Poland chooses EU over PiS: what the latest Polish elections mean for Europe

Polish elections. The crucial votes of young people, women, and a new Polish record of nearly 75% turnout. What does it mean for Poland and the EU? What do we know about the newly forming government? Check out our new article to be informed!

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All together for European Elections 2024

In October 2023, our colleague Andreas, the External Relations Manager of Y Vote, took part in the “All Together for European Elections 2024” event that was organized by the European Parliament in Brussels. Check the article for more insight into the event!

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Our Agenda for 2024

Almost 47 months since we last published our Results Booklet on our website, we are happy to announce that the Y Vote Project is coming back in 2024! Curious about this new edition? Keep reading!

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Results Booklet

Two years, more than 140 Skype sessions, seven Conventions and a Final Conference. Workshops in 20 Countries and an app ahead of its time. Time to recap and close our Slack channel for good.

On this page, you find our Results Booklet. Filled with information, facts and background stories, which we hope will give you an insight into what happened during our Campaign.

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Three Takeaways for Voting Regulations in the European Parliament Elections

Until the elections in May, the web version of our application How to Vote reached over 23.300 people, with a peak of 1.427 users on a single day (20th May). The immense amount of work that has been dedicated to the creation of our informational platform has paid off. Through our work on the topic, the Y Vote team would like to advocate for its ideas and demands with decision-makers. In order to facilitate voting procedures and therefore engage people in the democratic process we found three steps that should be taken.

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Our Agenda for Europe

During the last election period for the European Parliament, the participation of youth was disappointingly low. Only around 28% of young people went to the ballot boxes and made their voices heard through the casting of a vote.

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Results of the Final Conference

It seems like just yesterday, we finished our series of Conventions with our Final Conference. We have had eight events since November 2018, and it’s time to wrap-up and reflect.

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Recommendations on Health & Well-Being

Health and well-being have a direct and very visible impact on everyday life. It became visible during the Convention on Health & Well-Being, that especially Mental Health is not yet enough in the focus of policies and talked about in societies. The various existing policy measures concerning health were discussed and it was made clear that the EU already tackles many issues such as tobacco or nutrition. Still, the discussions underlined that there are many health issues to solve still, such as obesity or cardiovascular diseases.

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Recommendations on Youth & the World

Human Rights issues are not easy to tackle and there are many different areas to talk about. During the convention, the participants gained insights into various of these areas, to become aware of how many discussions and problems there are in Europe when it comes to Human Rights. Most dominant were discussions about the situation in Hungary and Poland, the Rule of Law, the situation with migrants in Europe, women’s rights, as well as Equal Rights, but also Human Rights how the EU can and should react to Human Rights violations outside of its borders.

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Recommendations on Social Inclusion

“United in diversity” is the motto of the EU. It еmbodies the importance of the different cultures and people within the Union. And social inclusion has always been a core value for the European identity. Social inclusion is a broad issue that collocates various topics on the continent like gender equality, acceptance of the LGBTQI+ community, accessibility to disabled people. Unfortunately, a significant group of young people in Europe is part of the NEETs (young people not in employment, education or training) group. The youth in Europe needs to be better included in society regardless of their social, economic or political background.

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