European Liberal Youth

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political youth organization 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

LYMEC holds full members status to the European Youth Forum (YFJ).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was then known as Liberal and Radical Youth Movement of the European Communities.

Member organisations

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Name in English	Name in original language	Country	Mother party	Type	Status
JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS	JUNOS – Junge liberale NEOS	Template:AUT	NEOS	Youth	1Full member
Musavat Youth Organization		Template:AZE	Musavat	Youth	4Associate
Youth Bloc	Moladzevy blok	Template:BLR		Youth	4Associate
Young Liberals	nl:Jongliberalen	Template:BEL	Open Vld	Youth	1Full member
Federation of Liberal Students	Fédération des Etudiants Libéraux, FEL	Template:BEL	—	Students	1Full member
Youth of MR	Jeunes MR	Template:BEL	MR	Youth	1Full member
Forum Mladih Naša stranka	Youth forum of Naša stranka	Template:BIH	Naša stranka	Youth	1Full member
Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom (YMRF)	Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi	Template:BGR	DPS	Youth	1Full member
Young Croatian Liberals	Mladi hrvatski liberali, MHL	Template:HRV	HSLS	Youth	1Full member
Croatian People's Party Youth	Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke – Liberalni Demokrati, mHNS	Template:HRV	HNS	Youth	1Full member
Istrian Democratic Youth (IDY)	Klub mladih IDS-a	Template:HRV	IDS	Youth	1Full member
The Danish Social Liberal Youth	Radikal Ungdom, RU	Template:DNK	RV	Youth	1Full member
Young Liberals of Denmark	Venstres Ungdom (VU)	Template:DNK	V	Youth	1Full member
Estonian Reform Party Youth	Eesti Reformierakonna Noortekogu, ERPY	Template:EST	RE	Youth	1Full member
Centre Party Students	Keskustan Opiskelijaliitto, KOL	Template:FIN	KESK	Students	1Full member
Finnish Centre Youth	Suomen Keskustanuoret, FCY	Template:FIN	KESK	Youth	1Full member
Swedish Youth	Svensk Ungdom, SU	Template:FIN	SFP	Youth	1Full member
Young Radicals	Jeunes Radicaux, JR	Template:FRA	MR	Youth	1Full member
Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups	Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen, LHG	Template:DEU	FDP	Students	1Full member
Young Liberals	Junge Liberale, JuLis	Template:DEU	FDP	Youth	1Full member
Young Liberals Greece	Ελεύθεροι Νέοι, ΕΛ.ΝΕ	Template:GRC	—	Youth	1Full member
Momentum TizenX	-	Template:HUN	Momentum	Youth	1Full Member
Hungarian Liberal Youth	LiFT – Liberális Fiatalok Társasága	Template:HUN	Liberalisok	Youth	4Associate
Ógra Fianna Fáil	-	Template:IRL	FF	Youth	1Full Member
Uppreisn		Template:ISL	Viðreisn	Youth	1Full Member
Youth Forum of AKR		Template:Flagicon Kosovo	AKR	Youth	4Associate
Youth for Development	Jaunieši attīstībai	Template:LVA	LA	Youth	1Full Member
Movement For! Youth	Par! Jauniešiem	Template:LVA	Par!	Youth	1Full Member
Lithuanian Liberal Youth	Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ	Template:LTU	—	Youth	1Full member
Young Democrats of Luxemburg	Jonk Demokraten	Template:LUX	PD	Youth	1Full member
Liberal-Democratic Youth	Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeM	Template:MKD	LDP	Youth	1Full member
Liberal youth of Montenegro	Mladi Liberali Crne Gore, MLCG	Template:MNE	LPCG	Youth	1Full member
Liberal Youth of Moldova		Template:MDA	PL	Youth	1Full member
Young Democrats	Jonge Democraten, JD	Template:NLD	D66	Youth	1Full member
Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy	Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie, JOVD	Template:NLD	VVD	Youth	1Full member
Young Liberals of Norway	Norges Unge Venstre, NUV	Template:NOR	V	Youth	1Full member
Norwegian Liberal Students	Norges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF	Template:NOR	V	Students	3Associate
Nowoczesna Youth	Młodzi .Nowocześni	Template:POL	.N	Youth	3Full member
Save Romania Union Youth	USR Tineret	Template:ROU	USR	Youth	4Associate
Vesna Youth Democratic Movement	Молодёжное демократическое движения «Весна»	Template:RUS	—	Youth	1Full member
New Party Youth Forum	Forum mladih Nove stranke	Template:SRB	Nova	Youth	1Full member
PSG Youth	Odbor mladih PSG-a	Template:SRB	PSG	Youth	4Associate
Freedom Movement Youth	Gibanje Svoboda Mladi	Template:SVN	GS	Youth	1Full member
Young Progressives	Mladí progresívci, MP	Template:SVK	PS	Youth	1Full member
Young Citizens	Jóvenes Ciudadanos, Jcs	Template:ESP	Cs	Youth	1Full member
Nationalist Youth of Catalonia	Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC	Template:ESP	JUNTS	Youth	1Full member
Centre Party Students	Centerstudenter, CS	Template:SWE	C	Students	1Full member
Centre Party Youth	Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUF	Template:SWE	C	Youth	1Full member
Liberal Youth of Sweden	Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF	Template:SWE	L	Youth	1Full member
Young Liberals of Switzerland	Jungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFS	Template:CHE	FDP	Youth	1Full member
Young Green Liberals of Switzerland	Junge Grünliberale, jglp	Template:CHE	glp	Youth	4Full member
European Youth of Ukraine	Європейська молодь України, EMU	Template:UKR	EPU	Youth	1Full member
Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine	Ліберально-демократична ліга України, LDLU	Template:UKR	—	Youth	1Full member
Ze!Molodizhka	Зе!Молодіжка	Template:UKR	SN	Youth	4Associate
Young Liberals		Template:GBR	LD	Youth	1Full member
Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY)	-	Template:GBR	LPG	Youth	1Full member
Alliance Youth	-	Template:GBR	Alliance Party	Youth	4Associate

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• International Federation of Liberal Youth
• ALDE Party
• Young Democrats for Europe

External links

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