the view that Member States in the EU should maintain their cultural conscience within the EU and also mentioned the need to employ an effective immigration policy across Europe.
The issues under focus at the session of the Finance Committee, Production and Commerce were tourism and potential for further development in our country. Furthermore, the issue of the energy crisis was discussed and its consequences in Greece, as well as the possibilities to make use of rich energy sources available in our country.
At the session of the Committee for Public Administration, Public Order and Justice, teenage MPs mentioned the lack of meritocracy in all sections of Public Administration and stressed the need to strengthen the involvement of young people in public matters.
The Speaker of the Greek Parliament, Philippos Petsalnikos, who followed the sessions of the three Committees, stressed, addressing the teenage MPs from Greece, Cyprus and the Greek Diaspora, that their remarks and proposals will be useful, not only for the Parliament, but also for the government which must make good use of them.
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