The President of the European Movement, Pat Cox, has chaired the concluding session of the Youth Summit in Rome, held on Sunday 25th March 2007 in the framework of the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The final panel was composed by Mr Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ms Margot Wallström, Vice-President of European Commission, Mr Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ms Bettina Schwarzmayr, President of European Youth Forum and Mr Ernest Urtasun, general rapporteur of the Youth Summit.

The concluding session was aimed to provide with the first reactions to the final Rome Youth Declaration and was focused on how to make sure that the growth of civil society becomes a priority for the EU in the next 50 years.

The concluding Rome Youth Declaration can be downloaded here (PDF).

You can also view the complete video recording here.

More about the Youth Summit here.