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Cut voting age to 16 to address youth issues, says EU

The European Commission has suggested lowering the voting age to 16 as one of the ways to ensure youth issues get represented in governments.

The proposal, presented at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) that ends today, was greeted with cheers. The session brought together youth and sexual rights advocacy groups.

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