Young Democrats for Europe

Young Democrats for Europe (YDE)

Formation	2007 (2007)
Type	Centrism Pro-Europeanism
Headquarters	Rue de l'Industrie 4 1000 Brussels, Belgium
President	Asier Areitio
Secretary General	Alice Bernard-Montini
Treasurer	Sergio Medina Hernandez
Spokesperson	Sergio Soares
Parent organisation	European Democratic Party (since 2019)[1]
Affiliations	Alliance of Democrats
Website	youngdemocrats.eu

The Young Democrats for Europe (officially (in French) Jeunes Démocrates Européens) is the youth wing of the European Democratic Party. The seat of the organisation is Brussels.

History

It was announced on 9 May 2007, the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, and formally established at its first Conference on 22 September 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The founding members are the youth wings of the seven EDP founding parties:

• Youth of the Daisy - Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (Italy)
• Young Democrats - Democratic Movement (France)
• Alternativa Giovanile - Popular Alliance (San Marino)
• Europaiko Komma (Cyprus)
• Jaunimo organizacija DARBAS (Lithuania)
• Cesta Změny (Czech Republic)
• Euzko Gaztedi (Basque Country)

Members^[2]

Full members

Country	Youth organisation	Mother Party	Member
Croatia	Youth of NS Reformisti	People's Party - Reformists	since 2014
France	Jeunes Démocrates	Democratic Movement	founding member
Germany	Junge Freie Wähler	Free Voters	since 2017
Greece	Νεολαία Ένωσης Κεντρώων	Union of Centrists	since 2016
Italy	Youth of Italia Viva	Italia Viva	since 2021
Poland	Młodzi Liberałowie (previously Związek Młodzieży Demokratycznej)	Alliance of Democrats	since 2011
San Marino	Generazione Futura (previously Alternativa Giovanile)	Future Republic	founding member
Slovakia	Mladi Europania	European Democratic Party	since 2011
Spain /  Basque Country	Euzko Gaztedi Indarra	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	founding member
Spain /  Canary Islands	Jóvenes Nacionalistas	Canarian Coalition	since 2017
Romania	PRO Romania Tineret	PRO Romania Social Liberal	since 2020

Observing members

Country	Youth organisation	Mother Party	Member
Latvia	LRA Jaunatnes nodaļa	Latvian Association of Regions	since 2017

Former members

 Croatia

• Youth of National Forum (NF)

 Cyprus

• Neolaia Europaikou Kommatos - NEK (founding member) - 2007–2016
• Συμμαχία Νέων (Citizens' Alliance) - 2016–2021

 Czech Republic

• Cesta Změny (founding member)

 France

• UDI Jeunes (Union of Democrats and Independents, UDI) - 2014–2016

 Italy

• API Giovani (Alliance for Italy, API)
• Giovani della Margherita (Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, founding member)

 Lithuania

• Jaunimo organizacija DARBAS (founding member) - 2007–2014

 Slovakia

• Demokraticke Forum Mladeze (Democratic Slovakia Party) - 2011–2015

References

External links

• Press release of Young Democrats for Europe on the day of Europe
• Birth of the first young European democratic voice

This page was last edited on 31 May 2024, at 12:07