European Liberal Youth

European Liberal Youth (abbreviated as LYMEC) is an international organisation of liberal youth movements – mostly the youth wings of members of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party but also individual members.[2]

European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
PresidentInes Holzegger[1]
Vice PresidentAlexandre Servais
Secretary GeneralBàlint Gyevai
TreasurerTuuli Helind
Founded1976
HeadquartersRue d'Idalie 11, 6th floor, box 2, 1050 Brussels
Membership61 organisations across 38 countries
IdeologyLiberalism
European federalism
Mother partyALDE
International affiliationInternational Federation of Liberal Youth
Websitehttp://www.lymec.eu

LYMEC holds full members status to the European Youth Forum (YFJ).[3] It is the official youth wing of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party and holds separate votes in the statutory bodies of the ALDE Party.

Even though the organisation is now called European Liberal Youth, it is still known as LYMEC, which is the abbreviation of the name when the organisation was formed in 1976.[4][5] It was then known as Liberal and Radical Youth Movement of the European Communities.

Member organisations

  States with member organisations
Name in EnglishName in original languageCountryMother partyTypeStatus
Young Liberals of AndorraJoventut Liberal d'Andorra, JLA  AndorraPLAYouth1Full member
ANC Youth  ArmeniaANCYouth1Full member
JUNOS – Young liberal NEOSJUNOS – Junge liberale NEOS  AustriaNEOSYouth1Full member
Musavat Youth Organization  AzerbaijanMusavatYouth4Associate
Civil ForumGramadzianski Forum  BelarusPFPYouth1Full member
Young VLDJong VLD  BelgiumVLDYouth1Full member
Federation of Liberal StudentsFédération des Etudiants Libéraux, FEL  BelgiumStudents1Full member
Youth of MRJeunes MR  BelgiumMRYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of Bosnia and HerzegovinaMladi Liberali Bosne i Hercegovine, MLBiH  Bosnia and HerzegovinaYouth1Full member
Forum Mladih Naša strankaYouth forum of Naša stranka  Bosnia and HerzegovinaNaša strankaYouth1Full member
Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom (YMRF)Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi  BulgariaDPSYouth1Full member
Young Croatian LiberalsMladi hrvatski liberali, MHL  CroatiaHSLSYouth1Full member
Croatian People's Party YouthMladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke – Liberalni Demokrati, mHNS  CroatiaHNSYouth1Full member
Istrian Democratic Youth (IDY)  CroatiaIDSYouth1Full member
Young ANO (Mladé ANO)Mladé ANO  Czech RepublicANOYouth1Full member
The Danish Social Liberal YouthRadikal Ungdom, RU  DenmarkRVYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of DenmarkVenstres Ungdom (VU)  DenmarkVYouth1Full member
Estonian Centre Party YouthEesti Keskerakonna Noortekogu, YAECP  EstoniaKYouth1Full member
Estonian Reform Party YouthEesti Reformierakonna Noortekogu, ERPY  EstoniaREYouth1Full member
Centre Party StudentsKeskustan Opiskelijaliitto, KOL  FinlandKESKStudents1Full member
Finnish Centre YouthSuomen Keskustanuoret, FCY  FinlandKESKYouth1Full member
Swedish YouthSvensk Ungdom, SU  FinlandSFPYouth1Full member
Young RadicalsJeunes Radicaux, JR  FranceMRYouth1Full member
UDI YouthUDI Jeunes  FranceUDIYouth4Associate
Federal Association of Liberal Students GroupsBundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen, LHG  GermanyFDPStudents1Full member
Young LiberalsJunge Liberale, JuLis  GermanyFDPYouth1Full member
Young Liberals GreeceΕλεύθεροι Νέοι, ΕΛ.ΝΕ  GreeceYouth1Full member
Momentum TizenX-  HungaryMomentumYouth1Full Member
Hungarian Liberal YouthLiFT – Liberális Fiatalok Társasága  HungaryLiberalisokYouth4Associate
Ógra Fianna Fáil-  IrelandFFYouth1Full Member
Uppreisn  IcelandViðreisnYouth1Full Member
Youth Forum of AKR KosovoAKRYouth4Associate
Youth for DevelopmentJaunieši attīstībai  LatviaLAYouth1Full Member
Movement For! YouthPar! Jauniešiem  LatviaPar!Youth1Full Member
Lithuanian Liberal YouthLietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ  LithuaniaYouth1Full member
Young Democrats of LuxemburgJonk Demokraten  LuxembourgPDYouth1Full member
Liberal-Democratic YouthLiberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeM  North MacedoniaLDPYouth1Full member
Liberal youth of MontenegroMladi Liberali Crne Gore, MLCG  MontenegroLPCGYouth1Full member
Liberal Youth of Moldova  MoldovaPLYouth1Full member
Young DemocratsJonge Democraten, JD  NetherlandsD66Youth1Full member
Youth Organisation Freedom and DemocracyJongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie, JOVD  NetherlandsVVDYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of NorwayNorges Unge Venstre, NUV  NorwayVYouth1Full member
Norwegian Liberal StudentsNorges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF  NorwayVStudents3Associate
Nowoczesna YouthMłodzi .Nowocześni  Poland.NYouth3Full member
Save Romania Union YouthUSR Tineret  RomaniaUSRYouth4Associate
Vesna Youth Democratic MovementМолодёжное демократическое движения «Весна»  RussiaYouth1Full member
New Party Youth ForumForum mladih Nove stranke  SerbiaNovaYouth1Full member
Liberal Democratic Party Youth (mLDP)  SerbiaLDPYouth1Full member
Youth Circle of SMCKrog Mladih SMC  SloveniaSMCYouth4Associate
Young ProgressivesMladí progresívci, MP  SlovakiaPSYouth1Full member
Young CitizensJóvenes Ciudadanos, Jcs  SpainCsYouth1Full member
Nationalist Youth of CataloniaJoventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC  SpainJUNTSYouth1Full member
Centre Party StudentsCenterstudenter, CS  SwedenCStudents1Full member
Centre Party YouthCenterpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUF  SwedenCYouth1Full member
Liberal Youth of SwedenLiberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF  SwedenLYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of SwitzerlandJungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFS  SwitzerlandFDPYouth1Full member
Young Green Liberals of SwitzerlandJunge Grünliberale, jglp  SwitzerlandglpYouth4Full member
European Youth of UkraineЄвропейська молодь України, EMU  UkraineYouth1Full member
Liberal Democratic League of UkraineЛіберально-демократична ліга України, LDLU  UkraineYouth1Full member
Ze!MolodizhkaЗе!Молодіжка  UkraineSNYouth4Associate
Young Liberals  United KingdomLDYouth1Full member
Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY)-  United KingdomLPGYouth1Full member
Alliance Youth-  United KingdomAlliance PartyYouth4Associate

Positions

In 2020, LYMEC adopted a resolution, according to which the organisations call for recognition of Taiwan as an independent country. The initiative was submitted by the Danish member organisation Radikal Ungdom.[6]

See also

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