European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
Colorcode
  1. 9842A3
PresidentInes Holzegger[1]
Vice presidentAlexandre Servais
Secretary generalEven Diot
TreasurerMarten Porte
Founded1976
HeadquartersRue d'Idalie 11, 6th floor, box 2, 1050 Brussels
Membership61 organisations across 38 countries
IdeologyLiberalism
Mother partyALDE
InternationalInternational Federation of Liberal Youth
Websitehttps://www.lymec.eu

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]

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

Name in EnglishName in original languageCountryMother partyTypeStatus
JUNOS – Young liberal NEOSJUNOS – Junge liberale NEOSNEOSYouth1Full member
Musavat Youth OrganizationMusavatYouth4Associate
Youth BlocMoladzevy blokYouth4Associate
Young LiberalsJongliberalenOpen VldYouth1Full member
Federation of Liberal StudentsFédération des Etudiants Libéraux, FEL—Students1Full member
Youth of MRJeunes MRMRYouth1Full member
Forum Mladih Naša strankaYouth forum of Naša strankaNaša strankaYouth1Full member
Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom (YMRF)Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodiDPSYouth1Full member
Young Croatian LiberalsMladi hrvatski liberali, MHLHSLSYouth1Full member
Croatian People's Party YouthMladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke – Liberalni Demokrati, mHNSHNSYouth1Full member
Istrian Democratic Youth (IDY)Klub mladih IDS-aIDSYouth1Full member
The Danish Social Liberal YouthRadikal Ungdom, RURVYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of DenmarkVenstres Ungdom (VU)VYouth1Full member
Estonian Reform Party YouthEesti Reformierakonna Noortekogu, ERPYREYouth1Full member
Centre Party StudentsKeskustan Opiskelijaliitto, KOLKESKStudents1Full member
Finnish Centre YouthSuomen Keskustanuoret, FCYKESKYouth1Full member
Swedish YouthSvensk Ungdom, SUSFPYouth1Full member
Young RadicalsJeunes Radicaux, JRMRYouth1Full member
Federal Association of Liberal Students GroupsBundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen, LHGFDPStudents1Full member
Young LiberalsJunge Liberale, JuLisFDPYouth1Full member
Young Liberals GreeceΕλεύθεροι Νέοι, ΕΛ.ΝΕ—Youth1Full member
Momentum TizenX-MomentumYouth1Full Member
Hungarian Liberal YouthLiFT – Liberális Fiatalok TársaságaLiberalisokYouth4Associate
Ógra Fianna Fáil-FFYouth1Full Member
UppreisnViðreisnYouth1Full Member
Youth Forum of AKRKosovoAKRYouth4Associate
Youth for DevelopmentJaunieši attīstībaiLAYouth1Full Member
Movement For! YouthPar! JauniešiemPar!Youth1Full Member
Lithuanian Liberal YouthLietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ—Youth1Full member
Young Democrats of LuxemburgJonk DemokratenPDYouth1Full member
Liberal-Democratic YouthLiberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeMLDPYouth1Full member
Liberal youth of MontenegroMladi Liberali Crne Gore, MLCGLPCGYouth1Full member
Liberal Youth of MoldovaPLYouth1Full member
Young DemocratsJonge Democraten, JDD66Youth1Full member
Youth Organisation Freedom and DemocracyJongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie, JOVDVVDYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of NorwayNorges Unge Venstre, NUVVYouth1Full member
Norwegian Liberal StudentsNorges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSFVStudents3Associate
Nowoczesna YouthMłodzi .Nowocześni.NYouth3Full member
Save Romania Union YouthUSR TineretUSRYouth4Associate
Vesna Youth Democratic MovementМолодёжное демократическое движения «Весна»—Youth1Full member
New Party Youth ForumForum mladih Nove strankeNovaYouth1Full member
PSG YouthOdbor mladih PSG-aPSGYouth4Associate
Freedom Movement YouthGibanje Svoboda MladiGSYouth1Full member
Young ProgressivesMladí progresívci, MPPSYouth1Full member
Young CitizensJóvenes Ciudadanos, JcsCsYouth1Full member
Nationalist Youth of CataloniaJoventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNCJUNTSYouth1Full member
Centre Party StudentsCenterstudenter, CSCStudents1Full member
Centre Party YouthCenterpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUFCYouth1Full member
Liberal Youth of SwedenLiberala ungdomsförbundet, LUFLYouth1Full member
Young Liberals of SwitzerlandJungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFSFDPYouth1Full member
Young Green Liberals of SwitzerlandJunge Grünliberale, jglpglpYouth4Full member
European Youth of UkraineЄвропейська молодь України, EMUEPUYouth1Full member
Liberal Democratic League of UkraineЛіберально-демократична ліга України, LDLU—Youth1Full member
Ze!MolodizhkaЗе!МолодіжкаSNYouth4Associate
Young LiberalsLDYouth1Full member
Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY)-LPGYouth1Full member
Alliance Youth-Alliance PartyYouth4Associate

Former member organizations include Civil Forum, the Armenian ANC Youth, Liberal Youth of Moldova, UDI jeunes and Young Liberals of Andorra.

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

References

  1. ^ "Ines Holzegger at LYMEC"
  2. ^ "About". LYMEC. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. ^ "Our Members". European Youth Forum. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  4. ^ Haute, Emilie van & Close, Caroline (2019-02-12). Liberal Parties in Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-24548-7.
  5. ^ Corijn, Lex & Krings, Thomas (2004). Liberalism in the European Union: The Way Forward. BWV, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-8305-0601-0.
  6. ^ "Pan-European youth group recognizes Taiwan's independence". Taiwan News. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2022-05-22.