European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2025: discover the national winners
Find out more about the projects competing in the 2025 edition of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize
The European Charlemagne Youth Prize aims to award projects run by young people that foster democracy, promote active citizenship and bring communities together.
A European prize for young people
The Charlemagne Youth Prize is aimed at recognising the efforts of EU residents aged 16–30 whose projects are making a difference in their community or beyond. The application deadline was 30 January.
The national winners
All submitted projects were evaluated by national juries, which selected a single nomination for each country.
Next steps: the awards ceremony
Representatives of all national winners will be invited to the awards ceremony in Aachen, Germany, on 27 May, where the best three projects at the EU level will be announced.
The projects winning first, second and third prize will be selected among the 27 national winners. The jury is chaired by Parliament President Roberta Metsola, and includes Parliament vice-presidents Sabine Verheyen and Pina Picierno, as well as three members of the board of the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, a representative of the European Youth Forum and of last year's first prize winner.
The three laureates will get the chance to visit the European Parliament in Brussels or Strasbourg, and one representative from each European winning project will be offered a Schuman Traineeship.
The European Charlemagne Youth Prize: organisers and prizes
The European Parliament and the International Charlemagne Prize Foundation in Aachen award the European Charlemagne Youth Prize every year to celebrate the powerful work that young people do every day to shape a shared European identity and make a lasting impact on Europe’s future.
The first prize is €7,500, second prize €5,000 and third prize €2,500.
Over 6,500 projects have competed for the prize since 2008.
