Falling voter turnout is a common trend and young voters abstain more than the general population in all European democracies. The democratic deficit and low electoral turnout is not faced by specific countries, but it is a phenomenon happening at the EU level. The gap between the democratic institutions in Europe, their representatives and Europe’s young generation is growing/increasing. Although young people are more likely to be present in other forms of political participation (protests, strikes, joining pressure groups, etc), their overall election turnout is dramatically falling. In 2014 only 28% of those under the age of 25 were voting, compared to the general election turnout rate which was 42.6 %.This overall trend is doubled also by another worrying and growing phenomenon: disinformation, fake news and trolling which are most visible during the electoral campaigns, in an attempt to hamper with EU elections, undermine pro-European values and promote nationalistic and xenophobic messages. In addition, ease of access to relevant and adequate information on the elections is not only a country specific problem, but it happens widely in the EU. Fears about influencing elections have become more and more prominent in the EU especially after the allegiances that Russia tried to hamper with elections in France, the Netherlands or during BREXIT. This scenario is damaging for the EU 2019 elections that may record another all - time low voter turnout.A new and engaging narrative for Europe is strongly and urgently needed. This project aims to raise awareness and the know-how among youth on the importance of the 2019 EU elections and empowering youths and youth workers with the necessary tools to gain momentum and influence over EU’s direction through interactive and user friendly methods.The project considers two main outputs, in addition to a learning activity designed to provide the participants with the necessary methods and tools to further sustain the results of this project:i)One interactive online platform that allows user friendly methods of engaging youths and students and increases their critical thinking and argumentative capacities. These are done through quiz and e-debate competitions on narratives and counter narratives of the EU. The topics range from better understanding both the general aspect of elections (ranging from why are they important to whom is participating and what are they supporting) to spotting fake news, dissemination of anti EU discourse. About 550 youths, students and youth workers participated in the quiz competition. Among them, 32 youth workers from Romania and Greece were selected to participate in the e-debate competition (out of which 7 were selected for the Learning Activity in Brussels).ii)ii) 6 days Learning Activity in Brussels with 14 participants from Romania and Greece with specifically designed training sessions, meetings with EU representatives and study visits to the EU institutions.iii)A guidelines with lessons learnt youth participation and how to empower them on the importance of the EU elections and combating online disinformation campaigns based on the findings and inputs from the participants during the project activities, data analysis and also policy recommendations disseminated at the EU level.The project targets youths, students, youth workers, young University teachers with an interest in EU affairs and willing to expand their knowledge on both the EU elections and narratives and counter narratives during the election campaign. The project envisages youth participants interacting via the platform (Quiz and E-debate competitions) and youth participation in the learning activity in which they learned and debated about EU related topics, were engaged in practical activities, in addition to meetings with EU representatives and study visits that helped them deeper their knowledge.Such a project architecture that correlates the needs of youths in terms of knowledge and awareness with a practical side, that includes their involvement in the activities during the training in Brussels, creates the incentives of further dissemination and sustainability of the project, replication of the methods and tools deployed. Adding up the guideline with lessons learnt from the EU 2019 elections and the involvement of partners with excellent track record on working with youths and the participation of a University, we have all the premises of future use and replication of the outputs. Therefore, the potential long term benefits transcend the current phase of the project. Although we apply the pilot project in only two countries, we have set ambitious goals for engaging youths and students and, through its activities, we aim to raise awareness on the positive impact that specific interactive tools can have not only the direct participants targeted by a project, but especially through the snowball effect that it may produce.