5.10 Current debates and reforms
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Tel: +40 741 075 409
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Forthcoming policy developments
Following debates on amendments to the Youth Law in 2016, the Ministry of Youth and Sports drafted a new law, released for consultation in 2017 and 2018, with several youth-focused provisions, including the creation of community youth centres offering integrated services, measures to support social inclusion and labour market integration, anti-discrimination safeguards, and the establishment of consultative councils at local and national level to strengthen youth participation in policymaking.
The draft was first submitted by the Ministry to the Government in September 2017, withdrawn and revised in 2018, and eventually approved by the Government in July 2018.
The law was eventually adopted by the Parliament in June 2022. The Ombudsman challenges the new law in front of the Romanian Constitutional Court. The Court postponed several times the debate on the constitutionality of the new Youth Law and the Decision was issued on 14 February 2024.The Constitutional Court referred the bill back to the Parliament. As of March 2026, Parliament has not yet decided on the final form of the law.
No information on current debates and reforms on the field of youth participation.