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Institution | see member list |
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Location | Mundo-Madou. Avenue des Arts 7/8, 1210 Brussels, Belgium |
Established | 1982 |
President | Horia-Șerban Onița |
Vice presidents | Iris Kimizoglu, Tanguy Guibert |
Members | 44 (40 Countries) |
Affiliations | European Youth Forum |
Executive Committee | see executive committee |
Website | http://www.esu-online.org/ |
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The European Students' Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 44 national unions of students from 40 countries, representing almost 20 million students.[1][2] A consultative member of the Bologna Process, ESU is also a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ).[3]
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Where, is the European Union? Obviously here somewhere, but much like the the European continent itself, which has an unclear boundary, the European Union also has some fuzzy edges to it. To start, the official members of the European Union are, in decreasing order of population: * Germany * France * The United Kingdom * Italy * Spain * Poland * Romania * The Kingdom of the Netherlands * Greece * Belgium * Portugal * The Czech Republic * Hungary * Sweden * Austria * Bulgaria * Denmark * Slovakia * Finland * Ireland * Croatia * Lithuania * Latvia * Slovenia * Estonia * Cyprus * Luxembourg * Malta The edges of the EU will probably continue to expand further out as there are other countries in various stages of trying to become a member. How exactly the European Union works is hideously complicated and a story for another time, but for this video you need know only three things: 1. Countries pay membership dues and 2. Vote on laws they all must follow and 3. Citizens of member countries are automatically European Union citizens as well This last means that if you're a citizen of any of these countries you are free to live and work or retire in any of the others. Which is nice especially if you think your country is too big or too small or too hot or too cold. The European Union gives you options. By the way, did you notice how all three of these statements have asterisks attached to this unhelpful footnote? Well, get used to it: Europe loves asterisks that add exceptions to complicated agreements. These three, for example, point us toward the first bit of border fuzziness with Norway, Iceland and little Liechtenstein. None of which are in the European Union but if you're a EU citizen you can live in these countries and Norwegians, Icelanders, or Liechtensteiner(in)s can can live in yours. Why? In exchange for the freedom of movement of people they have to pay membership fees to the European Union -- even though they aren't a part of it and thus don't get a say its laws that they still have to follow. This arrangement is the European Economic Area and it sounds like a terrible deal, were it not for that asterisk which grants EEA but not EU members a pass on some areas of law notably farming and fishing -- something a country like Iceland might care quite a lot about running their own way. Between the European Union and the European Economic Area the continent looks mostly covered, with the notable exception of Switzerland who remains neutral and fiercely independent, except for her participation in the Schengen Area. If you're from a country that keeps her borders extremely clean and / or well-patrolled, the Schengen Area is a bit mind-blowing because it's an agreement between countries to take a 'meh' approach to borders. In the Schengen Area international boundaries look like this: no border officers or passport checks of any kind. You can walk from Lisbon to Tallinn without identification or need to answer the question: "business or pleasure?". For Switzerland being part of Schengen but not part of the European Union means that non-swiss can check in any time they like, but they can never stay. This koombaya approach to borders isn't appreciated by everyone in the EU: most loudly, the United Kingdom and Ireland who argue that islands are different. Thus to get onto these fair isles, you'll need a passport and a good reason. Britannia's reluctance to get fully involved with the EU brings us to the next topic: money. The European Union has its own fancy currency, the Euro used by the majority, but not all of the European Union members. This economic union is called the Eurozone and to join a country must first reach certain financial goals -- and lying about reaching those goals is certainly not something anyone would do. Most of the non-Eurozone members when they meet the goals, will ditch their local currency in favor of the Euro but three of them Denmark, Sweden and, of course, the United Kingdom, have asterisks attracted to the Euro sections of the treaty giving them a permanent out-out. And weirdly, four tiny European countries Andorra, San Marino, Monaco & Vatican City have an asterisk giving them the reverse: the right print and use Euros as their money, despite not being in the European Union at all. So that's the big picture: there's the EU, which makes all the rules, the Eurozone inside it with a common currency, the European Economic Area outside of it where people can move freely and the selective Schengen, for countries who think borders just aren't worth the hassle. As you can see, there's some strange overlaps with these borders, but we're not done talking about complications by a long shot one again, because empire. So Portugal and Spain have islands from their colonial days that they've never parted with: these are the Madeira and Canary Islands are off the