Petition against unpaid internships gains momentum. Fill up the survey!

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is putting together a citizens' initiative to ban unpaid internships. A valid citizens' initiative can become EU legislation if endorsed by the European Parliament and member states in the Council. First, however, the European Commission must table a legislative proposal, and as it is not obliged to do so some petitions that have enough signatories may never materialise.

The EESC's plan echoes an initiative of the European Youth Forum (YFJ), a group representing 98 youth organisations across Europe, which has drafted a quality charter for internships. "Internships taking place outside formal education should be based on a legally binding contract outlining length and remuneration of the internship," reads that text.

An online survey has been launched to gather the views of young people in order to improve the draft charter. Once finalised, the paper will be submitted to the European Commission with the objective of launching a public consultation on the issue.

Do not hesitate to make your contributions!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Europe-Internships

Interns for the space policy

Budget consolidation is the golden rule in the western world. In order to achieve this goal, many countries have endorsed strict budgetary cuts. Space policy is one of the main victims of these cuts, cheap interns are the only hope for the future space missions to Mars.

Here you are a video with one of the experiments that interns are carrying out.

Enjoy!