Several times a year, the Euroscola programme brings together a group of about 500 16-18 year old secondary school students from the twenty-five European Union countries in Strasbourg for a day of meetings to learn about the European Parliament and discuss topical European issues.

Coming from different cultures and countries, and speaking a variety of languages, the students divide into multilingual working parties of about 100 members. Each working party chooses a spokesperson to present the conclusions of its discussions to all 500 participants at the end of the afternoon.

By using their languages to communicate with other participants, students come to see foreign languages not as a barrier but rather as a way of understanding the problems, opinions and expectations of young people from other European countries.

For further details of the programme or to express an interest in participating please contact Pamela Powers in the UK Office of the European Parliament.

Page updated November 8th, 2004