European Liberal Youth

European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
President	Alexander Plahr (since 2010)
Founded	1976 (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 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 (Gramadzianski Forum)	Belarus	1Full member
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
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)	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
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)	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
The Ukrainian Youth Sobor	Ukraine	2Candidate member
Liberal-Democratic Youth (Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina, LiDeM)	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)	Romania	1Full member
New Generation	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)	Bulgaria	1Full member
Radical Youth of 1994 (Radikal Ungdom, RU)	Denmark	1Full member
Rina Liberal Demokrate (LDRS)	Albania	1Full member
Swedish Youth (Svensk Ungdom, SU)	Finland	1Full member
Venstres Ungdom (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, JD)	Netherlands	1Full member
Young Liberal Democracy (Mlada Liberalna Demokracija, MLD)	Slovenia	1Full member
Young Liberals (Junge Liberale, JuLis)	Germany	1Full member
Young Liberals (Mladi Liberali)	Slovakia	1Full member
Democratic and Liberal Youth (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 (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

See also

• International Federation of Liberal Youth

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.