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European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness hands over its recommendations to the Commission 

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The European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness has agreed on a final set of recommendations to the European Commission that will shape the first EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness.

The final recommendations encourage fair and responsible policy making that focuses on the long-term impact it has on future generations and invite to consider a wide range of policies in order to address a widening gap in opportunities that citizens observe across multiple areas of life.

A key focus area should be promoting life-long learning, bridging nations and celebrating cultures, which is the path to a stronger European identity as well as secure, thriving communities and dignified lives for all ages.

The recommendations were handed over to the Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Commissioner Glenn Micallef (pictured). He said: “Now it's on us to turn the citizens' recommendations into action.  Their ideas will shape the Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness that will map out how we can strengthen communication between generations and ensure that interests of present and future generations are respected throughout our policy and law making. We must make sure that Europe is fit for the future!”

The input gathered from both the panel and the accompanying debate on Citizens' Engagement Platform will feed into the proposal for the Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness and will be annexed to the initiative.  This platform is a permanent channel for the Commission to actively engage with citizens, civil society and other stakeholders and improve the quality of EU policymaking.

On 14-16 November, the third and final session of the European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness took place in Brussels. Since September, a group of 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU member states has been discussing how to make the future fair to current and future generations. The recommendations will be publicly available on the Citizens' Engagement Platform. 

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