coast of Africa and the Azores well into the Atlantic. Because these islands are Spanish and Portuguese they're part of the European Union as well. Adding a few islands to the EU's borders isn't a big deal until you consider France: the queen of not-letting go. She still holds onto a bunch of islands in the Caribbean, Reunion off the coast of Madagascar and French Guiana in South America. As far as France is concerned, these are France too, which single handedly extends the edge-to-edge distance of the European Union across a third of Earth's circumference. Collectively, these bits of France, Spain and Portugal are called the Outermost Regions -- and they're the result of the simple answer to empire: just keep it. On the other hand, there's the United Kingdom, the master of maintaining complicated relationships with her quasi-former lands -- and she's by no means alone in this on such an empire-happy continent. The Netherlands and Denmark and France (again) all have what the European Union calls Overseas Territories: they're not part of the European Union, instead they're a bottomless well of asterisks due to their complicated relationships with both with the European Union and their associated countries which makes it hard to say anything meaningful about them as a group but... in general European Union law doesn't apply to these places, though in general the people who live there are European Union citizens because in general they have the citizenship of their associated country, so in general they can live anywhere in the EU they want but in general other European Union citizens can't freely move to these territories. Which makes these places a weird, semipermeable membrane of the European Union proper and the final part we're going to talk about in detail even though there are still many, more one-off asterisks you might stumble upon, such as: the Isle of Man or those Spanish Cities in North Africa or Gibraltar, who pretends to be part of Southwest England sometimes, or that region in Greece where it's totally legal to ban women, or Saba & friends who are part of the Netherlands and so should be part of the EU, but aren't, or the Faeroe Islands upon which while citizens of Denmark live they lose their EU citizenship, and on and on it goes. These asterisks almost never end, but this video must.
History
On 17 October 1982, seven National Unions of Students (NUSes) from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Iceland, France, Denmark, Norway and Austria established the Western European Students Information Bureau (WESIB) at a gathering in Stockholm.[4] In February 1990, WESIB dropped the "W" to become the European Student Information Bureau (ESIB) following the political upheaval in Europe at the time. In 1992 the name was changed yet again into the National Union of Students in Europe. This reflected the recognition of the changing mission of ESIB from being a pure information-sharing organisation into a political organisation that represented the views of students in European institutions. In May 2007, the current name, European Students' Union (ESU), was introduced.
Over the years, the office of ESU has moved around Europe and was first hosted by the member NUSes. Following the establishment of WESIB in Stockholm, the office was based in the SFS Office in Sweden from 1982 until 1985, funded by a grant by the Swedish Government. By 1985 the grant was running low, and so NUS UK offered to host WESIB in their London headquarters. In 1988 the office moved to the ÖH offices in Vienna and remained there until 2000 when it was decided that for reasons of being near the European institutions, the office should move to Brussels and was hosted by VVS.
Structures
The highest ESU structure is the Board Meeting, bringing together representatives from all the National Unions of Students it represents. The Board Meeting sets the organisation's policy direction and elects members to the executive committee to run the organisation.
Executive committee
The executive committee (EC) is elected for a one-year term at the annual Board Meeting by representatives of the member organisations, with each country (not organisation) given two votes. The president and vice-presidents together make up the presidency of ESU, and are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organisation along with the seven general members of the EC.[5]
Title | Name | Country | |
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Presidency | President | Horia Onița | ![]() |
Vice Presidents | Iris Kimizoglu | ![]() | |
Tanguy Guibert | ![]() | ||
Executive Committee | Lana Par | ![]() | |
Ana Gvritishvili | ![]() | ||
Andrej Pirjevec | ![]() | ||
Ida Flemmich | ![]() | ||
Magnus við Streym | ![]() | ||
Tamara Ciobanu | ![]() | ||
Arno Schrooyen | ![]() |
Member organisations
Country | English Name | Local Name | ESU Abbrev.[nb 1] |
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Armenian National Students Association | Հայ ուսանողական ազգային ասոցիացիա | ANSA |
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Austrian Students' Association | Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft | ÖH |
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Belarusian Students' Association | Задзіночанне Беларускіх Студэнтаў | BSA |
Brotherhood of Organizers of Student Self-Government | БОСС | BOSS | |
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Federation of French-speaking Students | Fédération Des Etudiants Francophones | FEF |
Flemish Union of Students | Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten | VVS | |
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Students' Union Republic of Srpska | Unija studenata Republike Srpske | SURS |
