European Liberal Youth

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European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
President	Aloys Rigaut (since 2008)
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Rue Montoyer, 31/7 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Political Ideology	Liberalism
International Affiliation	International Federation of Liberal Youth
Mother Party	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Mother European Parliament Group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Blue and Orange
Website	www.lymec.org
See also	Politics of the EU Political parties Elections

European Liberal Youth (LYMEC - Liberal and Radical Youth Movement of the European Community) is an international organisation of Liberal 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 (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union 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 virtually every nation in Europe. One of the most notable exceptions is France.

European Liberal Youth's Bureau (2008-2010)

• Aloys Rigaut, President (Belgium)
• Alexander Plahr, Vice President (Germany)
• Sibel Redzheb, Treasurer (Bulgaria)
• Majda Zeherovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
• Olesja Selivanova (Finland)
• Mette Lykke Nielsen (Denmark)
• Dries Holvoet (Belgium)

[edit] 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
Centre Party Youth (Suomen Keskustanuoret, FCY)	Finland	1Full member
Civic Party of Montenegro	Montenegro	4Other
ALYA - Azerbaycan Liberal Gencler Assosasiyasi	Azerbaijan	4Other
Musavat Youth Organization	Azerbaijan	4Other
Civil Forum (Gramadzianski Forum)	Belarus	1Full member
Civil Forum Grodno	Belarus	4Other
Civil Youth Alliance (CYA)	Serbia	1Full member
Croatian People's Party Youth (Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke - Liberalni Demokrati)	Croatia	1Full member
CTLiberali	Moldova	2Candidate member
Young Republicans (The Youth Movement of Republican Party of Georgia)	Georgia	2Candidate member
Armenian National Movement Youth	Armenia	2Candidate member
Democratic Party Youth (Neolea Dimokratikou Kommatos, NEDIK)	Cyprus	4Other
Liberal Youth Association (The Young Liberals of Turkey)	Turkey	4Other
Young ARI	Turkey	4Other
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
Federation of Liberal Youth (Federazione dei Giovani Liberali, FdGLI)	Italy	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
LPP/LC Pirmie	Latvia	2Other
Initiative of South East European Liberals (ISEEL)	—International	4Other
International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY)	—International	4Other
Mladi hrvatski liberali (MHL)	Croatia	2Full member
Istrian Democratic Youth (IDY)	Croatia	2Full member
JuLis Austria	Austria	1Full member
Klubs LC	Latvia	1Full member
Kosovo Young Liberals (Liberalët e Rinj te Kosovës, LRK)	Kosovo	1Full member
League of Social-Liberal Youth	Moldova	4Other
Liberal Centre Youth (JLC)	Lithuania	1Full member
Liberal Youth	United Kingdom	1Full member
Liberal Generation	Belarus	2Candidate member
Liberal International	—International	4Other
Liberal Student Clubs (Cluburile Studenţeşti Liberale, CSL)	Romania	1Full member
Liberal Students of Denmark (Danmarks Liberale Studerende, DLS)	Denmark	1Full member
Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (LHG) (Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen, LHG)	Germany	1Full member
Liberal Students' Association (Liberalna Studentska Asocijacija, LSA)	Croatia	1Full member
Liberal Youth Assembly of the National Movement Simeon the Second	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)	2Candidate member
Liberal Youth of the XXI Century (Juventud Liberales del Siglo XXI, JJLL)	Spain	2Candidate member
Liberal Youth Union of Macedonia	Republic of Macedonia	4Other
The Ukrainian Youth Sobor	Ukraine	2Candidate member
European Youth of Ukraine	Ukraine	2Other
Liberal-Democratic Youth (Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeM)	Republic of Macedonia	1Full member
Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lietuvos Liberalus Jaunimas, LLJ)	Lithuania	1Full member
LYMEC Bureau	—International	4Other
Mladí Liberálové - Repeal	Czech Republic	4Full member
Moloda PORA	Ukraine	4Other
Moloda PRP (MRP)	Ukraine	4Other
National Liberal Youth (Tineretul National Liberal, TNL)	Romania	1Full member
New Generation	Hungary	1Full member
Nordic Liberal Radical Youth (Nordic Liberal Radikal Ungdom, NLRU)	—International (Nordic countries)	4Other
Nordic Centre Youth (Nordiska Centerungdomens Förbund)	—International (Nordic countries)	4Other
Norwegian Liberal Students (Norges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF)	Norway	3Observer
ONED	Cyprus	4Other
OT AMN - Youth of the Social Liberal Party	Moldova	2Full member
Radical Democratic Youth Federation (RDYF)	Bulgaria	1Full member
Radical Youth of 1994 (Radikal Ungdom, RU)	Denmark	1Full member
Rina Liberal Demokrate (LDRS)	Albania	1Full member
Samband Ungra Framsoknarmanna (SUF)	Iceland	4Other
Swedish Youth (Svensk Ungdom, SU)	Finland	1Full member
Unia Mladych (UM)	Czech Republic	4Other
United Civic Party	Belarus	4Other
Venstres Ungdom (VU)	Denmark	1Full member
Yabloko Youth, Kaliningrad	Russia	4Other
Yabloko Youth, S:t Petersburg	Russia	4Other
Young Alliance (YA)	United Kingdom	1Full member
Liberal Democrats Youth & Students (LDYS)	United Kingdom	1Full member
Young ATI - Canaries Coalition (Jóvenes de ATI (Agrupacion Tinerfena de Independientes) - Coalición Canaria)	Spain	2Candidate member
Young Centre (Stowarzyszenie Mlode Centrum, MC)	Poland	1Full member
Young Democrats (Jonge Democraten, JD)	Netherlands	1Full member
Young Front Minsk	Belarus	4Other
Young LDP (Mladi LDP)	Serbia	4Other
Young Liberal Democrats (Mlada Liberalna Demokracija, MLD)	Slovenia	1Full member
Young Liberals (Junge Liberale, JuLis)	Germany	1Full member
Young Liberals (Mladi Liberali)	Slovakia	1Full member
ZARES - nove politika	Slovenia	1 Other
Young Liberals and Democrats of Luxembourg (Jeunesse Democrate et Liberale du Luxembourg, 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)	Spain	1Full member
Young Progressive Democrats (YPD)	Ireland	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)	Bulgaria	1Full member
Youth of MR (Jeunes du MR)	Belgium	1Full member
Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy (Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie, JOVD)	Netherlands	1Full member
Youth Organisation of the United Democrats (Organosi Neoleas Enomenon Dimokraton, ONED)	Cyprus	4Other

[edit] See also

• International Federation of Liberal Youth

[edit] 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.

European Political Youth Organisations
EFA Youth | European Christian Political Youth Network | European Democrat Students | European Liberal Youth | Federation of Young European Greens | Young Democrats for Europe | Young European Socialists | Youth of the European People's Party
European political parties and pan-European political organisations without youth wings
European Anticapitalist Left | EUDemocrats | Party of the European Left | European National Front | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | Nordic Green Left Alliance
Related articles: European political parties