Europe is currently going through a difficult phase. This poses a pedagogical challenge for civic education to shed light on topics relating to European development. The starting point for the study is the author's completion of the university course in political education, the examination of specialist literature with a focus on political education and the course "Basic knowledge of political education" at the VHS Tirol.The study is divided into two parts: Part I. Problem areas Brexit, Covid - 19 pandemic with course settings, Green Deal and the future of Europe. Part II: Europe as a learning field to impart basic knowledge for the target group of young people and their accompanying adults.