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National Assembly of Student's Councils in the Republic of Bulgaria | Национално представителство на студентските съвети в Република България | NASC |
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Croatian Students' Council | Hrvatski Studentski Zbor | CSC |
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Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions | Pagkypria Omospondia Foititikon Enoseon | POFEN |
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Student Chamber of the Council of Higher Education Institutions | Studentská komora Rady vysokých škol | SKRVS |
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National Union of Students in Denmark | Danske Studerendes Fællesråd | DSF |
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Federation of Estonian Student Unions | Eesti Üliõpilaskondade Liit | EÜL |
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Faroese National Union of Students | Meginfelag Føroyskra Studenta | MFS |
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National Union of University Students in Finland | Suomen Ylioppilaskuntien Liitto, Finlands studentkårers förbund | SYL, FSF |
Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences | Suomen opiskelijakuntien liitto, Finlands studerandekårers förbund | SAMOK | |
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National Federation of Student's Associations | Fédération des Associations Générales d'Étudiants | FAGE |
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Georgian Student's Organizations Association | Georgian Student's Organizations Association | GSOA |
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Free Association of Student Unions | freier zusammenschluss von student*innenschaften | fzs |
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National Union of Students in Hungary | Hallgatói Önkormányzatok Országos Konferenciája | HÖOK |
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National Union of Icelandic Students | Landssamtök íslenskra stúdenta | LÍS |
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Union of Students in Ireland | Union of Students in Ireland, Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn | USI |
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National Union of Israeli Students | התאחדות הסטודנטים בישראל تحاد الطلاب في إسرائيل |
NUIS |
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Union of University Students | Unione degli Universitari | UdU |
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Student Union of Latvia | Latvijas Studentu apvienība | LSA |
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Lithuanian National Union of Students | Lietuvos Studentu Sajunga | LSS |
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National Union of Students in Luxembourg | Union Nationale des Etudiant(e)s du Luxembourg | UNEL |
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University Students' Council | Kunsill Studenti Universitarji | KSU |
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Student Alliance of Moldova | Alianta studentilor din Moldova | ASM |
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Student Parliament of the University of Montenegro | Studentski Parlament Univerziteta Crne Gore | SPUM |
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Dutch National Students Association | Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg | ISO |
Dutch Student Union | Landelijke Studentenvakbond | LSVb | |
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National Union of Students' in Norway | Norsk studentorganisasjon | NSO |
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Students' Parliament of Poland | Parlament Studentów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | PSRP |
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Academic Forum for Information and External Representation | Fórum Académico para Informação e Representação Externa | FAIRe |
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National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania | Alianta Nationala a Organizatiilor Studentesti din Romania | ANOSR |
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Students Conference of Serbian Universities | Studentska konferencija univerzitetâ Srbije | SKONUS |
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Student Council for Higher Education | Študentská Rada Vysokých Škôl | SRVS |
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Slovene Student Union | Studenska Organizacija Slovenije | ŠOS |
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Coordinator of Student Representatives of Public Universities | Coordinadora de Representantes de Estudiantes de Universidades Públicas | CREUP |
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Swedish National Union of Students | Sveriges Förenade Studentkårer | SFS |
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VSS-UNES-USU | Verband Schweizer Studierendenschaften Union des Etudiant-e-s de Suisse Unione Svizzera degli Universitari |
VSS-UNES-USU |
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Ukrainian Association of Student Self-government | Українська асоціація студентського самоврядування | UAS |
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National Union of Students | NUS-UK |
Candidate members
Candidate-members are NUSes that have submitted an application of membership to ESU but have not yet been granted member status by the Board Meeting. Candidate-members retain their status for one year and are subject to a "study visit" by ESU to ensure they meet membership criteria.
