European Liberal Youth is an international organisation of Liberal

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 youth movements - mostly the youth wings of members of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum

European Youth Forum

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 (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe

Council of Europe

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 and European Union

European Union

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 areas and works closely with both these bodies.

LYMEC is the official youth-wing of the ELDR Party, and holds separate votes in the statutory bodies of the ELDR Party. It is normally known as LYMEC - European Youth, since it has members in many nations in Europe. One of the most notable exceptions is France.

European Liberal Youth's Bureau (2010-2012)

• Alexander Plahr, President (Germany)
• Mette Lykke Nielsen, Vice President (Denmark)
• Matilda Flemming, Treasurer (Finland)
• Vedrana Gujic (Croatia)
• Claudia Benchescu (Romania)
• Jeroen Diepemaat (The Netherlands)
• Mireia Huerta (Catalonia)

Member organizations

Organization	Country	Status
Centre Party Students (Centerstudenter, CS)	Sweden	1Full member
Centre Party Students (Keskustan Opiskelijaliitto, KOL)	Finland	1Full member
Centre Party Youth (Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUF)	Sweden	1Full member
Finnish Centre Youth (Suomen Keskustanuoret, FCY)	Finland	1Full member
Civil Forum Civil Forum Belarusian Liberal Youth Organization "Civil Forum" is the only Belarusian liberal youth organization and the only democratic youth organization with the legal status on national level...  (Gramadzianski Forum)	Belarus	1Full member
Civil Youth Alliance (CYA)	Serbia	1Full member
Croatian People's Party Youth (Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke - Liberalni Demokrati)	Independent State of Croatia	1Full member
CTLiberali	Moldova	2Candidate member
Young Republicans (The Youth Movement of Republican Party of Georgia)	Georgia (country)	2Candidate member
Armenian National Movement Youth	Armenia	2Candidate member
Estonian Centre Party Youth (Eesti Keskerakonna Noortekogu, YAECP)	Estonia	1Full member
Estonian Reform Party Youth (ERPY)	Estonia	1Full member
Federation of Liberal Students (Fédération des Etudiants Libéraux, FEL)	Belgium	1Full member
Flemish Liberal Students' Association (Liberaal Vlaams Studenten Verbond, LVSV)	Belgium	1Full member
Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY)	Gibraltar	1Full member
Giovani dell'Italia dei Valori (GIV)	Italy	1Full member
Italian Liberal Youth (Gioventù Liberale Italiana, GLI)	Italy	1Full member
Mladi hrvatski liberali  (MHL)	Independent State of Croatia	2Full member
Istrian Democratic Youth (IDY)	Independent State of Croatia	2Full member
JuLis Austria	Austria	1Full member
Klubs LC	Latvia	1Full member
Kosovo Young Liberals (Liberalët e Rinj te Kosovës, LRK)	Republic of Kosovo	1Full member
L²	Belgium	2Candidate member
Liberal Centre Youth (JLC)	Lithuania	1Full member
Liberal Youth	United Kingdom	1Full member
Liberal Generation	Belarus	2Candidate member
Liberal Student Clubs (Cluburile Studenţeşti Liberale, CSL)	Kingdom of Romania	1Full member
Liberal Students of Denmark Liberal Students of Denmark The Liberal Students of Denmark is a political student organization, with chapters in the major Danish university cities of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg. It was founded November 14, 1910, making it one of Denmark's oldest student organizations...  (Danmarks Liberale Studerende, DLS)	Denmark	1Full member
Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (LHG) Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (LHG) The Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups is a student association in the Federal Republic of Germany supporting liberal political issues....  (Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen, LHG)	Germany	1Full member
Liberal Students' Association (Liberalna Studentska Asocijacija, LSA)	Independent State of Croatia	1Full member
Liberal Youth Assembly of the National Movement Simeon the Second	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1Full member
Liberal Youth of Sweden (Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF)	Sweden	1Full member
Liberal Youth of the XXI Century (Joventuts Liberals del Segle XXI, JJLL)	Spain (Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an... )	2Candidate member
Liberal Youth of the XXI Century (Juventud Liberales del Siglo XXI, JJLL)	Spain	2Candidate member
The Ukrainian Youth Sobor	Ukraine	2Candidate member
Liberal-Democratic Youth (Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeM)	Republic of Macedonia	1Full member
Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lietuvos Liberalus Jaunimas, LLJ)	Lithuania	1Full member
Mladí Liberálové - Repeal	Czech Republic	4Full member
National Liberal Youth (Tineretul National Liberal, TNL)	Kingdom of Romania	1Full member
