2023 European Commission Blue Book Traineeship for Young Graduates

To be considered for the European Commission Blue Book Traineeship, you must be a university graduate who:

• have completed a standard 3-year higher education degree (minimum EQF 6 level), corresponding to a complete Bachelor’s cycle, or equivalent.
• have no prior work experience of any kind, in excess of 6 weeks in any EU institution, body or agency, delegation, with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), or Advocates General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ)
• have a very good knowledge of languages:
• For the administrative traineeship – you must have a very good knowledge of two EU official languages, one of which must be a working language: English, French or German at C1 or C2 level as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and a second one at B2 level at least as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. For non-EU nationals, only one procedural language is required at C1 or C2 level.
• For the translation traineeship in the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) – you must be able to translate into your main/target language (normally your mother tongue), from two other official EU languages (‘source languages’*).:
  1. your main/target language must be one of the official EU languages
  2. your first source language for translation must be a working language of the EU: English, French or German
  3. your second source language can be any of the official EU languages with at least B2-level proficiency.