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VALÉRY GISCARD D'ESTAING - President of EU Convention would have preferred individual selections of youths for the Youth Convention rather than through political organisations. (Photo: European Commission)

Vote rigging allegations mar Youth Convention

A quarter of the members of the Youth Convention expressed their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the three day event, claiming that there was unrepresentativeness, lack of democracy and too much concern with vested interest and political factions. The statement called ’the minority view’, follows allegations of vote rigging in the election of the Presidium, and the over presence of the European Youth Forum, which also happened to be the co-organiser of the event. The President of the Yout...

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VALÉRY GISCARD D'ESTAING - President of EU Convention would have preferred individual selections of youths for the Youth Convention rather than through political organisations. (Photo: European Commission)

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