The Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted an amended proposal on the EU Youth Employment Initiative which extends this measure to young people under 30. Also, MEPs adopted that regions that had youth unemployment rates above 20% in 2012 would be eligible for Youth Employment Initiative help.

The Employment and Social Affairs Committee in the European Parliament adopted an amended proposal that will make more people and regions benefit from the EU Youth Employment Initiative. This initiative is to give effect to the "youth guarantee", whereby any young person in the EU who has been unemployed for more than four months is to be offered a job, training or an apprenticeship. Recently, Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council agreed to a recommendation establishing youth guarantee schemes.

MEPs amended the European Commission's initial proposal to extend this measure to young people under 30, including graduates and those who left the education system without any qualifications. The Commission proposed to target young people under 25.

Furthermore, all regions that had youth unemployment rates above 20% in 2012 would be eligible for Youth Employment Initiative help, according to amendments inserted by the committee. The European Commission had proposed to target regions with rates above 25%.