EU fact of the week
date: 07/06/2019
20,000 more young people get the chance to explore Europe
Almost 95,000 young Europeans applied for a free travel pass in the third round of the DiscoverEU initiative. Around 20,000 18-year-olds have now been selected for up to 30 days travel between 1 August 2019 and 31 January 2020. The third round of the DiscoverEU initiative attracted applications from young people from all EU member states during a two-week period that ended on 16 May 2019. The winners were selected based on award criteria and taking into account national quotas for each EU member state.