During the informal meeting in Paris on 17 March, Education Ministers from the European Union Member States and Mr Tibor Navracsics, the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport adopted the Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education. The ministers talked about strengthening the key contribution which education makes to personal development, ensuring inclusive education for all children and young people and empowering teachers so that they are able to take an active stand against all forms of discrimination and racism. You can find reactions of ESU and OBESSU, SOLIDAR and ESN to the declaration, as well as read the recent EUCIS-LLL statement Education Matters! on citizenship education.