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Question : what is the eu doing for me as a 12 year old?
Answer:
Check out the Policy Pages section of our website www.talktoeu.ie . It is on the left hand side of the page.
Here you will find what the EU does across Ireland, and how it helps everyone from the young to the old through its many programmes and policies.
Also, you should check out the "Where the EU has helped" and click on your county to see where the EU has helped in your area. If you view the full county report you can see even more information about projects in your are, such as youth schemes.
http://www.talktoeu.ie/en/Where-has-the-EU-helped/
As a 12 year old, you benefit in many ways such a the freedom to travel with your family to any EU country without a visa. Also the EU has many programmes encouraging young people to learn foreign languages and they fund teacher exchange programme so teachers from other EU countries can work at your school to help students improve foreign language skills.
You also benefit from numerous consumer protection initiatives from the EU. Such as safer labels on the things you buy, and the EU makes sure that when you pay for something, you pay only the price advertised and nothing more.
For more information the European has a dedicated website for young people.
http://europa.eu/youth/enews.cfm?l_id=EN&CFID=47144502&CFTOKEN=51139894&jsessionid=47079b4d14b7392b2415TR
We hope this information helps, and if you have any questions in relation to the content on our website, feel free send us an email.
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