New Generation New Generation "New Generation" is the third and final single from the album Dog Man Star by Suede, released on January 30, 1995, on Nude Records. It is the first single to feature music by new guitarist Richard Oakes. Though the title track is written by Anderson and departed guitarist Bernard Butler, Oakes...	Hungary	1Full member
Norwegian Liberal Students (Norges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF)	Norway	3Observer
OT AMN - Youth of the Social Liberal Party	Moldova	2Full member
Project: Poland Association (Stowarzyszenie Projekt: Polska, P:P)	Poland	1Full member
Radical Democratic Youth Federation (RDYF)	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1Full member
Radical Youth of 1994 Radikal Ungdom Radikal Ungdom af 1994 , is the official youth organization of the Danish political party Det Radikale Venstre. The organization was founded on 30 April 1994 after the former youth organization Radikal Ungdom was dissolved because of a case of fraud with funding from the Danish Youth Council...  (Radikal Ungdom, RU)	Denmark	1Full member
Rina Liberal Demokrate (LDRS)	Albania	1Full member
Swedish Youth Svensk Ungdom rf. Svensk Ungdom is a political youth organization in Finland. It is the youth wing of the Swedish People's Party of Finland. The organisation claims 4,500 members. It was founded in 1943....  (Svensk Ungdom, SU)	Finland	1Full member
Venstres Ungdom Venstres Ungdom Venstres Ungdom is the youth wing of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre. The ideology of Venstre is centre-right...  (VU)	Denmark	1Full member
Young Alliance (YA)	United Kingdom	1Full member
Young ATI - Canaries Coalition (Jóvenes de ATI (Agrupacion Tinerfena de Independientes) - Coalición Canaria)	Spain	2Candidate member
Young Democrats Jonge Democraten The Young Democrats is the social-liberal youth organisation of the Netherlands, founded in 1984. With over 5000 members it's the largest non-Christian political youth organisation of the Netherlands...  (Jonge Democraten, JD)	Netherlands	1Full member
Young Liberal Democracy (Mlada Liberalna Demokracija, MLD)	Slovenia	1Full member
Young Liberals Young Liberals (Germany) The Young Liberals , are a political youth organization in Germany. It is the financially and organisationally independent youth wing of the Free Democratic Party . The JuLis have about 11,500 members, making it the third largest youth organisation in Germany.-Political Profile:The current policy...  (Junge Liberale, JuLis)	Germany	1Full member
Young Liberals (Mladi Liberali)	Slovakia	1Full member
Democratic and Liberal Youth Democratic and Liberal Youth The Democratic and Liberal Youth is the youth wing of the Democratic Party of Luxembourg.It is a member of European Liberal Youth, the youth wing of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party....  (Jeunesse Démocrate et Libérale, JDL)	Luxembourg	1Full member
Young Liberals of Andorra (Joventut Liberal d'Andorra, JLA)	Andorra	1Full member
Young Liberals of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mladi Liberali Bosne i Hercegovine, MLBiH)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1Full member
Young Liberals of Norway (Norges Unge Venstre, NUV)	Norway	1Full member
Young Nationalists of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC)	Catalonia	1Full member
Young Progressive Democrats Young Progressive Democrats The Young Progressive Democrats were the youth wing of the Irish political party, the Progressive Democrats. Weakened after the party's poor showing in the 1997 elections, they were completely reformed on a national basis after the 2002 general election. A special conference of the Young...  (YPD)		1Full member
Young Swiss Liberals (Jungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFS)	Switzerland	1Full member
Young VLD (Jong-VLD)	Belgium	1Full member
Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom (YMRF, Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi)	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1Full member
Youth of MR (Jeunes du MR)	Belgium	1Full member
Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy The Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy , officially abbreviated as JOVD, is one of the oldest political youth organisations in the Netherlands. It is a liberal organisation for people aged between fourteen and thirty one...  (Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie, JOVD)	Netherlands	1Full member

External links

• European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) official site
• United 4 Belarus campaign campaign website run by LDYS (UK), raising attention to human rights abuses by the Lukashenka regime and campaigning for a free and fair election for the 2006 Belarusian presidential election
  Belarusian presidential election, 2006
  Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 March 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, who received 84.4% of the vote. However, western observers deemed the elections rigged...
  
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