Anna Lindh Forum 2013, Marseille: Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament & Presidents of Parliaments of the Union for the Mediterranean, debates with Young Arab Voices.
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Anna Lindh Forum 2013, Marseille: Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament & Presidents of Parliaments of the Union for the Mediterranean, debates with Young Arab Voices.
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#ALF2013 President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz will debate with Young Arab Voices at 18:30 #ALF2013Stephen Spillane
Martin schulz ; the north and south have a common problem and it is YOUTH EMPLOYMENT !. #ALF2013 @YAVAhmed shalghoum
#ALF2013 youth unemployment shared problem on two shores of Mediterranean: better credit conditions linked to employment is neededMartin Schulz
Schulz: Before I meet officials, I meet young people. #ALF2013Ilona ALF2013
Schulz- the union of the Mediterranean must come from people and parliaments. Not just governments #ALF2013David Van der Velde
Young speakers replies: but we can't look only at civil society, we need to work in education system and how to reform institutions #alf2013Stefano Zucchiatti
@YoungArabVoices debater: We have been concentrated on civil society instead of paying attention to education issues in #EuroMed #ALF2013Ilona ALF2013
#ALF2013 @YoungArabVoices debater: More short term programmes instead of Erasmus.Ilona ALF2013
Mr. Schulz " the erasmus program should be expanded" #ALF2013 @YoungArabVoices pic.twitter.com/PZpsxc4lYFMizo Barbary
Mr. Azoulay "we need a euro-med erasmus program" #ALF2013 @YoungArabVoicesMizo Barbary
I would hv preferred our debaters stop blaming it all on #EU &start making their own GOVs accountable #ALF2013 @youngarabvoices #ldulebanonElle Fersan
@MartinSchulz When I was 22 I thought I was the leader of the world. later, I understood that it was a misunderstanding #Alf2013Wadia Ait Hamza
@MartinSchulz at #ALF2013: "A society that is not open to young generations is a society of fear"Agora MedSpring
Comment from the audience: Youth are the leaders of today, not the leaders of tomorrow. #ALF2013 @YoungArabVoicesIlona ALF2013
Youth are leaders of today or tomorrow? A vision we need to agree upon in the #arab world first before addressing intl community #ALF2013Elle Fersan
Shculz: Access to the education and to the labour market is the best way to social cohesion. #ALF2013Ilona ALF2013
@MartinSchulz :we need to create basis of life via access to the societies,to education,to jobs,to having family & then children #Alf2013Wadia Ait Hamza
Schulz - spontaneous applause from crowd. Lets target tax havens, then we can finance education and civil societies #ALF2013David Van der Velde
Bravo Schultz in #ALF2013 ! Money for education and jobs have to take from taxhavens.Kehys
There are presidents of more than 15 parliaments here today to support dialogue at #ALF2013David Van der Velde
Young debaters: all the best university in #egypt are the western private ones, EU should support knowledge for al and public univl #ALF2013Stefano Zucchiatti
Nebras " we have solutions for our problems but the idea is it's hard for us to implement them" #ALF2013 @YoungArabVoicesMizo Barbary
Young debaters to Schultz: this should be the year when your action matches your intentions, we have the solution but not the will #Alf2013Stefano Zucchiatti
Moderator final comment: we need to finish now but this big participation show this intergenerational debate should take more time #Alf2013Stefano Zucchiatti