Country | English Name | Local Name | ESU Abbrev.[nb 1] |
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National Students’ Assembly | Државно Студентско Собрание | NSA |
Associate organisations
Associate members of ESU are pan-European and international student organisations that have similar goals to ESU. The criteria for associate membership require the organisation to be democratic and student-run, have either students or NUSes as members, and represent students from at least 8 countries that are parties to the European Cultural Convention. Associate organizations can attend and speak at all ESU meetings, but cannot vote at Board Meetings.[6]
- Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA)
- European Dental Students Association (EDSA)
- European Deaf Students' Union (EDSU)
- European Nursing Students Association (ENSA)
- European Medical Students' Association (EMSA)
- European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA)
- European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS)
- Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisation (FEMYSO)
- International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
- International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA)
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO)
- International Students of History Association (ISHA)
- Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU)
List of Executive Representatives
Source:[7]
Year (Mandate) | President | Country | Vice Presidents | Executive Committee | Coordinators (appointed by the executive committee) |
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2023–2024 | Horia-Șerban Onița | ![]() |
Iris Kimizoglu ![]() |
Joanna Maruszczak (until October), Lana Par (substituting Joanna Maruszczak), Andrej Pirjevec, Ana Gvritishvili, Arno Schrooyen, Ida Flemmich, Tamara Ciobanu, Tór Marni Weihe (until October), Magnus við Streym (substituting Tór Marni Weihe) | Emily MacPherson, Bastien Degardins, Lauren Pray |
Tanguy Guibert ![]() | |||||
2022–2023 | Matteo Vespa | ![]() |
Katrīna Sproģe ![]() |
Tanguy Guibert, Iris Kimizoglu, Andrej Pirjevec, Emily MacPherson, Tór Marni Weihe, Oraz Myradov, Ana Gvritishvili | Antoine Bakhash, Joanna Maruszczak, Sandi Rizvić |
Horia-Șerban Onița ![]() | |||||
2021–2022 | Martina Darmanin | ![]() |
Zamzam Ibrahim ![]() |
Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Meral Nur, Stanimir Boyadzhiev | Katrīna Sproģe, Borna Nemet, Anastasia Kreis |
Jakub Grodecki ![]() | |||||
2021 | Martina Darmanin | ![]() |
Zamzam Ibrahim ![]() |
Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Ronja Hesse, Otto Rosenlund | Vicky Reichling, Borna Nemet, Carmen Romero (until June), Katrīna Sproģe (substituting Carmen Romero) |
Jakub Grodecki ![]() | |||||
2019–2020 | Gohar Hovhannisyan
(Oct.-Dec. 2020) |
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Martina Darmanin ![]() |
Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud, Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, | Martin Paluoja, Daniel Lindblom (until November), Carmen Romero (substituting Daniel Lindblom) |
Sebastian Berger ![]() | |||||
Robert Napier
(until Sept. 2020) |
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Gohar Hovhannisyan ![]() |
Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud | Martina Darmanin, Daniel Lindblom, Martin Paluoja | |
Sebastian Berger ![]() | |||||
2018–2019 | Adam Gajek | ![]() |
Katrina Koppel ![]() |
Daniel Altma, Joāo Martins, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Monika Skadborg, Sebastian Berger, Ursa Leban, Yulia Dobyshuk | Rob Henthorn, Hélène Mariaud, Marie Desrousseaux, (1st part of mandate), Martina Darmanin (substituting Marie Desrousseaux) |
Robert Napier ![]() | |||||
2017–2018 | Helge Schwitters | ![]() |
Caroline Sundberg ![]() |
Chiara Patricolo, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Filip Prihoda, Gohar Hovhannisyan, João Pedro Estêvão Martins, Katrina Koppel, Yolanda Trujillo Adriá | Simona Gamonte, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Henthorn |
Adam Gajek ![]() | |||||
2016–2017 | Lea Meister | ![]() |
Līva Vikmane ![]() |
Beth Button, Gramoz Shpendi, Adam Gajek, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Frederik Bach, Chiara Patricolo, Milana Jankovic (1st part of mandate), Helga Lind Mar (substituting Milana Jankovic) | Melanie Fröhlich, Filip Prihoda, Helge Schwitters |
Blazhe Todorovski ![]() | |||||
2015–2016 | Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares | ![]() |
Lea Meister ![]() |
Liva Vikmane, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Cristi Popescu, Rebecka Stenkvist, Tijana Isoski, Viktor Grønne | Melanie Fröhlich, Chiara Patricolo, Martin Retelj |
Blazhe Todorovski ![]() | |||||
2014–2015 | Elisabeth Gehrke | ![]() |
Erin Nordal ![]() |
Blazhe Todorovski, Maksimas Milta, Cat O’Driscoll, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Lea Meister, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Tijana Isoski | Melanie Fröhlich, William Benn, Viktor Grønne |
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares ![]() | |||||
2013–2014 | Rok Primozic | ![]() |
Elisabeth Gehrke ![]() |
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares, Erin Nordal, Elin Blomqvist, Nevena Vuksanovic, Blazhe Todorovski, Maroš Korman, Maksim Milto, Michael Tolentino Frederiksen | Gabriela Bergan, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Aengus Ó Maoláin (1st part of mandate), Melanie Fröhlich (substituting Aengus Ó Maoláin) |
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares ![]() | |||||
2012–2013 | Karina Ufert | ![]() |
Taina Moisander ![]() |
Fernando M.Galan Palomares, Florian Kaiser, Blazhe Todorovski, Tinja Zerzer, Nevena Vuksanovic, Elisabeth Gehrke, Liliya Ivanova | Aengus Ó Maoláin, Karl Agius, Brikena Xhomaqi (until November 2012), Gabriela Bergan (substituting Brikena Xhomaqi) |
Rok Primozic ![]() | |||||
2011–2012 | Allan Päll | ![]() |
Rok Primozic ![]() |
Nevena Vuksanovic, Kaloyan Kostadinov | |
2010–2011 | Bert Vandenkendelaere | ![]() |
Rasa Cincyte ![]() |
Robert Santa, Karina Ufert | |
2009–2010 | Ligia Deca | ![]() |
Allan Päll ![]() |
Andrea Blättler, Alma Joensen, Bert Vandenkendelaere | |
2008–2009 | Ligia Deca | ![]() |
Anita Lice ![]() |
Bruno Carapinha, Alma Joensen, Olav Øye | |
2007 | Koen Geven | ![]() |
Anela Beso, Bartlomiej Banaszak, Lara Lena Tischler, Maria Noleryd, Matthew Tabone, Viorel Proteasa, Rossella Iraci Capuccinello | ||
2006 | Justin Fenech | ![]() |
Maher Tekaya, Sime Visic, Marja-Liisa Alop, Tatsiana Khoma, Victor Vidilles, Janja Komljenovic | ||
2005 | Vanja Ivosevic | ![]() |
Öyvind Reidar Bakke, Justin Fenech, Marzia Foroni, Katja Kamsek, Jean-Baptiste Prévost, Marija Stambolieva | ||
2004 | Johan Almqvist | ![]() |
Marzia Foroni, Lene Henriksen, Vanja Ivosevic, Péter Puskás, Robin Semal, Chris Weavers | ||
2003 | Stefan Bienefeld | ![]() |
Johan Almqvist, Mads Aspelin, Nikki Heerens, Vanja Ivosevic, Marija Mitrovic, Bettina Schwarzmayr | ||
2002 | Martina Vukasovic | ![]() |
Petra Arsic, Stefan Bienefeld, John C. Friend-Pereira, Chris O’Sullivan | ||
2001 | Jacob Henricson | ![]() |
Stefan Bienefeld, Ante Matic, Marlous Veldt, Martina Vukasovic | ||
2000 | Remi Bordu | ![]() |
Polona Car, Aleksandar Dimiskov, Magne Hustavenes, Taru Liira | ||
1999 | Antti Pentikäinen | ![]() |
Remi Bourdu, Anja Kovacs, Marieke Rietbergen, Uros Vajgl | ||
1998 | Peter Sondgaard | ![]() |
Antti Pentikäinen, Judith Sargentini, Emese Szitasi, Hilde W. Wibe | ||
1997 | Agnieszka Bolimowska | ![]() |
Malcolm Byrne, Outi Hannula, Helena Randerborg, Reuben Seychell | ||
1994 - 1996 | Stephen Grogan | ![]() |
Prior to 1997 ESIB was Chaired by a NUS instead of an individual, though its first director was employed in 1994.
Year | Union | Country |
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1996 | Hökosz | ![]() |
1995 | SYL | ![]() |
1994 | SYL | ![]() |
1993 | SFS | ![]() |
1992 | SFS | ![]() |
1991 | VVS-UNES | ![]() |
1990 | NUS (UK) | ![]() |
1989 | NUS (UK) | ![]() |
1988 | ÖH | ![]() |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process". www.ehea.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "About". European Students' Union. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Klemencic, Manja (2015). "European Students in the Bologna Process". International higher education (50). ISSN 1084-0613.
- ^ "The European Students' Union". www.ecbe.eu. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Elected representatives". Structures. European Students' Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Associate members". About us. European Students' Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "ESU History". ESU Online. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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